StupidiNews!

• The Olympics kick off today in Beijing. Don't know how much I'll watch. The whole place has the atmosphere of a party at your high school assistant principal's house.
• Does "The Future Of The Internet" include an "i9/11" and a resulting "iPatriot Act"?
• Regulators are making sure big financial players are paying up on auction-rate securities. It could have something to do with the large number of state and local government who got burned on this, maybe?
• McClatchy News says Joe Lieberman would make a good Veep for Grandpa McSame. I'm still convinced he's on the short list as the ultimate Village Stupidity pick. They'd love him for it, and they need each other.
• Three French reporters were thrown out of the Black Hat internet security conference for hacking passwords.