Angry Bear: Remember all the Bush hoopla about a new Middle East peace initiative?

Blue Gal: Good reasons to stay home from the DNC

The Reality-Based Community: Cleaning out the stables

The Reaction: Let's not forget that 435 members of the House and 35 senators will be standing for election this November

Prairie Weather: The Dems have been up to no good for longer than we like to think

ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Fox News "Dem" finds Obama smears hilarious...Lies in the morning...Taking a stand against violent rhetoric...Well-deserved award...That darn left-wing media bias...But many on the left & right are united over FISA...US Military targeting journalists...Call the waaahmbulance...Fox and Friends need a little gland treatment..."I am not paid enough to deal with this lying bullsh*t"...Over 4000 US combat deaths, just a handful of images...Manufacturing consensus through the use of mass media...Black Radio's answer to Limbaugh...Further evidence of the demise of the LA Times...

Yahoo:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 20 American service personnel were killed in military operations Saturday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces since the
Iraq war began, and authorities also announced two U.S. combat deaths from the previous day. The day's worst loss came from the crash of a U.S. Army helicopter northeast of Baghdad that killed 13 service members. An attack Saturday night blamed on militiamen in the city of Karbala killed five soldiers. Roadside bombs killed another soldier in the capital and one in Nineveh province north of Baghdad.