CIA Seeks New Authority to Expand Yemen Drone Campaign from the Washington Post
"Securing permission to use “signature strikes” would allow the agency to hit targets based solely on intelligence indicating patterns of suspicious behavior, such as imagery showing militants gathering at known al-Qaeda compounds or unloading explosives."
In Gaza, Hope of a Better Life Under Hamas Rule Turns into Frustration from the New York Times
"Housing stipends never came. Water barrels seem to go only to Hamas cadres. Electricity is a rarity. After five years of Hamas rule, many have had enough."
Islamist parties looking to take charge in Egypt and elsewhere should take note: at some point you will need to deliver the basics! No matter how great your anti-US or anti-Israel rhetoric is, voters will eventually demand jobs, housing and an education worth having.
'We're Starving!' Furious Iranians Jump on to Ahmadinejad’s Open-topped Car in Extraordinary Display of Civil Disobedience from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
"A pensioner and a young woman both scream at the president in rare footage from the country"
Why the Right Hated the Iran Talks (Robert Dreyfuss) from The Diplomat
"The weekend talks on Iran’s nuclear talks were hailed by many as progress. But the American right doesn’t see things that way. ... So far, at least, Obama seems undeterred by Netanyahu and his American allies’ rumblings."
The American right doesn't believe in "talks." They believe in issuing demands and ultimatums and in bombing and waging war. These are the only tunes they have in their playlists.
One People, Two Very Different Koreas (David Kirk) from the Los Angeles Times
"What is incredible is that the two 'halves' of the Korean peninsula have fostered such disparate systems when they're populated by people of the same ethnic origins."
Scotland Yard Launches ‘Operation Sacha’ to Investigate Rebekah Brooks (Peter Jukes) from the Daily Beast
"As Scotland Yard considers charging 11 in the hacking scandal, police have launched ‘Operation Sacha’ to investigate Brooks. Peter Jukes on how Murdoch’s protégé is in the hot seat."
EPA Finalizes First-ever Air Pollution Rules for Natural-gas 'Fracking' from The Hill
"The regulations — which would also target emissions from compressors, oil storage tanks and other oil-and-gas sector equipment — would cut 95 percent of smog-forming and toxic emissions from wells developed with fracking, EPA said."
Transgender Movie 'Name Change' from the New York Times
"A filmmaker recalls the apprehension she experienced when her father, a transgender cross-dresser, decided to legally adopt a woman’s name."
Democratic Fears Fade as 'War on Women' Wounds GOP (Kirsten Powers) from the Daily Beast
"Unmarried women are coming back to the Democrats after their 2010 fling with Republicans."
Democrats Gaining in Battleground and Ryan Budget Could Finish the Job from Democracy Corps
"In this survey of 1000 likely voters in the 56 most competitive Republican-held districts, the climate has shifted in favor of the Democrats. Voters view the Democratic Party more favorably than the Republican Party, the President is viewed far more favorably than Mitt Romney, and both the President and congressional Democrats have made gains on the ballot since last September."
Democrats Battle Back Against Republican ‘War on Women’ (Dana Milbank) from the Washington Post
"If Republicans are truly engaged in a “war on women,” as the Democrats claim, they are fighting it about as well as Gen. Custer did at Little Bighorn."
What Mitt Romney Seems To Believe (And Why He’s So Disliked) (Joe Conason) from the National Memo
"No matter how carefully the former Massachusetts governor parses and prevaricates, many voters, including more than a few conservatives, evidently feel they’ve detected the inner Mitt: a man with utmost regard for himself and people like him – and a profound disregard for people like most of them. They’ve observed him straining to express concern for the unemployed, the poor, and the powerless, while sounding sincerely resentful whenever the privileged are held accountable."
The Provocateur: A Profile of Andrew Breitbart (David Carr) from the New York Times
"... even though his Web site, run by his business partner and lifelong friend Larry Solov, is fully staffed and unveiled a redesign after his death, there could be no real replacement. For good or ill (and most would say ill), no one did it like Mr. Breitbart."
PRESIDENTIAL BOOK REVIEW NUGGET!!
The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (Janet Maslin) from the New York Times
"In their new book, Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy trace the relationships among former presidents across the last six decades."
ELDERLY CARE-TAKING NUGGET!!
For Elders With Dementia, Musical Awakenings from NPR's All Things Considered
"Henry, an elderly Alzheimer's patient in an American nursing home, recently became a viral star. In a short video that has been viewed millions of times online, he starts out slumped over and unresponsive — but undergoes a remarkable transformation as he listens to music on a pair of headphones."
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