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The Other McCain Embarrassment

Heather Hurlburt of Democracy Arsenal adds more details to the biography of Daniel Kurtzer, the Obama advisor that the McCain campaign foreign policy apparatchiks are trying to smear. Read more

Real Clear Politics

Hey There Obama

Pretty funny video. Read more

World

The Middle East Blog

Let Them Have Footbaths

Brigitte Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian immigrant to the U.S., is the latest example of a publishing phenomenon that digs up women from Middle Eastern backgrounds or Muslim countries and uses them as mouthpieces for racist and xenophobic beliefs. Read more

The China Blog

A Chinese History Lesson from BOCOG

Here's a link to an official Olympic press conference. The whole thing, including a volunteer wrestling the microphone away from a reporter, is fascinating theater. Read more

Business & Technology

The Curious Capitalist

Why Paying Kids to Get Good Grades is a Bad Idea

People will do a lot of work for social rewards, but once you introduce money, things have a way of getting screwed up. Read more

Work in Progress

Baby Cullen's C.V.

Goal: Week-old baby seeks position requiring no particular skills. Read more

Nerd World

The Lightning Cannon Sucks!

If I could blog about the Venture Brothers every day, I would. But I can't. Apparently you're supposed to blog about different stuff every day. Whatever. I didn't blog about TVB yesterday, so I'm all clear. Read more

Entertainment

Tuned In

Not-TV Week: Best of the Web

We're all agreed that Tuned In is the best of all blogs. About TV. That you happen to be reading right now. Or accidentally clicked on while trying to get to Swampland. But I know that we're not exclusive. Read more

Looking Around

More on Pollock

Whatever benefits might flow from the University of Iowa selling its great Jackson Pollock, they pale in comparison to the danger the sale would present to the security of campus collections everywhere. Read more

Photos

White House Photo Blog

A cardboard cut-out of the candidate rests aboard John McCain's plane, flying from California to Florida.View more

Once again, the emptiness of McCain's argument is exposed. Now can we get back to McCain's corruption issue with the lobbyists and Charles Keating and Cindy's investments?

• - Posted by Mad As Hell on Swampland in response to Joe Klein's "The Other McCain Embarrassment"