Losers Win

• The new housing bill helps out homeowners, a little, but mostly helps the Big Business Fat Cat Power Elite (car makers, airlines, and oh also home builders). [ New York Times ]

• Yesterday the Pope said he was sorry but abuse victims are still mad about the child-rape. [ New York Times ]

• Today the Pope is in Washington to meet adoring crowds and once again lament the horrors of sex abuse. [ Washington Post ]

• Airline mergers mean, in the short term, more of the same: more terrible service, more lost baggage, more missed connections. This is so that travelers will feel comfortable with the transition. [ Wall Street Journal ]

• Yay a Presidential debate is happening tonight! Once again Hillary Clinton must land a "knock out blow," Barack Obama must play it safe, and we must get drunk while mocking their Experience and Hope. [ Politico ]

• Al Qaeda is so packed with dull paper-pushing bureaucrats it might as well be the DMV. [ Los Angeles Times ]