A visitor to the San Francisco Zoo dropped his gaming unit into the gorilla exhibit and the residents there thought they'd check it out. From the Daily Mail of the UK. See the Great Ape Nugget below.
The Wildest Dream: Bombing Iran (Jacob Heilbrunn) from the National Interest
"Given the recent flotilla fiasco, it might seem that a little circumspection might be in order. Sending in commandos to Iran might well be a suicide mission. And the reasons for not acting have been outlined ad nauseam, prime among them the danger of shoring up rather than undermining the nasty rule of the mullahs in Tehran. Which is why the Obama administration appears to be aiming for a new containment strategy of Iran, even as Hillary Clinton talks tough."
Russia's Post-War Fatigue from the International Institute for Strategic Studies
"The discourse on the war with Georgia rarely refers to the price Russia Is now paying for Its assertive unilateralism in the South Caucasus."
For Those With Jobs, a Recession with Benefits (David Leonhardt) from the New York Times
"Almost 45 percent of today’s unemployed workers have been without a job for at least 27 weeks. In no other downturn since World War II did the share exceed 26 percent. For many of these long-term unemployed, the financial and psychological damage will last for years. For most other workers, however, the situation has had a perverse, and mostly overlooked, silver lining."
Elite Isolation (Matthew Yglesias) from ThinkProgress
"It seems to me that this chart is the key to understanding today’s political economy: ... Virtually every single member of congress, every senator, every Capitol Hill staffer, every White House advisor, every Fed governor, and every major political reporter is a college graduate."
Challenging Judge Walker (Sherrilyn Ifil) from The Root
"Suggestions that the judge whose decision overturned California's anti-gay marriage law is gay are like the argument once made that black jurists couldn't be impartial."
Why the GOP Really Wants to Alter the 14th Amendment (Harold Meyerson) from the Washington Post
"By proposing to revoke the citizenship of the estimated 4 million U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants -- and, presumably, the children's children and so on down the line -- Republicans are calling for more than the creation of a permanent noncitizen caste. They are endeavoring to solve what is probably their most crippling long-term political dilemma..."
The Republican War on the Constitution (Robert Shrum) from The Week
"For a GOP doubling down on a strategy of division and discrimination, the Constitution appears increasingly old and in the way."
Why Gibbs was Right to Criticize the 'Professional Left' (Ruth Marcus) from the Washington Post
"His basic point was spot on: The complainers from the left are, in some combination, myopic, forgetful and deranged. "
Primary Night Yields Good News for Obama, Dems from Politico
"President Obama and the Democratic Party, who have been starved for good news through much of 2010, finally received a generous helping Tuesday night. Republicans, meanwhile, were left with several new reasons to wonder whether all the favorable national trends showing in the polls are enough to overcome local candidates who are inspiring little confidence about their readiness for the general election 12 weeks from now. "
August Ten Primary Elections: The Eight Biggest Winners and Losers from the Huffington Post
"Who's up and who's down in the aftermath of the August 10 primaries? Take a look."
CO-Sen: Big Win for Obama (Mark McKinnon) from the Daily Beast
"The president finally played kingmaker after losses earlier this year, and Colorado will likely stay blue. Mark McKinnon on Tuesday’s primary results and how the GOP penchant for outsiders will play in November."
GREAT APE NUGGET!!
Gorilla Hogs Games Console from her Baby from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
"One of the western lowland gorillas – a 300lb female called Bawang – picked up the device and began to examine it, even fiddling with the buttons."
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