Bank Of America On The Mend While Pope Languishes

Jul 17, 2009

Suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels in Jakarta, killing at least eight people. [ Washington Post ]
President Obama delivered a speech to the NAACP that was one part "I stand on the shoulders of giants" and one part Cosby-esque "black folks got to stop spending so much money on fancy sneakers." [ AP ]
Bank of America made less money in Q2 of this year than in Q2 of last year, but of course at this point last year the economy hadn't exploded yet. [ Bloomberg ]
Pray for the wrist of the Pope, for it was fractured in an Italian vacation chalet. [ New York Times ]
Ayatollah Rafsanjani, one of the less dickish of the Iranian clerics, called for the release of political prisoners arrested in the post-election demonstrations. [ CNN ]
Sotomayor's pretty much guaranteed confirmation in early August. [ Wall Street Journal ]