McCain: GOP candidate Sees no Plan B for Iraq. Wait—did anyone see a Plan A?

Oh, Right… Plan A: Four car bombs explode in surge-protected Baghdad, killing 37. Two British helicopters crash near Baghdad, killing two.

Hearts and Minds: If you can’t win em… splatter ‘em all over the place. Probe finds that US soldiers shot 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide bombing in a village near Jalalabad last month.

This Is What Fascism Looks Like: Hundreds of protesters arrested, beaten in Putin’s Russia. But how could this happen? George W. Bush looked into his heart and pronounced him a good man!

You Want Fries With That? Fat gene discovered by scientists.

What’s Killing Off Bees? It might be your cell phone.

The Devil Himself: Karl Rove visits Seattle… in an effort to somehow cheer up local Republicans.

I Blame Don Imus: Hawaii’s Don Ho dead at 76.