Lieberman: Bomb Iran If It Doesn't Stop  —  Conn. Senator Says The U.S. Should Strike If Tehran Keeps Helping Anti-U.S. Forces In Iraq  —  (CBS) The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq …

'Meet the Press' transcript for June 10, 2007  —  Colin Powell on the war in Iraq, Decision 2008 and much more  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: February 5th, 2003, then Secretary of State Colin Powell goes before the United Nations to lay out the case against Saddam Hussein.

The Sopranos Finale: will Tony live or will he get whacked?  —  Will Tony Soprano live or will he get whacked in tonight's final episode of The Sopranos?  Momentum is building up among the popular TV series "aficionados", so is the betting frenzy surrounding the last episode of The Sopranos.

"Too early" for Colin Powell to say he'll endorse a Republican for President  —  Colin Powell refused to say that he would support a Republican for President.  That's just not done in GOP world.  Loyalty comes first.  But Colin played coy when Russert asked Colin Powell if he was ready to make any endorsements for 2008.

GOP Senator To Propose Vote of No Confidence — In Congress  —  Those wacky Republican Senators from Oklahoma...  If it's not James "Ice-Age" Inhofe raving like a crazy man on a street corner about climate change being a big liberal hoax, it's his colleague, Dr. Tom Coburn …

Sarkozy set for big majority in parliament  —  French President Nicolas Sarkozy was on course on Sunday night to win a commanding majority in parliament after the centre-right UMP party and its allies won an estimated 46 per cent of the vote in the first round of France's general election.

Democrats' Prosperity Problem  —  Early in George W. Bush's presidency, liberal critics said: The economy is not growing.  Which was true.  He inherited the debris of the 1990s' irrational exuberances.  A brief (eight months) and mild (the mildest since World War II) recession began in March 2001 …

Gaza militants' "TV" sign draws reporters' anger  —  Source: Reuters  —  The Palestinian journalists' union criticised militants on Sunday for using a vehicle marked with a "TV" sign to approach Gaza's border with Israel and attack an Israeli military position across the frontier.

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco  —  (Welcome to FDL Book Salon, where today we are privileged to have Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco online with us to discuss The Unived States v. I. Lewis Libby.  As always, please keep the discussion on point.

Bandar and the $2 Billion Question  —  Hundreds of pages of confidential U.S. bank records may be the missing link in illuminating new allegations that a major British arms contractor funneled up to $2 billion in questionable payments to Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

Bush Mobbed in Albania!... Pro-US Nation Celebrates Historic Visit  —Updated and Bumped-  —  This Pro-American Muslim country was fired up for the historic visit by President Bush.  —  They mobbed the president in the village of Fushe Kruje.  —  U.S. President George Bush greets crowds …

The giggle test  —  Jane Galt asks a good question: what happened to the idea of replacing black roofs (and, for that matter, black roadways) with white (or light gray) ones as a way of increasing the albedo of the Earth (and also reducing the summer temperature in big cities)?