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A.L.I.E.E.N. by Lewis Trondheim is the strangest of the group. Presented as a reprint of a comic book from another planet, it includes (minimal) dialogue in some untranslatable language. Anyone familiar with the bizarre works of Jim Woodring, who specializes in creating mute, inexplicable worlds of beauty and danger, will immediately see kinship between the two authors. The book looks, at arm's length, like something for kids, with cute characters akin to Pokemon, interacting in a colorful environment. But a closer read reveals a cruel world of domination and subjugation that often involves weird forms of violence...
Kennedy said that Americans are the “best entertained and least informed population on the face of the planet...
Americans, however, are the original gas hogs. The U.S. uses more oil per day than any other country--4.5% of the world's population guzzling 25% of the planet's petroleum output. But voters viscerally blame their petrodependency on the man and the party in charge. In a recent CNN/ Gallup poll, 75% of those surveyed said a President could control oil prices; 71% said this President wasn't doing enough to bring them down...
SYLVESTER STALLONE When Sly sued his manager Kenneth Starr (no, not that one) after an investment in the Planet Hollywood restaurants went south, Pellicano allegedly tapped the action star's phones...
...Listen In The Lonely Planet has started offering free, informative Travelcasts,or travel-related podcasts, at lonelyplanet.com/podcasts...