Quick Fix 6 — 8/4/05

1. APhoto Fix: This image made from an undated video broadcast earlier today on pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, shows al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahri speaking at an undisclosed location. In the video, al-Zawahri threatened more destruction in London here .

2. Cartoon Fix: Paul Nowak ( $61 per barrel ), Wayne Stayskal ( Denver’s pit bull ban ), and Kevin Tuma ( Energy bill ).

3. Humor Fix: President Bush is vacationing in Crawford, Texas. He will be vacationing for five weeks. That’s a long time. I don’t think he has an exit strategy for his vacation either” — David Letterman .

4. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Word of the Day here .

5. Top of the News Fix: 4 more U.S. service members die in Iraq here , NASA decides against another space walk here , Palmeiro faces congressional perjury probe here , Stewart in home confinement through August here , and NYTimes checks into Roberts’ adoption records here .

6. Opinion Fix: Jeff Jacoby /Boston Globe ( GOP pork barrel ), William Saletan /Slate ( Bill Frist: Closet pro-choicer ), David Brooks /NYTimes ( Trading cricket for jihad ), Frank J. Gaffney Jr. /National Review ( This is a war, not a struggle ), and Wesley J. Smith /Discovery Institute ( PETA’s twisted thinking ).