President names, shrine attack, port sale, lego games, luxury bath

I just got my bill from the carpet cleaners today: ouch. A lot more than I was expecting. Oh well, had to be done, I guess. What also has to be done: sharing some links:

• Family names their seven children after past Presidents. And not obvious ones like Taft, Roosevelt, or Nixon.
• Askariya shrine attack pushes Iraq toward civil war. Maybe we should wait on reconstruction efforts. Carried out by Sunni insurgents, and already the US is taking some blame. It is a shame this beatiful Golden Mosque was destroyed, and I hope the majority realized that it was attacked by a very small minority that is trying to enflame further violence.
• Bush, while strongly defending the port sale, was unaware of it until after it was approved. Apparently the same for Donald Rumsfeld. If all the necessary investigation and checks are in place, I think this deal should go through; I don't think we should halt this just because it's being sold to an Arab state. I think the same security rules should apply to any purchaser. However, this story does point to more communication problems within our government.
• This guy creates video game scenes out of Legos. Cool, but why would you think of that?
• You want the La Scala home theater whirlpool bathtub.