- Bush addresses UN General Assembly, wants to embrace a peace-loving Iran, avoids Ahmadinejad like he had the enriched uranium in his pocket. [WP, NYT, LAT, W$J]
- White House “blinks” in stand-off with McCain’s gang, torture bill being revised. [NYT]
- Troop levels in Iraq not going down in 2006, could go up. [WP]
- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki at least partially to blame for that. [NYT]
- Laura Bush “is the most popular Republican in the country right now.” [WP]
- Seemingly bloodless coup in Thailand threatens young democracy, stalwart sex trade unaffected, thanks for asking. [W$J]
- An Iraqi reporter chillingly laments the lack of good Samaritans in his Baghdad neighborhood. [LAT]
- Aerospace giant Boeing wins multi-billion dollar contract for border security in spite of the massive fuck-ups with its luggage screening work. [WP]
- George Allen figures a little extra ethnicity couldn’t hurt, embraces Jewish roots. [WP]
Read More:
- Rumors On The Internets: Real Americans Love Exxon and You Should Too
- Cartoon Violence's Dirty Little Secret: It Doesn't Actually Care For Violence
- Daily Briefing: It's Not the Heat, It's the Low-Intensity Civil War
- Daily Briefing: The Ups and Downs of the Political Atmosphere, Actual Atmosphere
- Daily Briefing: Inspecting The Caviar Enrichment Facilities Instead
Comments on this entry are closed.