Deer Cave in Borneo. Over 5 million bats live in it! That's a lot of bats! From National Geographic News.
Bill Clinton: Russian Immigrants and Settlers Obstacles to Mideast Peace from Foreign Policy Magazine
"Russian immigrants to Israel have emerged as a central obstacle to achieving a Middle East peace deal, according to former President Bill Clinton. He voiced fears that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which increasingly consists of soldiers hailing from this community, might not be fully willing to oppose Israeli settlers as a result."
North Korea: The Hermit Emerges (Malcolm Moore) from the Telegraph [of the UK]
"The world's most secretive state faces turmoil if Kim Jong-il hands over control to his son. Will it spiral out of control, or could Chinese-style capitalism save it?"
Job-Creation Idea No. 2: Rescue the States (Dan Froomkin) from the Huffington Post
"State and local governments are the country's largest employers. They provide essential public safety, education, health and social services -- services that are even more needed during an economic downturn. But when the economy slows down and tax receipts drop, state and local governments have to cut back. And their spending cuts don't just reduce those necessary services, they work like an anti-stimulus -- dollar for dollar."
An interesting idea. Wont' happen though. Today's widespread obsession with deficits will doom any effort to "bail out" the states.
Court Affirms Overturning Fla. Gay Adoption Ban from the Associated Press via Raw Story
"Florida's strict ban on adoption by gay people is unconstitutional because no other group, even people with criminal backgrounds, are singled out for a flat prohibition by state law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday."
South Carolina's GOP War (Samuel Jacobs) from the Daily Beast
"Is the South Carolina big enough for Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint? They are hardly friends and they clearly disagree about the direction of the Republican Party."
Incumbency: The Democrats’ Best Hope (Ken Silverstein) from Harpers Magazine
"The scenario for the midterm elections remains grim for Democrats, but they have two factors working in their favor. First, the pathetic state of the GOP and second, and more importantly, the advantages of incumbency."
"Top White House officials believe expectations were set so low for Democrats that they just may keep control of the House and Senate by grinding out victories in individual races, and there are signs emerging that the most powerful Republican business lobbyist may privately agree with that assessment."
Don't Be Misled by the Generic Ballot (Ed Kilgore) from the Democratic Strategist
"Democrats: Don't be misled by the generic ballot - the most recent numbers are so bloody damn close that the only message they send is that dozens of races will be decided by how hard we fight and if we let our opponents trick us into demoralization."
Palin is the New McGovern (Peter Beinart) from the Daily Beast
"Go ahead, pull your party to the far right, Sarah. But your ideological purification drive will spell doom soon. Peter Beinart on what the GOP should learn from 1972."
The Juicy Bits in Bob Woodward's Book (Bryan Curtis) from the Daly Beast
"From Hillary’s buck-passing to Obama getting rolled, Bob Woodward’s Obama’s Wars lays out the president’s Afghan adventure. The Daily Beast’s Bryan Curtis snagged an early copy."
Based on this review, the book actually sounds … boring. The following article actually makes Carter's diaries sound much more interesting.
Twelve Revelations From Jimmy Carter's Diaries from the Daily Beast
"The former president’s official White House diaries are filled with surprisingly honest assessments on everything from his support among Jewish voters to why Clinton was annoyed with him."
Mock All You Want, Republicans And Conservatives Take Witchcraft Seriously (Josh Marshal) from TalkingPointsMemo
"Not since we all learned that Rand Paul forced a blindfolded classmate to kneel in a stream and pray to the Aqua Buddha -- and possibly not since the revelation that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had participated in an exorcism -- have political junkies been as overjoyed as they were when they saw footage of Christine O'Donnell admitting that she'd "dabbled into witchcraft" in her younger and more vulnerable years."
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