Stay true to the dreams of thy youth

A very awkward interview with Christine O'Donnell, resulting in an even stranger pan-out and end of interview

• Hell's Angels and German Puppes
  

  "A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria when he 'mooned' a group of Hell's Angels, hurled a puppy at them and then escaped on a bulldozer."

• Poll bolsters congressional Democrats - Yahoo! News

  "The reeling economy remains people's top concern, according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll conducted earlier this month, making public attitudes about it crucial for both parties' hopes in November. The good news for Democrats: By a margin of 47 percent to 42 percent, people trust them more than Republicans to guide the economy, and 64 percent — slightly more than in April — say their household budgets are in good shape."

• Dick Armey: Angle and other tea party candidates should talk to the press

  ""Rand Paul made an amateur mistake," said Armey. "A freshman mistake. A rookie mistake. He thought MSNBC was a legitimate news organization, bless his heart... You don't want to talk to anyone in the press that is unprofessional or lazy. Now, basically what he did in that case was, he walked into the buzzsaw. The people who asked that question... any legitimate news person would have been embarrassed to see that. They're not news people. They're political hacks.""

• Tom Mullins: New Mexico Congressional Candidate Wants Landmines Along U.S.-Mexico Border

  "The Republican nominee for a northern New Mexico congressional seat suggested during a radio interview that the United States could place land mines along the Mexican border to secure the international boundary.
  

• Saad Eddin Ibrahim - Obama is too friendly with tyrants

  "To be fair, Bush did back away from his support for Arab reform in his second term. But the image of his support stuck. Why has Obama distanced himself from his predecessor's support for democracy promotion? One unsurprising outcome is that the regime in Egypt has reverted to wholesale imprisonment and harassment of political dissidents. "

• On the Verge of Historic Change?

  Washington repeats it ironclad commitment to Israel’s basic security in its 1967 borders, suggesting that the US is finally clarifying that its support for Israel does not include unconditional support for Israel’s colonization policies, notes Rami G. Khouri.

• Study puts Colorado high-speed passenger rail price tag at $22 billion « Colorado Independent

  High-speed passenger rail service on dedicated tracks along the Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 corridors will cost $22 billion and likely require up to 50-percent funding by Colorado taxpayers, a Rocky Mountain Rail Authority (RMRA) spokesman said this week.

• Editorial - Mr. Obama and Israel - NYTimes.com

  After taking office last year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel privately told many Americans and Europeans that he was committed to and capable of peacemaking, despite the hard-line positions that he had used to get elected for a second time. Trust me, he told them. We were skeptical when we first heard that, and we’re even more skeptical now.

• Jordan faces tough nuclear test - The National Newspaper

Jordan is looking to take advantage of an abundant resource - uranium.

• With No Jobs, Plenty of Time for Tea Party - NYTimes.com

  Tea Party members are all to willing to take the government "handouts" against which they are so insanely protesting.

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