News Nuggets 792

A baby turtle at Owinta Farms near Brisbane, Australia.  From the Daily Mail of the UK.

Libyan Transition Council Claims to Find the Remains of Gaddafi’s Nuclear Weapons Program from Raw Story
"In the years leading up to the fall of Col. Muammar Gaddafi, it was not clear to the U.S. or its allies just how far along the Libyan nuclear program had progressed. Turns out, Gaddafi may have succeeded where other dictators failed: he had nuclear weapons, the Libyan transitional council said Monday."

Myanmar's Budding Political Spring (Morton Abramowitz & Thomas Pickering) from the National Interest
"The world keeps being surprised by the developing political situation in Myanmar/Burma. After they get over their surprise, the United States and its friends need to decide what they can do to help accelerate change."

Your Credit May Take a Hit from Unpaid Traffic and Parking Tickets from the Washington Post
"... in an era when speed cameras, red light cameras and high-tech parking meters have created multimillion-dollar municipal revenue streams, record numbers of tickets are going unpaid. Now your credit score might take the hit if you’re one of the millions of scofflaws who thought you could shred that ticket summons with impunity."
This kind of crap is really starting to get on my nerves.  What's next?  If you smoke or are overweight your credit score will take a hit?

Romney Flunks Foreign Policy ... Again (Stephen Walt) from Foreign Policy Magazine
"Yet when it comes to the Middle East, Romney seems to think the United States should not exercise leadership, but instead do pretty much whatever Israel's leaders want. As I've noted repeatedly, politicians who say things like this are actually false friends of Israel, because they are helping keep that country on its present self-destructive course."

The Problems with Herman Cain’s Pushback (Greg Sargent) from the Washington Post
"Even presuming Cain is not guilty of any inappropriate behavior, there are a few problems with this pushback."

Let Herman Be Gone (Eugene Robinson) from the Washington Post
"Responding to his insurgent campaign’s first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. “To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, ‘Let Herman be Herman,’ ” he said Monday. “And Herman is gonna stay Herman.” I was afraid of that."

Why Cain Needs Professional Help (John Cassidy) from the New Yorker
"If he had gotten some better advice, things might have turned out differently…"

Herman Cain's Wily Racial Politics (Jack White) from The Root
"RightWatch: The Republican candidate validates what white conservatives believe about blacks."

SPACE TRAVEL NUGGET!!
Boeing to Launch its 'Space Taxi' from Space Shuttle's Old Hangar form the Daily Mail [of the UK]
"Boeing has announced that it is to launch its CST-100 'space taxi'  from the Orbiter Processing Facility used by the Space Shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The company's CST-100 spacecraft can carry up to seven passengers  to destinations such as the International Space Station."