VBVW for August 8, 2008: High Life and Lowlifes

• The Very Best

New Zealand is using whey, a dairy byproduct, for fuel. Somewhere, Little Miss Muffett is cheering.

Amerithrax perpetrator and admitted perv Bruce Ivins committed suicide. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

Paris Hilton made a funny.

• The Very Worst

Eleven climbers died this week on K2, the worst toll since a disastrous two weeks back in 1986 claimed 13 lives.

Beijing officials are calling the city’s pea-soup smog “mist” and the Olympic committee is calling it “fog.” Either way, nobody wants to breathe China’s air. This is the country that’s beating the rest of the world in commerce and growth?

Hillary Clinton is hinting that her delegates should disrupt the Democratic National Convention if she and her husband aren’t given the appropriate respect. She called it a “Greek drama.” Thing is, she’s the only one who thinks it’s a tragedy.