Saturday, March 22, 2008

Random Headlines

And today, Barack Obama criticized John McCain for mistakenly saying that Iran was sending aid to al Qaeda in Iraq, which is not true. And afterwards, President Bush told McCain, "Don’t worry about it. I didn’t know that either." -- Jay Leno

Counting Down to Inauguration Day (9 months, 29 days)

Court Disbars Cheney Ex-Aide -- WaPo
Dan Froomkin: Cheney Doesn't Care What You Think -- WaP0

Electioneering

NM Gov. Bill Richardson Endorses Obama -- WaPo
Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud? -- AlterNet

Bushonomics

Slump Moves From Wall St. to Main St. -- NY Times
Stocks Bounce Back as Oil and Gold Fall Again -- NY Times
Inflation Hits the Poor Hardest (Duh!) -- WaPo
Paul Krugman: Partying Like It's 1929 -- NY Times

World News

China Tensions Could Sway Vote in Taiwan -- NY Times
Mark Morford: Note to China: Please Implode -- SFGate
Romania Caught Short in Loo Row -- BBC

Miscellanea

Vaccine Failure Is Setback in AIDS Fight -- WaPo
World's Best-Known Protest Symbol Turns 50 -- BBC
"Standard Operating Procedure" -- Movie trailer
Drag Racer Faces 28 Felony Charges in Deadly Selmer (TN) Crash -- The Tennessean
Starbucks Must Pay $100m in Tips -- BBC

Commentary from Froomkin, Krugman and Morford plus a moving movie trailer are scattered among today's must reads/sees.

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