Wednesday rapid fire

• Driving with Mr T.
• Poorly written and misleading article in Newsweek about poverty. To quote:

  The picture is clearest when you look at the number and fate of the world's middle- class countries (rather than middle-class individuals, although the story there is not so terrific, either).

  and

  The absolute income levels of the poorest may be creeping up. But with the notable exceptions of India and China and a few others
  

  Why is there no critical thinking anymore?
• Michael Jackson uses ladies room in Dubai
• Woman to marry man who shot her
• More on modded hybrid cars
• Solar power and Sterling Engines make the best chance for meaningful solar power I've seen so far.