VBVW for July 27, 2007:
Facing Off

• The Very Best

A 31-year old Chinese male, known as China’s Elephant Man, had a 33-pound tumor removed from his face. That’s a good day for everyone.

For the past 30 years Libya has had a worse world image than Corey Feldman, but the north African nation took a big step forward this week by freeing six Bulgarian nurses who had been sentenced to death. The nurses had been accused of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with the AIDS virus.

The Burj Dubai is officially the world’s tallest building. And it’s only half built. By the end of construction the Burj will end up being half a mile high, twice the height of The Empire State Building. Kind of makes a big target, though.

• The Very Worst

The Tour de France now has fewer cyclists than a nursing home for quadriplegics. The current leader has been stripped of his yellow jersey and three entire teams have dropped out — all due to drug-related issues. We hate to say it, but it’s hard not to wonder if Lance Armstrong was clean for all of his wins. C’mon guys, have some balls.

The Taliban killed one of 23 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan. The always right and always honorable Taliban is holding these evil people captive because they are charity workers for a Christian aid group.

Beyonce took a tumble onstage, then called on the decency of her so-called fans by asking them not to post video of her fall on YouTube — which led immediately to someone posting video of her fall on YouTube. Worse yet, CNN’s talking heads laughed giddily as they replayed the video 4 times. CNN: News You Can Trust — To Lower The Bar.