ELECTROLITE SUBSTANTIAL: Patrick has the goods on Venezuela, including a link to a story about how we should be a leeetle suspicious about our recent press coverage of the abortive coup. And he's got an example of one of my favorite things about the Internet: mentions of books that I haven't heard of but probably should have read by now, which he serves up in a post about his Hugo nomination. Good luck with that, Patrick.

Reading that Venezuela story I come across this one: Chinese authorities shut down Tibetan monastery and monks smuggle out tape to prove it. Jerks. And of course China isn't even going to get slapped on the wrist.