The news on D-Day plus 1 plus 66 years:
- NATO loses 10 troops in deadly Afghanistan day (BBC) — “Ten Nato soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the deadliest day in months for the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). In the worst of several attacks, five US soldiers died in an improvised bomb blast in east Afghanistan, the US said.” NPR is saying that 7 of those killed were Americans.
- Dispersal of Oil Means Cleanup to Take Years, Official Says (NYT) — Yeah, that sounds more like it. Seems like I ran across a comment somewhere this morning suggesting it would take into this fall. Nuh-uhn, thought I — much longer.
- Apple Unveils iPhone 4 (WSJ) — Whenever Steve Jobs does show-and-tell with a new gadget, it’s news. What an incredibly enviable marketing position to be in.
- Israel Kills Palestinian Diving ‘Squad’ Off Gaza (WSJ) — Not normally front-page news, but given the current state of tension…
- A sudden end for Helen Thomas (WashPost) — About time. This arrogant mass of ill-considered opinions posing as a “reporter” should have quit long ago. (And before you say “pot calling kettle black,” I am an arrogant mass of ill-considered opinions who is NOT posing as a reporter. So there, smart alecks.) At least this proves that there IS such a thing as going too far in bashing Israel, however fashionable it may be in certain circles. I had begun to wonder.
- Voter turnout expected to be light (thestate.com) — Or not, as The State‘s John O’Connor noted this morning on Twitter. Sorry, but nobody seems to have a more scintillating angle for advancing tomorrow’s vote than that. So I’ll add my own commentary: The most important thing any of us needs to do tomorrow is vote for the candidate most likely to lead us far, far beyond the Mark Sanford malaise of the last 8 years.
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