Ode to a Russian ashtray

What you didn’t read in a daily American newspaper today:

The coup-backed regime of Roberto Micheletti has yet to gain recognition from a single foreign government and all three of its neighbors have sealed the borders. The regime also faces economic threats from the World Bank and the United States.

Ken Silverstein has some more facts about Honduras. Also from Consortiumnews.com, why you didn’t read that in a daily American newspaper today. What does it take to arouse the interest of the American press?

Scott Horton provides some background on the Russia Obama is visiting, and suggests there may be more to write about than just the ashtrays. Horton also looks at the Weymouth tollgate.

None of this would be surprising from a hacktacular paper like the Cincy Enquirer, but the sad truth is our national newspapers are hacked from purest bullshit, razored into neat lines and snorted by the establishment daily.

One last drive by slap at the press. Click the links in Blue Texan’s tribute to Ross Douthat’s encomium to Sarah Palin.

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Rummy comes clean, blames everything on DOD’s general counsel, Jim Haynes.

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Because you should only have sex with partners who are legally chained to you.

More legal manure from Jonathan Turley, Raw Story and TalkLeft:

Idaho couple charged with incest

Tasering waiters for fun

Diehards refuse to admit that exoneration means NOT FUCKING GUILTY

Peter King trash talking the dead

Separation of temple and state

Separation of church and law school

If Gitmo actually closes, detainees fear that the more aggressive military guards will make good on their threat to give them “a farewell to remember”

Mexican Midget Wrestlers Killed by Fake Prostitutes!

The rest of the story about the NY lawyer denied admission to the bar for indebtedness

Bobby Jindal stops Louisiana’s low graduation rate problem by lowering the bar

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Kip on Matt Taibbi’s analysis of Goldman Sachs.

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Freed from the chains of any kind of political power (other than lame mullet master Gov. BridgeFail), local Republicans start Cheneying each other.

Less offensive than Chuck Grassley bipartisaning himself, imho.

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Wolfshit.

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Fixing TBTF.

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Bailin’ Palin.

That’s it, I’m outta here. The rest can wait for tomorrow.

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