"Al Qaeda is on the run. That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly but surely being decimated.... They're not a problem anymore." -President Bush, one week before the bombing in Riyadh Don't forget, lunar eclipse tonight, visible across North America. Except around here, if weather reports hold up. Grr. NEWZ: * Fishing has decimated the fish population. * Health costs of obesity nearing that of smoking. * Remind me again how much Microsoft has changed? * Hey Iraq, if you don't want to get discouraged , don't look at Afghanistan. * Speaking of shameful, what about our prisoners of war at Guantanamo? There's no way we would tolerate Americans getting that treatment from a foreign government. * And whoah, we're authorizing our occupying troops to shoot looters on sight? * Things that make me want to go stand in front of a bulldozer: Israel kills three Palestinian police in a raid on Gaza, then five more Palestinians during a march the next day. * France calls US on ' unnamed administration sources ,' one of the Bush administration's favorite tactics. * While it's no surprise that GOP senators are selling influence , I still don't like reading it. * Should we address inequality with the budget? * Speaking of unemployment, we're in one of the worst hiring slumps in 20 years. * Blacklists vs. spam. * Computers able to understand context ? * Read about John Davis , the prolific secret producer, and find the surprise movie entering production.