Afghan War Grinds On, Ron Paul Stays Relevant, Oakland Cops Overreacted: P.M. Links

Afghan War Grinds On, Ron Paul Stays Relevant, Oakland Cops Overreacted: P.M. Links

| May 1, 2012

  • Hey guys! Who's up for another tour of duty?We’re not losing the war in Afghanistan —
    but it’s not likely to end anytime soon. That’s according to the
    Pentagon’s
    latest report     to Congress after more than ten years of
    fighting.
  • Don’t count him out! Not only did Ron Paul
    face off     with Paul Krugman, economista a economista, but he
    quietly
    cleaned up delegates     in Louisiana’s caucuses.
  • In New York City, Occupiers run up against low turnout and hecklers
    during May Day protests. (HT GILMORE)
  • Five men, some of them self-described “anarchists,”
    were arrested     after allegedly conspiring to blow up a bridge
    near Cleveland. The explosives at the core of the plot were
    apparently under the control of an undercover FBI agent.
  • Police fired at and hit Scott Olsen in the course of a
    military-style response to Occupy protesters, concludes an
    official report     looking into the Oakland Police Department’s
    conduct. The federal court monitor that issued the report finds
    that the department is getting worse.
  • As the Senate campaign in Massachusetts erupts over charges
    that Elizabeth Warren fibbed by claiming to be Native American, a
    genealogist
    finds evidence     that she has some Cherokee ancestry. Well … a
    little.
  • To whatever extent European governments have been trying to
    live within their means, many of their constituents
    don’t like it    , and took to the streets on May Day.
  • Dinosaurs may have been dying
    out slowly     even before the big asteroid strike.

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