Morning post, Aug 11th.

The headlines:

• US broke and in denial. (Bloomberg)
• Obama signs $26 billion bill to save teacher jobs. (AP)
• Israel, airstrikes and the point of no return. (Atlantic)
• Time for more vacation in the US. (Ny Times)
• Urban development – Syracuse renewal. (Ny Times)

Batch post July 2nd

Headlines from the last cycle

• RNC Chairman Michael Steele rejects Afghan War
• Senator Lindsay Graham (SC) predicts the Tea Party will die out.
• Jobnumbers:  down 125.000 total, private sector up 83.000, unemployment rate down to 9.5%
• Obama’08 boss David Plouffe talks about possible GOP takeover in November
• KY-Sen candidate Rand Paul (R) on analogies US v. Roman Empire
• FL-Gov Charlie Crist (I) turns to democratic fundraisers.
• Just in: Top GOPs calling for booting Steele – again.

Batch post for Thursday 28th

Some headlines after SotU-day.

• Supreme Justice Alito mouthing “not true” during SotU speech
• Biden innocent gaffe on unemployment/employment growing
• Impressive Sotu buzzword analysis on FiveThirtyEight
• Sotu attack on high court and loss of US sovereignty ripples
• Yemen fighting over, Saudi claims victory, Houthis claim truce
• Iran executes two post-election protesters from last June

Batch post for Wednesday 27th

Some headlines of wednesday – late January 2010

• Obama delivers annual State of the Union speech
• Saudis declare clear victory over shia Houtis in Yemen
• Israeli minister-without-folio Peled predicts war on Lebanon
• UK struggles with legality of Iraq invasion 2003
• Bibi calm fears of Lebanon war after Peled talk
• 37 killed in three Baghdad attacks

Batch post for Sunday 24th

Some of the headlines this sunday

• Supreme Court passes power to corporations
• Some thoughts on Obamas first year
• More strict focus on jobs and health care for 2010
• Bin Ladin farce continues – alleged new audio tapes
• Saudi strikes 18 times on Yemen last few days
• Tom Friedman on innovation and creating new jobs