Political News Tracker

Round-up time.

• Bunch of violence in Iraq, 3 bombs, 27 dead, 150 wounded. Surge still working, I guess.
• Ike Turner, still dead.
• After three year “break,” war seems to be ramping up again in the Congo. Bad news all around here, hinges on the same ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis that led to genocide in Rwanda. Yeesh.
• The natives (nativists?) are restless in Iowa.
• Dumbest fucking news story I may have ever seen. And I can’t pick on the NY Times here, I’ve seen this dumb shit everywhere.
• The Mitchell investigation report is coming out today, naming 50-80 major league baseball players as despicable cheaters. Hope some good comes out of this.
• Continuing their excellent series covering the front-runners for president, WaPo takes on John McCain.  AMERICAblog points out the hideous picture they use, saying looks matter in politics.
• Philly getting safer. Good for them.