Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

More demands expected

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2008/10/more_demands_expecte.html

How about the railways?

Odds and Ends

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/Posts/00008671.html

Backroom battle rages: what do we get for £35bn?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/10/backroom_battle_rages_what_do.html

Is nationalising banks cheaper than bailing them out? Also the crisis'
effect on Eastern Europe.

McCain Responds to Lewis' Comments - Real Clear Politics - Elections 2008 - TIME

http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/10/mccain_responds_to_lewis_comme.html

McCain Booed While Calming Crowd

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timeblogs/real_clear_politics/~3/417723818/mccain_booed_while_calming_cro.html

Not sure what comfort Arabs can take from this, though. See also, next
post.

Seeking to Mend The Public Trust

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002971119

The work ahead if the next US President. Assumes they're competant, of
course.

Thoughts on the Second Debate

> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2008/10/thoughts_on_the_second_debate.html
>
> Episodic framing of the election campaign vs. the 4 year political
> process. Very good.

BBC NEWS | Americas | 'The most terrifying night of my life'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7646473.stm

Colonial clue to the rise of HIV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7646255.stm

The arrival of colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa at the dawn of the 20th Century may have sparked the spread of HIV.