In the interest of balanced reporting or to appeal to their varied readership, or maybe even very subtly underscore one of the themes of China’s opening ceremony for the Olympics, the NYT offers these objective reports:

The OC is drinking its own commode water: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10wastewater-t.html?ref=magazine

And, if they used it to make ice, would probably be among the most crystal-clear and tasteless cubes out there: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/fashion/10ice.html

Or, if it had fallen from the sky as clean as it comes out of the purification plant, may have at least delayed the demise of one more iconic photo subject: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/us/10arch.html?ref=us
At least there are 1,999 left.

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