A Telling Summary

Noted without comment (via FAIR).

Tom Friedman's Flexible Deadlines
Iraq's 'decisive' six months have lasted two and a half years

Hilarious Photo

The Iranian president is wacky!

Weak Lobbying "Reform"

Understatment heavy, I'm afraid. From a New York Times story about passage of a slimmed-down House bill:

But Mr. Dreier also called it a "very, very strong package," and promised that it was just the beginning of Republican efforts to clean up Congress.

CUT TO: No more lobbying/ethics reform legislation for a long time.

Life Imitating Art (Imitating Life, Etc.)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor John Ventimiglia, who plays troubled chef Artie Bucco on the TV show "The Sopranos," has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession in Brooklyn, authorities said on Tuesday.

He was at least the fourth cast member of HBO show about a New Jersey mob family, now in its sixth season, to be arrested in the past year.

Democracy Restored

Dateline: Nepal

Amazing how taking to the streets to demand democracy results in ... democracy! And a bilateral cease-fire in a civil war that has claimed 13,000 lives.