Domestic Terror Plot Thwarted in New York According to the Washington Post, Four men—James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen—were apprehended while plotting to use C-4 plastic explosives to bomb two Jewish centers in the Bronx, New York. The men also planned to shoot down Air National Guard planes with Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles. Stuff like this…

‘Round and ’round and ’round we go with this torture thing, shouting and squawking in a decidedly partisan squabble, quarrelling over waterboarding and whether we should release certain damning pictures, arguing about whether we’re safer now or less safe now and who knew what/when/where. Fingers point and poke, and we talk on and on and…

Jay Mohr Goes in on FLOTUS; Buzz Sees a ‘Missing Person’ Headline in his Future Comedian Jay Mohr of ‘being that guy whose name you don’t remember but who you totally recognize’ fame decided to give Madame Obama an ethering on the Jim Rome radio show, noting, among other things, FLOTUS’ stature and eyebrow game.…

What is Michael Steele doing? In his latest speech declaring a new day for the GOP, the Republican Party chairman offered up yet another rough and tumble takedown of the Democrats, filled with biting rhetoric and at times lackluster, backward-looking policy initiatives. Among many terse one-liners came a declaration “that the era of the GOP…

*According to the Associated Press, Martin Luther King’s family has become temporarily functional enough to authorize the use of the good doctor’s intellectual property for the purpose of making a feature-length biopic. Steven Spielberg is attached to produce, hopefully having shook off the bad juju from that Indiana Jones debacle. *Having mastered playing blind Black piano virtuosos,…

DN: Obama to Skip Kenya on African Tour, Says ‘You Got a Whole Chapter in the Book’ BBC: Tamil Tiger Leader Killed, Sri Lanka Declares Beef Squashed AJE: The Block is Quite Hot in Somalia Right Now, Rebels Take Another Town WP: Cannes Do: Director Lee Daniels Makes a Splash at Film Festival JTA: Lost…

NO: Radio Black Out: Performance Fee Bill Passes Committee HP: Bring the Beat(ings) Back! Obama to Revive Military Tribunals of Gitmoans AJE: Sri Lankan Gov’t: ‘We’ll Free Tamils from Tigers Provided We Don’t Kill Everyone in the Process’ BBC: South Africa Grants Dalai Lama Visa, Says ‘He’s Cool; He’s Solid.” WP: Brenda’s Got a Baby,…

NO: 9 Dead after Boat Carrying Haitian Immigrants Sinks BET: *Sigh* W. Va. Teen May Get Life for Shooting Pregnant Woman WP: Obama Wants Detainee Abuse Photos Taken Down, at least Not Tagged on Facebook NYT: Boy Scouts Trained to Fight Terror, Patrol Border; Fastest to Make Hitler Youth Quip Wins AA: Lead Diet? Same…