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* No benchmarks or timetables to be added toPresident Bush'sAIDS fightin' money. [ WP , NYT ]

*Fred Thompsonto thrill Republican voters until about Labor Day when he lets them down, or just gets boring. [ WP , NYT , LAT , USAT ]

* Oh, thatRobert Zoellick, his mustache is cute, and he seems so smart and nice. Not like that other guy at all. [ WP , NYT ]

* The Russians, still? [ WP , NYT ]

* It's taken 15 years, but nowRuth Bader Ginsburgis pissed. [ NYT ]

* Troop surge in Iraq failing ahead of schedule. [ WSJ ]

* All the world's a stage, and the political actors merely the biggest blowhards on it. [ WP ]