International
- OPEC's meeting ended in a angry confrontation with the "cartel" opting not to increase production. Predictably, oil prices rose on the news. Oil is now trading about $30 per barrel above what the Saudis believe the commodity should be priced at.
- Zawahiri released a vow that the jihad begun by bin Laden will continue.
- Forthcoming scholarship in the Fordham International Law Journal addresses whether an armed conflict is ongoing in Mexico.
Domestic
- Rep. Allyson Schwartz adds her voice to the chorus calling for Rep. Weiner to resign grows. Schwartz--like Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin--is a member of Hillaryland.
- Palin and Bachmann advisers engage in a delicious internecine fight.
- The Economist assesses the faltering U.S. economy.
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