30 October 2008: Morning By The Morning News — 30 Oct 2008 Friedman: The U.S. is in a good position to negotiate with Iran; a President Obama makes our position stronger. Will: Tuesday's probable repudiation of the Republican Party will punish characteristics displayed in the campaign's closing days. "Main Street Meltdown" ice sculpture unveiled in lower Manhattan. Insider knowledge of past coups has made traders millions--"forensic economics" begins its investigation. Attach yourself to success, do no harm--historical lessons for financial crisis management from Napoleon. Re-reading Thoreau's pre-industrial accounts for help in climate change research. Obama would face four immediate problems of a magnitude that would put previous transition efforts into the shade. Intercepted correspondence of transition teams dueling for the White House. Sunk in 1916, Titanic's sister ship, a floating hospital, will become an underwater museum. Matthew Baldwin announces this year's NaNoReMo selection--it's Lolita, and you've got two days to get your copy. Karlheinz was right, things are great, we are communicating telepathically. Bjork on Stockhausen. Whatever happened to the theory about aliens who came to earth and mingled with early man? In case you missed it: Obama's infomercial.
