A hilarious cartoon from Salon today!
MUST-READ UP-FRONT OBAMA NUGGET!!
The Case for Obama (Tim Dickinson) from Rolling Stone Magazine
"If the passions of Obama's base have been deflated by the compromises he made to secure historic gains like the Recovery Act, health care reform and Wall Street regulation, that gloom cannot obscure the essential point: This president has delivered more sweeping, progressive change in 20 months than the previous two Democratic administrations did in 12 years. "
Top Taliban Commander Killed in US Drone Strike from rediff news
"In a major setback to Taliban, missiles fired from US drones have killed its top commander and group's deputy chief Qari Hussain Mehsud, mastermind of many suicide attacks across Pakistan, sources claimed on Friday. "
Holbrooke: Contacts with Taliban Picking Up from the Associated Press via RealClearWorld
"Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said Friday that Taliban associates have been reaching out for talks about ending the war but that formal negotiations are not taking place."
"Formal" negotiations … interesting choice of words.
Threat Response (Charles Blow) from the New York Times
"The Democrats’ appeal is to black voters, the most unwavering portion of President Obama’s base, and the message is simple: The president is under attack, and black voters must mobilize to protect him. … This strategy could prove extremely effective."
This Brew Cannot Last (Tim Rutten) from the Los Angeles Times
"In this crazy election year, the tea partyers have shown surprising strength. But the internal contradictions are so numerous, it's hard to see how their influence will last."
Tides Foundation CEO To Fox News Advertisers: Drop Glenn Beck Or Have Blood On Your Hands (Sam Stein) from the Huffington Post
"In an extraordinary move to nip the inflammatory commentary coming from Glenn Beck, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation (a frequent Beck target) has written advertisers asking them to remove their sponsorship of the Fox News program or risk having "blood on their hands.""
Not so fast, Tea Partiers (David Frum) from The Week
"Why a big win in November will only strengthen the case for moderate reform of the Republican Party."
The Bill O'Reilly Fallacy (Reuel Gerecht) from the New Republic
"Among the Shiite faithful, suicide bombing had a short run. Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah is a wicked zealot who loves to kill Jews, but he is, like his counterparts in Iran, Ali Khamenei and Mahmud Ahmadinejad, of no religious standing. As counterintuitive as it seems to some Americans, it may be divines who are among the most effective opponents of such men."
ENERGY NUGGET!!
Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics from Discovery News
"Noise from wind turbine blades, inadvertent bat and bird kills and even the way wind turbines look have made installing them anything but a breeze. New York design firm Atelier DNA has an alternative concept that ditches blades in favor of stalks."
NEW YORK CITY NUGGET!!
Rare Books About New York from the New York Times
"Many of the best nonfiction titles are out of print, and difficult to find. Once upon a time, you had to haunt out-of-print bookstores for years, and certainly there is nothing more wonderful than time spent wandering among old books. But now you can go online to sources like abebooks.com and bookfinder.com, or to the Web sites of stores like the Strand and Westsider Books."
MEDICAL NUGGET!!
Berkeley Firm’s Bionic Device Allows Paraplegics To Walk from CBS-5 in San Francisco
"Eighteen years ago, Amanda Boxtel was paralyzed in a skiing accident; today, a futuristic invention is helping her walk upright again."
AUTOMOBILE NUGGET!!
Plug and Play from Foreign Policy Magazine
"The fast, clean, green automobile is no longer a dream. It's right around the corner and coming soon to your driveway."
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