Dick Cheney goes to Baghdad ... shopping spree not included. Today's toll so far? Three more U.S. troops killed, more car bombings ... you know, stuff that proves the surge is working.
An air raid in Afghanistan is causing controversy.
An overturned, overcrowded boat loaded with Haitian migrants becomes an international incident. And the they said, they said over whether the boat was being towed, or being rammed, by the Turks and Caicos Navy and/or police, at the time it sunk sending 61 people to their deaths by sharks or drowning, has drawn in the U.S. Coast Guard. Will this incident impact the debate over Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the U.S.? Probably not. But the conversation needs to be had.
Cult leader / civic angel Yahweh bin Yahweh has died of cancer at the age of 71. Probably my funniest co-worker, Edgar, just asked "how could God die of cancer?" Christopher Hitchens beware.
...and Barack Obama has a bit of a bad verbal day. It happens.
Over in La Republique Francaise, Nikolas Sarkozy fiddles while Paris burns. Or ... can't a brother get a vaycay?
By the way, have you done Bill Clinton's crossword? You should. Here it is...Labels: news, news headlines, politics |
