Around The Blogosphere 13 August 08

Blog of the Day: Kirin

Lebanese bloggers react to a terrorist attack in Tripoli...

Today in La Shawn Barber's Corner : Why Did God Make Different Races?

For Graffiti lovers from Mycho: Serie : Tags et fresques

Pop Culture: The A.V. Club has posted an interview with Woody Allen. New York Magazine posted video "Party Lines: Woody Allen Premiere". New York also reviews Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the Ben Stiller Robert Downey Jr. action-film parody Tropic Thunder.

John "Cougar" Mellencamp is holding a social-networking contest. Winner gets an autographed guitar!

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN LEADER JIM TEDISCO blogs "New York's Credit Cards Are Maxed Out."

While on the topic of New York Politics, the Tax Cap War has hit the airwaves. Liz Benjamin posted "Wrong Answer" - the WFP/AQE ad targeting Gov. David Paterson and the property tax cap he's championing.

Global Voices' Ayesha Saldanha writes about slavery in the Gulf: two Saudi bloggers tell us what they think of modern-day ‘slavery’ in Saudi Arabia...

RIP Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.

Other posts percolating through the Blogosphere include Sunday comics with daisy, Fazer backup de blogs no blogger - parte 2, AG Anti-Virus, Some tips on How To Ensure Search Engine Friendly Pages.

MediaWatch: The Georgian government is accusing Russia of disabling Georgian Web sites, including the site for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because of the disruption, the Georgian government began posting Foreign Ministry press dispatches on a public blog-hosting site owned by Google Georgiamfa.blogspot.com and on the Web site of Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski.

A Dutch television journalist was killed in the Russian bombing of the Georgia city of Gori, reports Associated Press.