Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Désamour and Amour - NYTimes.com - Maureen Dowd - “The falling out of love of the French will be worse than his divorce with Cécilia,” a Sarkozy friend told Le Parisien. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he goes through a small depression.” This nation of elegant formality frowned at a leader lacking impulse control, who could arrive late for a meeting with the pope and then check his phone, and who could dismiss a citizen who wouldn’t shake his hand at an agricultural fair with a profane version of “Get lost, you poor idiot.” At a jubilant celebration at the Bastille Sunday night, French revelers held up plastic glasses of Champagne and signs telling Sarko: “Get lost, you poor idiot.”
News report: Would-be bomber was a double-agent - CNN.com - A man who volunteered as a suicide bomber for a terrorist group intent on blowing up a U.S.-bound plane was working instead as an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing American and foreign officials.
Rangers' Josh Hamilton bashes four home runs - USATODAY - Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, who put on a memorable show of power the day before the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, became the 16th player in history to hit four home runs in a game when he connected in the eighth inning Tuesday against Baltimore Orioles right-hander Darren O'Day. All of Hamilton's home runs were two-run shots, the others coming in the first, third and seventh innings as the Rangers beat the Orioles 10-3. He also doubled in the fifth and finished 5-for-5 with 18 total bases, which set an American League record and fell one shy of the major league mark.
Is This the Most Boring Election Ever? | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone - But this campaign, relatively speaking, will not be fierce or hotly contested. Instead it'll be disappointing, embarrassing, and over very quickly, -- It's just impossible to take Mitt Romney seriously as a presidential candidate. Even the news reporters who are paid to drum up dramatic undertones are having a hard time selling Romney as half of a titanic title bout. -- The Republican base is angrier and more determined than it ever has been, yet Republican voters picked as their nominee the one candidate in their slate of primary challengers who depresses them. This is exactly the John Kerry scenario. Kerry was never going to win, either, and everyone pretty much knew that, too
Greg Walker on leaving Chicago for Atlanta: 'It's a lot of fun' | Mark Bradley - AJC - Greg Walker, the Braves’ new — and, if early returns are to be trusted, wildly successful — hitting coach, returned to Chicago on Monday and made the media rounds. Walker had spent nine seasons with the White Sox, helping the Pale Hose win the 2005 World Series but ultimately falling from favor with general manager Kenny Williams. As Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago writes, Williams fired Walker after a clubhouse spat last August only to be overruled by owner Jerry Reinsdorf. (And here we thought Frank Wren could get impatient.)
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