‘Sign of the apocalypse’: Kucinich's GOP support on Libya  —  One Democrat called it the “sign of the apocalypse.”  —  An anti-war resolution authored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who spent years trying to impeach the last Republican president for prosecuting an illegal war …

Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US Predator strike  —  Ilyas Kashmiri, the leader of the Harkat-ul Jihad Islami and al Qaeda's Brigade 313.  —  The US has killed Ilyas Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, in a Predator airstrike yesterday in South Waziristan.

“The world is getting warmer”: Romney  —  (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy on Friday by saying he believes that humans are responsible, at least to some extent, for climate change.  —  “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans …

The Dark Past Of The “Weinergate” Co-Pilot  —  Twitter avenger Mike Stack not your typical conservative agitator … The Twitter user who first floated the rumor that a lewd photo scandal was brewing for Representative Anthony Weiner is not your typical conservative avenger, an investigation by The Smoking Gun has determined.

Proof that S.F.'s circumcision ban Is anti-Semitic  —  As you may have heard by now, San Francisco will be voting this November on whether or not to ban circumcision in the city.  —  Defenders of the measure say it's all about “human rights” and “protecting babies” from unnecessary procedures.

So Now All These People Will Apologize to Sarah Palin About Paul Revere, Right?  —  As with most people, I simply took at face value the popular version that Paul Revere warned that the British were coming, the British were coming.  —  Not having any real reason to look into it any deeper …

My IM Interview with PatriotUSA76  —  #weinergate.  sigh.  —  A couple of things.  I can not help but think that, out of pure circumstance, I am now somehow being dragged down the river to find Kurtz in his heart of darkness.  —  I am not a journalist.  I'm a filmmaker, and NOT of the documentary kind.

China Has Divested 97 Percent of Its Holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills  —  (CNSNews.com) - China has dropped 97 percent of its holdings in U.S. Treasury bills, decreasing its ownership of the short-term U.S. government securities from a peak of $210.4 billion in May 2009 to $5.69 billion in March 2011 …

Donald Trump: I Could Win The Presidency As An Independent  —  So much for dropping out — Donald Trump tells TPM he believes he can win the White House as an independent candidate, keeping his name in the presidential game despite declaring last month he would not run for the GOP nomination.

Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies  —  Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger has died at age 80, the Associated Press reports.  —  Eagleburger, a career foreign service officer, helmed the State Department in 1992 under President George H.W. Bush.

Weiner helping junk the country  —  After the tumult of the First World War, noted Winston Churchill, only the intractability of the Irish Question had emerged unscathed:  —  “Great Empires have been overturned.  The whole map of Europe has been changed,” he told the House of Commons.