Brewer To Boston: MYOB  —  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in town for the National Governors Association bash, blasts the Boston City Council etal for being big buttinskis and adds, never mind what the local libs ... and the Obama admin ... think, America has her back.  Boston Herald:

It Begins... First Oil Rig Relocates From Gulf to Foreign Waters  —  Thanks Barack.  —  Diamond Offshore announced on Friday that it will be the first company to relocate one of its oil rigs from the Gulf of Mexico to Egyptian waters due to the Obama Administration's ban on drilling.

Box left at woman's door explodes  —  HOUSTON (KTRK) — Local and federal investigators were at a northwest Houston home Friday night where an explosion sent a woman to the hospital.  —  The woman was opening a package left at her doorstep in the 2100 block of Seamist Court Friday evening.

Ivy Cred  —  OK, so the FBI has said they were Russian spies, the Russian government has said they were Russian spies, and the Russian spies have said they were Russian spies, and Vladimir Putin has cracked jokes about it.  —  That leaves ... Harvard.  The nation's premier Ivy League U.S …

Whew: America's Candidate funded by ... US and South Carolina taxpayers  —  When Alvin Greene came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination to run against Jim DeMint for the Senate, people wondered how this unknown got 60% of the Democratic vote in the primary.

Blasting right wing lies right out of the oil soaked water  —  Blamo!  —  Here's something you don't see every day: a news anchor actually challenging a lying winger on the air and then going back the next day with a thorough fact check:  —  See, it's really not that hard.  —  h/t to bb

Struggling states seeking more aid from Washington  —  BOSTON (AP) — Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washington to step up with more help, even if it means adding to the nation's red ink.

Obama's Israel policy could loom large as midterm election issue in key races  —  As the Obama administration tries to mend its strained ties with Israel, strategists say U.S. policy on the Jewish state could influence several battleground House and Senate races this fall.

Blue Suede Jihad: PJM Gets the MSM Treatment  —  A Memphis mosque turns to its dinosaur media allies over a PJM story on a Hamas fundraiser's scheduled appearance.  —  Last week, I wrote about the scheduled appearance of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hanooti, a long-time terrorist supporter and known Hamas fundraiser …

Serious Questions About the Veracity of Michael Bellesiles's Latest Tale  —  A few days ago, questions were raised first by Big Journalism and then by me about a story that Michael Bellesiles published in the June 27th issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education: Teaching Military History in a Time of War.

Bay Bank, FSB, Lutherville, Maryland, Assumes all of the Deposits of Bay National Bank, Baltimore, Maryland  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Bay National Bank, Baltimore, Maryland, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.