September 24, 2011: Weekend
- Putin to run for president with Medvedev stepping aside—decade of consolidating power will secure him to 2024.
- No votes on Palestinian statehood: U.S., Canada, Israel, Micronesia—planned negotiations will be more fruitful.
- A Palestinian state will exist as opposite of Kosovo: potentially enjoying UN recognition but lacking sovereign power.
- Sale of bunker-busting bombs to Israel may have been perceived as greenlighting Iran attack.
- While Republicans attack green energy, China massively invests to dominate the crucial sector.
- Is insider trading merely an illicit version of a common American cleverness?
- Agricultural subsidies for junk food accounts for $7.36 for taxpayers; apples, 11 cents.
- Argentina intimidates press reporting inflation at double government figures: 20 percent.
- Chinese blogger reporting on officials' luxury watches forced to halt reporting by authorities.
- The Mavenist is Layer Tennis for words: featuring Frank Chimero on loops, cartoons, augmentation.
- After realizing target was a friend, hit man faked murder pic with ketchup.