The American high command, and American civilians are only now beginning to appreciate what the resistance did to them. They are only now starting to realise that they are not the only ones who can inflict “collateral damage” and that there is more than one form of it.

For those of you who may be concerned that the Senators assigned to the conference committee to sort out the House and Senate financial reform bills may not be up to snuff, we have a McClatchy profile of Senator Judd Gregg (R. N.H.), one of the Republican members, to assure us.

McClatchy spreads the bullshit that makes our politics go ’round – rather than forward.

The United States and NATO are poised to launch a major assault in the Marjah district in southern Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians are in imminent peril. Will President Obama and Congress act to protect civilians in Marjah, in compliance with the obligations of the United States under the laws of war?

Joe Galloway’s superior June 19th article in McClatchy on the Hope and Promise of Change we heard from Obama on the campaign trail – and what has happened to them.

McClatchy DC just now reports this rear-end collision of 2 commuter trains. 6 dead; many injured. Picture and full story at McClatchy.