Our roundup that brings you links from websites of varying opinions. Links do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV, its editors, writers or contributors.
Should Drug Offenders Be Let Out Early? The issue is coming up…
Was Anthony Weiner’s Account Hacked? Charles Johnson says the question is irrelevant in a must-read.
Tornadoes Touch Down In Massachusetts: I’m from New Haven, Connecticut and have a relative in West Springfield, where a damaging tornado hit. Yes, tornadoes are not unknown in New England but this was unusual. And look at the footage in this video.
The Republican Hostage Strategy on the Debt Ceiling is Now Evident: It’s not even being couched in plausible deniability anymore. We’ve written about it here. But read some of the quotes from GOPers here and you see that they are openly saying that Barack Obama has to back down. Which raises the issue: if Obama is a real political player he knows this is the strategy. Is he willing to give the GOP what it wants on Medicare that will defuse the problem Republicans now face in 2012 on this issue and provide them with an escape hatch?
Attacks On Gmail Accounts: The attacks are traced back to China.
Can Sarah Palin Win the 2012 Republican Nomination? Some say no but Andrew Sullivan says yes she can.
Can Barack Obama Be Defeated in 2012? Many pundits insist its looking like he can’t but Nile Gardiner thinks yes he can.
And If Obama Goes Down one reason might be that the economic recovery is showing signs of sputtering.
How Can Anyone Get Washington’s Attention on the Economy? Robert Reich has some ideas.
No No a Thousand Times No: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refuses to reimburse his state for the costly use of a helicopter to attend his kid’s baseball game. Look for this to come back to haunt him. Not. Good. Optics.
Can I say Ditto Ditto a Thousand Times Ditto? Bill Clinton insists Americans have a real appetite for bipartisanship (even if most weblogs clearly do not).
A Chinese Teen wanted an iPad2 so he sold his kidney.
Big Change at The New York Times: The New York Times gets its first woman editor, the highly respected Jill Abramson.
Newspapers are on Hard Times so the question becomes: will newspaper values recover?
Change at Facebook? Clamping down on using Facebook for political organizing.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.