Al-Qaeda’s Online Forums Go Dark for Extended Period from the Washington Post
"Al-Qaeda’s main Web forums have been offline for the past 11 days in what experts say is the longest sustained outage of the sites since they began operating eight years ago. No one has publicly claimed responsibility for disabling the sites, but the breadth and the duration of the outages have prompted some experts to conclude the forums have been taken down in a cyberattack — launched perhaps by a government, government-backed organization or hacking group."
Attack On Iran Would Be 'Disastrous' For Middle East, Turkish Prime Minister Warns from the Huffington Post
"Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned over the weekend that an Israeli strike on Iran would have "disastrous" consequences for the Middle East, likely sparking a regional war, Turkish newspapers reported on Sunday. "
In Search of Sustainable Swagger (Roger Cohen) from the New York Times
"The world needs to find a balance between the extremes of developing-world optimism and developed-world moroseness."
Companies Prepare for a Fossil-Free Future from Der Spiegel [of Germany in English]
"Drivers may hate rising gas prices, but some companies are delighted as they watch the oil price soar. Firms like BMW and Airbus which are leaders in fuel efficiency actually benefit from expensive oil. They are just two of a growing number of companies that are already developing technologies for a post-fossil-fuel world."
How a Grassroots Rebellion Won the Nation's Biggest Climate Victory from Mother Jones Magazine
"Activists have imposed a de facto moratorium on new coal—and beat the Obama EPA to the punch."
Diminishing Returns on Higher Ed (Alfred Lubrano) from the Philadelphia Inquirer
"Expectations were high — go to college, get a degree, land a good job. But for Generation Y, the payoff has been frustrating, the debt crushing. "
Repealing ‘Obamacare’ Would Explode Debt, Says Government Auditor from Talking Points Memo
"A new report by an independent government auditor concludes that implementing President Obama’s health care law as intended will make a significant dent in the long-term debt forecast."
FBI Questions People in Trayvon Martin Case, Begins 'Parallel Investigation' (Michael Isikoff) from MSNBC
"FBI agents on Monday were questioning potential witnesses in the Trayvon Martin shooting, confirming to NBC News that the agency had begun a "parallel investigation" that focuses on whether the teen's civil rights were violated."
Nancy Pelosi's Fingerprints on Health Care Debate (Carolyn Lochhead) from the San Francisco Chronicle
"If the Supreme Court in June rules the law unconstitutional in whole or in part, the San Francisco Democrat and now House minority leader will have lost not only her speakership but also much or all of her largest legacy. Still, Pelosi did not leave the majority before sprinkling defensive land mines throughout the sprawling legislation that might make Republicans careful what they wish for."
Jane Jacobs and the Republican Radicals (Jason Epstein) from the New York Review of Books
"One of her biographers accurately called her a genius of common sense. She belonged to no faction or party. Her mind was so finely made as T.S. Eliot said of Henry James, that no idea could violate it and none did. She was a skeptical empiricist from head to foot. She would have been disgusted by today’s right-wing Jacobinism which calls itself conservative."
Reid: No Recess Appointments this Time from The Hill
"In return, Republicans allowed passage by unanimous consent of several of President Obama's noncontroversial nominees and allowed Reid to set up a vote on the confirmation of Stephanie Thacker to be a circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit for April 16, the day the Senate returns from its break. "
Conservative Anti-Romney Pundits Struggle to Embrace Mitt (Howard Kurtz) from the Daily Beast
"Will the hard-core anti-Romney pundits come around?"
Related topic ... in a way:
Mitt Romney Can’t Shake Away Impressions He’s Made (Eugene Robinson) from the Washington Post
"In an attempt to foreclose even the remote possibility of a contested convention, the Romney campaign has been trotting out a bevy of prominent Republicans to announce their support. But is it just me, or do these endorsements have all the enthusiasm of a series of hostage tapes?"
Mitt Romney’s Weakness Is Also Strength — or Is It? (Stuart Rothenberg) from Roll Call
"I’m not sure we have ever seen a candidate quite like Mitt Romney. ... Romney won conservatives, while McCain won moderates and liberals. Romney and Huckabee tied to win white evangelicals, while McCain won nonevangelicals. This cycle, Romney has run right again, to establish his conservative credentials, but he has not been successful."
ANOTHER DOG RESCUE NUGGET!!
Here's another great story from Eldad Hagar who rescued Fiona, the dog story from last week's nuggets!
Edie - Rescued an Hour before Euthanasia from YouTube
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