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Monday, July 26, 2010

News The Morning News: The Internet Has Revealed the Secrets of the Afghanistan War

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:59 AM

Afghanistan's Pentagon Papers? A ton of military papers have been leaked to the public that suggest that Afghanistan is not going very well at all. For instance: America suggests that Pakistan is aiding the insurgency in Afghanistan, even as we send one billion dollars in aid a year their way. There are already 91,000 of these secret documents online now, and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claims that there are plenty more where that came from. He claims that what there is online already implicate people and nations in war crimes.

Don't Let the Door Hit You in the Etc, Etc: BP CEO Tony Hayward is finally expected to resign.

Down With Love: After a stampede at Germany's Love Parade that left 19 dead and hundreds injured, organizers say there will never be another Love Parade.

War Crimes: A chief executioner of the Khmer Rouge has been found guilty in a UN-backed court, but many say the sentence is too light.

Fighting Breaks Out in Mogadishu: At least 19 dead in a skirmish between the Somali government and Al-Shabaab fighters.

Surely They Will Work This Time: The EU is tightening sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.

This Will Solve Everything: President Obama to appear on The View.

New Home Sales: Up, higher than forecasted, in June.

The Bush Era Lives On: The Supreme Court under Roberts is the most conservative it has ever been in living memory.

One More Round in the Hoosegow: A teen convicted in the Tuba Man murder has been arrested for armed robbery.

Apparently, This Is News: The Barefoot Bandit is not interested in a movie deal, his lawyer says.

Also, He's Kind of Creepy: Has Steve Ballmer's time heading Microsoft finally come to an end?

Sorry, We're Closed: Saying goodbye to Boeing Plant 2.

We're Number 1! We're Number 1!: Famous Zig Zag bartender Murray Stenson has been named Best Bartender in America.

We Partied So Goddamned Hard: Apparently, a block party spontaneously broke out on Capitol Hill this weekend. You can read a very thorough accounting of what went down over on Line Out.

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Someone buy those (alleged) thieving, convicted murdering (manslaughter, whatever) kids a plane ticket to Siberia.

Posted by Banna

on July 26, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Why are they saying there will never be another Love Parade? There have been stampedes that have killed people before, including the Hajj because of poor planning and forcing large crowds into small, inescapable routes. There is no reason there should never be another Love Parade. There should, however, be a thorough investigation looking into the cause of the tragedy and people responsible should be brought to justice.

Posted by Vince on July 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM

@2, it's just too big. They were prepared to cope with 500,000, but 1.5 million showed up. There's no way to realistically prepare for that many people.

Afghanistan: America's longest-ever war (longer than WWI and WWII combined) just gets better and better, huh? We're paying to arm the people we're fighting against. Genius.

Posted by Fnarf

on July 26, 2010 at 9:43 AM

Here's to Murr the Blur, best bartender who ever lived. In the old days at Il Bistro watching him work the crowd unobtrusively was a treat. From what I could tell nobody at the bar proper ever waited for their next drink or had time to light their own cigarette.

Posted by gloomy gus on July 26, 2010 at 9:57 AM

I especially love the way the only official response to the Afghanistan thing from the administration has been "How dare they leak all those documents!"

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM

I read this in Harper's last week, "America is funding both sides of what is clearly an Afghan civil war." Guess that's true, unfortunately.

Posted by emor on July 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Huh. I never noticed that the Chef wears a wedding band before...

Posted by Knat on July 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Re: Afghanistan.

Told you so.

Time to end both of the foreign civil wars that serve no US strategic interest but only serve to provide cheap resources for China and Russia using US blood, toil, and tears.

Posted by Will in Seattle