There's been an uproar in Japan over the airing of "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about Japanese dolphin hunting. The film's producers finally reached a compromise with the Japanese government. They'll be allowed to show the film in Japan, but only on The Food Channel.

Congress is demanding that NASA produce detailed records to back up its proposed new space budget. The congressional committee members said that they can't just give away money without knowing what it's for. Strange. That's never stopped them before.

New toy ideas for this Christmas:

Bob, the Unemployed Builder,

Tar Wars action figures - now with flexible ethics,

Transformers Helmet - turns deadbeats into senate candidates - only $10,440!
and

Tickle Me, Congressman.

(Hmm. Now I have a moral dilemma. Should I allow myself to count that last one as four? I think it's going to depend on how many more I can think of today.)

CNN.com has an article today about luxury travel with kids. An oxymoron, if ever I heard one.

Another travel headline: Best Resorts in the US. With the economy like it is, though, a lot of people are staying home this summer. Let's call it: The Last Resort.

Two days after stonewalling US lawmakers, BP's CEO, Tony Hayward, was back in England watching his yacht compete in the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. A spokeswoman for BP said Hayward had been looking forward to spending some time with this son, Uday.

Alabama Senator Richard Shelby called it "The Height of Arrogance." Turns out he was wrong. That was the name of AIG's yacht.

Shelby suggested that Hayward should use his yacht to help clean up the oil spill, instead of "hiding in a cocoon." Well, isn't that where worms usually hide?