Indecision 2008: Distractions from the ridiculously prolonged Democratic decide-a-thon

• The U.S. economy at a glance.
• Christopher Hitchens grasping at straws. (Really, Hitch. Nothing better to report on than McCain's forehead vein?)
• Kiwis getting squids out of the deep-freeze for scientific inspection. You can see what the scientists are doing live, in action right here.
  
• Of course, the scandalous Miley Cyrus pictures in Vanity Fair. (And given this whole debacle with the skeezy Austrian guy who locked the kids in the basement, I'm with Newsweek on this one: Like a Disney wish sprung straight from Cinderella's castle, Miley lies in all her precocious glory across her beefcake father's lap. His sleeveless right arm drapes protectively (suggestively?) around her right shoulder and reaches down to hold her hand. A hipbone pokes out below her bare midriff, and Billy Ray's Harlequin-like hair ripples out after him. The schism is immediate: they are father and daughter, yet they look like lovers … but they're father and daughter. Eeeeeew.
  
• The death penalty and race.
• Grand Theft Auto IV. It's shameful to admit, but I really like this video game.
• Food rationing in the U.S.