China and Japan: Two Nations Locked in Mutual Loathing from the Daily Telegraph [of the UK]
"The historic enmity between the two countries – now resurfacing in a dispute over sovereignty – threatens stability in East Asia."
Obama Abroad: The Report Card (Joseph Lelyveld) from the New York Review of Books
"Are they tantamount to assassinations? Does the struggle against al-Qaeda qualify as an “international armed conflict” under the Geneva conventions or is it essentially lawless? But there’s one question such critics seldom attempt to answer: Just how is a president supposed to take on terrorists thousands of miles away whom he believes to be targeting the country he’s sworn to protect in a constitutional manner? "
Collision Course (Roger Cohen) from the New York Times
"I may have missed it but I’ve not seen a war that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan don’t want to fight. ... When he sniffs the possibility of war Romney drops his frequent imitation of the Beatles’ Nowhere Man (“Doesn’t have a point of view, knows not where he’s going to”). He becomes a Real Man fired up. After more than a decade of inconclusive U.S. wars, this is not reassuring."
Obama Campaign This Time Around: Brutal... And Purposely So (Major Garrett) from the National Journal
"Democrats laud Team Obama's tenacity, in part because they want to protect the hard-won gains of his first two years. They want a harshly protective president to defend health care, bank regulations, and
green-energy investments, not to mention education spending, Medicaid, Medicare, and environmental regulations. Discouraging words about the combative Obama ... are rare."
Poll: Most Opposed To Ryan’s Medicare Reforms, Voucher System from Talking Points Memo
"A new poll released Tuesday lends credence to what Democrats — and even some Republicans — have warned about Paul Ryan being thrust onto the GOP ticket: Most Americans don’t much care for the Wisconsin Congressman’s sweeping proposal to reform Medicare."
Todd Akin: 'I Am in This Race to Win' from Politico
"Top Republicans in Washington and Missouri are abandoning Rep. Todd Akin in droves and calling on him to quit his Senate race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill after his explosive remarks that victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant. Akin’s response so far: Sorry, but I'm not going anywhere."
Todd Akin: The Man Who Said Too Much (Sally Kohn) from Salon
"The Republican Party turned on Todd Akin because he made plain their creeping extremism and political strategy."
Please Don’t Go, Todd (Irin Carmon) from Salon
"Todd Akin has until 5 p.m. today to drop out of the race. Why liberals should hope he stays the course."
Todd Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Claim a Peek Behind Anti-Abortion Curtain (Kirsten Powers) from the Daily Beast
"The Missouri Senate hopeful’s misogynist claptrap about ‘legitimate rape’ and pregnancy—which has GOP leaders scrambling to denounce him—has been circulating among abortion opponents for years. Kirsten Powers on his Kinsley gaffe."
In Akin’s Remarks, a Clash Between Pro-life Politics and Principles from the Washington Post
"Both the Susan B. Anthony List and Family Research Council have stood by Akin. They don’t see him as a politician who has made a career ending gaffe. In their view, he’s a strong abortion right opponent who articulated a tenet of the pro-life movement: Abortion should be illegal in all situations, rape included."
NRSC Sends Out List of Conservative Pundits Calling for Akin to Step Down from The Hill
"The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) on Tuesday released a list of conservative columnists and pundits around the country who are calling for Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to step down from his Missouri Senate bid."
Should Akin Stay In The Senate Race? Poll Shows Division Among Missouri Republicans from the CreveCoeur Patch
"While Republicans nationally question if Rep. Todd Akin's U.S. Senate campaign can survive, an unscientific poll of Missouri GOP insiders finds his controversial remarks about rape and pregnancy will hurt his standing with conservative voters."
The Only Big Idea Coming Out of the Romney-Ryan Camp Is the Big Lie (Michael Tomasky) from the Daily Beast
"The addition of Paul Ryan was supposed to infuse the Romney campaign with big ideas that would be argued in big debates with the Democrats, but so far, Michael Tomasky writes, all the GOP campaign has done is grossly distort the truth."
WOMEN IN FOOTBALL NUGGET!!
Let It Fly (Jordan Conn) from Grantland
"This week, former LSU goalie Mo Isom will try to become a kicker for the Tigers football team. But even if she makes the team, her greatest accomplishment may be surviving the past five years."
CRIME AND HISTORY NUGGET!!
Little Slaughterhouse On The Prairie: The Ghoulish Tale of the Family of Serial Killers Known as the 'Bloody Benders' from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
I am usually not one to tout 'bloody crime' stories -- but this one has always fascinated me.
"Some 17 miles south of Independence, the township of Osage became the scene of a brutal campaign of murder by a family that became known as the Bloody Benders."
WHALE NUGGET!!
Stunning Moment a Humpback Whale Breached the Water as He Fed in the Middle of a Sleepy Californian Fishing Harbour from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
All the pictures are quite stunning!
"An amateur shutterbug happened upon a stunning scene as a pod of humpback whales emerged from the water as a curious crowd of watchers gathered around."
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