Daily Briefing: The Bouffant of Wisdom
UN, like Goldilocks, needs to find sanctions for North Korea that are not too harsh, not too weak. [ WP , NYT , WSJ ]
White House believes nuclear test was a "big deal" even if the bomb was made out of chewing gum, popsicle sticks. [ NYT , USAT ]
Kim Jong-Il isn't crazy, just crazy in love with Bree Van De Kamp. [ LAT ]
Hastert holds press conference to remind congressional staffers that shit still flows downhill. [ WP , NYT ]
McCain unsure if it's 2008 or 1998, blasts both Clintons to hedge his bets. [ WP ]
More than twice as many Iraqis have died violently since 2003, than in the previous 20 years under the Hussein regime. [ WSJ ]
The case of a recently killed Russian journalist and the long dead Russian independent media. [ WP , NYT ]