Led into Temptation?: Sierra Club is praising Ford's new SUV. Environmentalists are also prasing Rwandan efforts to use human waste to power prisons. Debauchery in Bollywood... does that mean they will start kissing on screen?? Actually, I love Bollywood movies and really hope that in being more "sexy" they don't lose their Bollywoodness. If you want to watch a good Bollywood movie, Lagaan is one of my favorites (and easier to get in the US than lots of others), just be prepared to sit through 3 1/2 hours of the story. And shockingly, Russia is full of venality... but seriously, I was surprised to read that "bribes paid to officials by businessmen may have grown as much as 10 times over the last four years alone.
The report estimates the total value of such bribes as 2.5 times the whole national state budget." NJ is proposing a ban on smoking while driving. Finally, a guy who reported to police that his marijuana had been stolen was summarily arrested for drug possession.