September 21, 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- To avoid UN showdown, America, Europe urge Abbas to compromise, knowing he wants a symbolic win.
- Ex-Afghan president assassinated—peace talks could be doomed without native leadership.
- Bloomberg fears social unrest in American cities, but citizens' despair prevents organization.
- Republican candidates all radically anti-choice, anti-environment, want incredible economic deregulation.
- Al Jazeera head quits due to leaks showing close cooperation with U.S. intelligence agencies.
- FBI analyst suggests the Koran for Muslims is like the Death Star's weak spot—a main target at which to aim.
- The future of drones is autonomous warfare using facial recognition to ID and kill targets.
- What bothered me about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was not the anonymity, but the constant fear.
- Russia hopes to reclaim lost ground with technological leap forward; political system devolved to neo-feudalism.
- Full Tilt Poker's management tapped player accounts for $440 million in Ponzi-like scheme.
- Reading list for MacArthur Genius Award-winning long-form journalist Peter Hessler.
- With mashups of Mormon lit possible, even scripture is ripe for "uncreative writing" manipulation.
- Flowchart of every marriage, divorce, affair, murder, and resurrection in All My Children's 10,712 episodes.
