memeorandum: CNN Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber comatose, near death, family says (Nic Robertson/CNN)

9:15 AM ET, August 29, 2011

Top Items:

Mental illness rise linked to climate — RATES of mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress will increase as a result of climate change, a report to be released today says. — The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, says loss of social cohesion in the wake …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Republicans Against Science — Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr. Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the G.O.P. — namely, that it is becoming the “anti-science party.”

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media and Balloon Juice

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

South Carolina's attorney general to endorse Huntsman — Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman will pick up the endorsement of South Carolina's attorney general Monday morning. — Alan Wilson, son of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, confirmed to CNN that he is behind the …

Discussion: GOP 12

Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
One day climate change skeptics will be seen in the same negative light …

Discussion: Mediaite, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, The Democratic Daily, Wizbang, nation.foxnews.com and Taylor Marsh

The Daily Beast:

A Hurricane of Hype — Irene fell far short of the media's dire warnings even before it was downgraded. Howard Kurtz on the scaremongering by television and local officials.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Outside the Beltway, The BRAD BLOG, Power Line, The Mahablog, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Reuters:
Factbox - Irene power outages swell to nearly 4.2 million

Discussion: Zandar Versus The Stupid

New York Times: Down Atlantic, a Refrain: It Could Have Been Worse

CNN:
Obama on Irene aftermath: ‘This is not over’

Discussion: Nation Now, This Just In, Hot Air, msnbc.com, The Volokh Conspiracy, Guardian and The Moderate Voice

Nic Robertson / CNN:

CNN Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber comatose, near death, family says — Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and likely to take secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 to his grave. — CNN found al-Megrahi under the care of his family …

Discussion: The Politico, Associated Press, YID With LID, Guardian, Hot Air, TigerHawk, The Jawa Report, Telegraph, Althouse, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch

Nic Robertson / CNN:
CNN's Robertson on finding Lockerbie bomber

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, Informed Comment and Jihad Watch

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

George Will Slams Dick Cheney For Not Apologizing For Iraq — Damn it, I hate it when this happens. I actually agree with George Will. As I reel from worlds colliding, let's look at the astonishing admission of wrongness on behalf of a Republican to which George Will wants an apology:

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Attackerman, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather

Jonathan Martin / Reuters:

Is Rick Perry dumb? — Another Texas governor who drops his “g's” and scorns elites is running for president and the whispers are the same: Lightweight, incurious, instinctual. — Strip away the euphemisms, and Rick Perry is confronting an unavoidable question: is he dumb - or just misunderestimated?

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Politics, Campaign 2012 and WJLA-TV

Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal: GOP Leaders Bring Some Bad Blood to Race

Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:

Michele Bachmann rally draws over 1,000 in Sarasota, but some prefer Rick Perry — SARASOTA — Hurricane Irene bypassed the state and spared Michele Bachmann's first campaign foray in Florida this weekend, but now she has to contend with Hurricane Perry. — Even as the Minnesota congresswoman …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and GOP 12

Howie Carr / Boston Herald:

Deval Patrick laments ‘tragedy,’ fails to take action — My guess is that Hurricane Irene is going to kill a lot fewer Americans in Massachusetts this year than illegal aliens are. But don't tell that to Gov. Deval Patrick — he doesn't want to talk about dead Americans and the drunk Ecuadorians who killed them.

Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Obama's illegal uncle arrested; ‘Uncle Omar’ hits cop car, tries to call White House

Discussion: Big Journalism, Scared Monkeys, Marooned In Marin, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Powers That Be, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com, Pajamas Media, Confederate Yankee and PoliPundit.com

Daniel S. Hamermesh / New York Times:

Ugly? You May Have a Case — Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, is the author of “Beauty Pays,” published this month. — BEING good-looking is useful in so many ways. — In addition to whatever personal pleasure it gives you …

Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum, americanthinker.com and JammieWearingFool

BBC:

Yoshihiko Noda wins Japan leadership race — The BBC's Roland Buerk says Mr Noda will need to reach out to the opposition — Japan's governing Democratic Party (DPJ) has chosen Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its leader, lining him up to become the country's sixth prime minister in five years.

Discussion: americanthinker.com and Truthdig

Ynetnews:

Abbas: We won't recognize Israel as Jewish state — Palestinian leader defiant ahead of UN statehood bid, urges international community to back off; 'Don't order us to recognize Jewish state,' he says. Foreign Minister says world must tell Abbas state cannot come at Israel's expense — Elior Levy

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch

Jerusalem Post:
Do you support two states for two peoples?

Discussion: Israel Matzav and ThinkProgress

Ron Todt / Associated Press:

Va. soldier sought in 4 deaths found dead in Pa. — JAMISON, Pa. — An Army officer suspected of killing four people in Pennsylvania and Virginia was found dead in a wooded area Sunday after a manhunt during Tropical Storm Irene's winds and drenching rains paralyzed residents in this Philadelphia suburb.

Lucy Madison / CBS News:

Colin Powell undecided on 2012 choice — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says there are some “interesting” presidential candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination - but that he's not sure yet who he'll be voting for. — Powell, who served under former …

The Note:
Powell Not Sold on Obama in '12

Discussion: The Reaction, Scared Monkeys, CNN, Michelle Malkin and The Hill

Eric Dash / New York Times:

As Fortunes Dim, Banks Confront a Leaner Future — Battered by a weak economy, the nation's biggest banks are cutting jobs, consolidating businesses and scrambling for new sources of income in anticipation of a fundamentally altered financial landscape requiring leaner operations.

Vicky Allan / Herald Scotland:

Ground Zero imam gives Scotland his recipe for successful multiculturalism — AMERICA'S most controversial imam - the man at the centre of the storm over plans for the “Ground Zero Mosque” in New York last year - flew into Edinburgh yesterday to tell the Festival of Spirituality and Peace …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs and Weasel Zippers