Morning Roundup: Around the Web Faster than Your Most Pressing Needs

By Beau Friedlander

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Vice guy versus nice guy: Firedoglake's Attaturk does a 20 years ago thing comparing McCain's participation with the Keating 5 to Obama paying a luggage surcharge for a Norwegian newlywed who was about to miss her flight.

FTSE, DAX and CAC got knocked big time today. (Bloomberg.)

Todd Beeton at MyDD thinks he may have found McCain's October Surprise, Achilles' Heel, soft spot: His record as a pilot. Just call him McCrashy.

The Wall Street Journal describes today's emergency measures designed to prevent total financial collapse in Europe.

A first-time recommended diary for Woochifer at Daily Kos was the place I found out that Troopergate may still get prosecuted.

The Guardian reports on a promising breast cancer vaccine.

Bank of America agrees to potentially $8.7 billion in loan-modifications on predatory instruments--you win! (Los Angeles Times)

The Christian Science Monitor reports on the how September's 159,000 lost jobs is going to have a domino effect, starting with a credit crunch.

Daniel de Groot at Open Left on Sarah Palin's recent reading list (a Starbuck's coffee cup) and how that pissed off former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The Washington Post on what we've said all along: Obama is going to win because he's better organized.

Crooks and Liars has David Brooks on Face the Nation saying Palin isn't up to snuff.

The Financial Times does a post-mortem on Lehman's failure to fail with dignity.

Alternet brings you Garrison Keillor's take on the bailout....via the International Herald Tribune.

William Kristol facilitates the psychotic innuendo of an ancient Republican ("in my day Blacks knew their place"; "the 60s ruined this country," etc) by commiserating with Sarah Palin about Bill Ayers and Rev Wright and how they somehow "reveal" the real Obama. Just like this reveals the real Palin.

GOP wants to know where Obama got all his money, because they're suspicious, see? (Wall Street Journal)

Does anyone thing it's a LITTE odd that there are lionfish off the coast of Rhode Island?

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October 6, 2008
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By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 10:17am

Of note, from your link:

The results of the Military Times 2008 Election Poll are not representative of the opinions of the military as a whole. The group surveyed is older, more senior in rank and less ethnically diverse than the overall armed services.

Of note, from the "put your money where your mouth is" department:

Obama Tops in Donations from Troops
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The Center for Responsive Politics has found that the presidential candidate with a record as a bona fide war hero is garnering far less financial support from the troops than the Harvard-trained lawyer.
"Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul," the report said.

The report also included this surprise: "Members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008....

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John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

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By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 9:47am