Hot off the Press: Come on [Irene] edition

The red Republicrats, who viciously fight to keep taxes low for the wealthiest Americans, apparently have no problem raising everyone else's taxes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-will-raise-taxes--on-the-middle-class-and-working-poor/2011/08/23/gIQAEDJuZJ_story.html?hpid=z3. I believe this is the first time I have seen the adverb "high-definitionally."

"With CIA help, NYPD built secret effort to monitor mosques, daily life of Muslim neighborhoods": http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/with-cia-help-nypd-built-secret-effort-to-monitor-mosques-daily-life-of-muslim-neighborhoods/2011/08/24/gIQAr87haJ_story.html?hpid=z4.

Celebratory gunfire into the air often has fatal consequences for innocent bystanders, because...well...what goes up, must come down: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/24/how-dangerous-is-celebratory-gunfire.

The creatures in the National Zoo sensed last week's Virginia earthquake long before humans did. This article wonders how: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/zoo-mystery-how-did-apes-and-birds-know-quake-was-coming/2011/08./24/gIQAZrXQcJ_story.html?hpid=z2.

A new book claims that the founder of Ikea had deep associations with Sweden's Nazi counterpart when he founded the store: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14661582.