- Dick Cheney, a personified synonym of the desire to bomb Iran, has gone public with his desire to bomb Iran, and also retroactively bomb Iran. [Wall Street Journal]
- Environmentalist types have slacked off recently, in terms of not blogging various iterations of top ten “ways to go green lists” and other forms of non-violent protest, and this is why their cause is a lost one. [Washington Post]
- The Dalai Lama stopped by Taiwan and simultaneously comforted flood victims and avoided angering in Chinese government. Multitasking! [Reuters]
- Many of America’s largest banks are now turning profits, which was the cool thing to do in like 2007. [New York Times]
- The Democratic Party of Japan defeated the Liberal Democratic Party, their conservative (?) opponents, in today’s big election. Hooray!/our condolences. [The Guardian]
- That Angeles National Forest wildfire has destroyed 18 homes but it’s still only 5% contained. [Los Angeles Times]
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