Not Even Obama Can Stand Up To Wall Street
Last week everybody was calling for the head of Tim Geithner, but President Obama will almost definitely not fire him just because Geithner has already been embarrassing enough. [ Reuters ]
South Africa decided to bar the Dalai Lama from a peace conference there because really, what has that no-good layabout ever done for peace? [ New York Times ]
David Letterman is an unfaithful husband because he was flirting onstage with a famous actress two days before he got married. [ New York Daily News ]
Two American reporters arrested by North Korean border guards have been taken to Pyongyang for interrogation. [ Reuters ]
Eat red meat and die young. [ Washington Post ]
The president has embarked on a gradual but noteworthy process of capitulating to the bankers who refused to help resolve the financial crisis until it was clear that their bonuses weren't in danger. [ Wall Street Journal ]