SATURDAY 24 JULY 2010

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Layover in Dubai - Hardcover (July 13, 2010) by Dan Fesperman.  Layover in Dubai: a novel - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (July 13, 2010) by Dan Fesperman.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time:  Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future- Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 8, 2010) by Stephen Kinzer.

Saturday 935P Eastern Time:   The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 1, 2010) by William Rosen.     

Saturday 950P Eastern Time:   The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 1, 2010) by William Rosen, continued.

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  As Nora Jo Fades Away: Confessions of a Caregiver - Paperback (Apr. 1, 2010) by Lisa Cerasoli

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  As Nora Jo Fades Away: Confessions of a Caregiver - Paperback (Apr. 1, 2010) by Lisa Cerasoli, continued

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings - Hardcover (Mar. 31, 2010) by Sydney Schanberg.   

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings - Hardcover (Mar. 31, 2010) by Sydney Schanberg, continued.

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):   Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings - Hardcover (Mar. 31, 2010) by Sydney Schanberg, continued.

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings - Hardcover (Mar. 31, 2010) by Sydney Schanberg, continued.

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):   Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 3, 2010) by Andrei S. Markovits and Lars Rensman   

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 3, 2010) by Andrei S. Markovits and Lars Rensman, continued. 

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 3, 2010) by Andrei S. Markovits and Lars Rensman, continued.

Saturday/Sun 1220A: (920 Pacific Time):  Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 3, 2010) by Andrei S. Markovits and Lars Rensman, continued.

Saturday/Sun 1235A: (935P Pacific Time):  Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront - Kindle Edition - Kindle Book (June 8, 2010) by Nathan Ward.

Saturday/Sun 1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt

Sunday  905P Eastern Time:  Simon Constable, WSJ NewsHub; Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance; Paul Vigna. WSJ Markets Hub, in re: Geithner and the Euro banks

Sunday 920P Eastern Time:  continued: Euro nonstressful stress tests, where  seven failed, with no reference to sovereign defaults.  "Momo guys" (those with momentum) have already factored in the saccharine news. However, banks's data were released publicly, so one can do one's own stress test (e.g., on one's Bloomberg terminal).  Lack of liquidity, low volume, big shocks and - onward into August.

Sunday 935P Eastern Time:  Tunku Varadarajan, Daily Beast, in re: Congressman Rangel

Sunday 950P Eastern Time:  Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, in re: bazaari pushback against the Iranian regime

Sunday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  John Fund, WSJ, and Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: WikiLeaks posts War Logs: 92,000 documents on its website showing a decade of lies, deception, failures in the Afghan war. New York Times, UK Guardian newspaper and Der Spiegel given early access to docs.  

Sunday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  continued:  Shirlet Sherrod.  As Stupak fades into history, how's the rest of his old bloc faring?  Rep. Steve Driehaus (OH-1), Rep. Paul Kanjorski (PA-11), Rep. Brad Ellsworth (IN-8), Rep. Joseph Donnelly (IN-2), Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3), Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9). Rep. Charlie Wilson (OH-6), Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX-27), Rep. James Oberstar (MN-8)   

Sunday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  John Avlon, CNN; Larry Johnson, No Quarter blog; Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re: Shirley Sherrod

Sunday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Nick Gentle, Bloomberg Hong Kong. Asia markets report. Asian markets in positive territory today. Looks like stress tests out of Europe buoying things. Japan's exporters up. China's banks falling on bad loans to local governments. Copper up. Oil down. Currencies pretty stable

Sunday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  John Avlon, CNN; Larry Johnson, No Quarter blog; Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, continued: Afghan War Logs

Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Bruce Bechtol,  U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, in re: North Korea threatens to nuke US/ROK massive joint military exercise in the Sea of Japan

Sunday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Bill Roggio, FDD, and Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, in re: WikiLeaks War Logs document dump

Sunday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:  bazaari pushback against the Iranian regime, massive unemployment and inflation (30-40%) in Iran; IRGC granted control over military; Michael Hayden says that an attack on Iran may not be a bad idea.  Turkish foreign minister shows compromise offer anent IAEA; also hosted Khaled Meshaal.  The next flotilla: two blockade-runners from Lebanon were to have set sail, seem not to have.  The Audacity of Hope, supported by Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, is to sail from the US to Gaza.  Glitzy mall opens in Gaza; raises questions about oft-cited grinding poverty in Gaza.  Fence that Egypt built to stop smuggling through the hundreds of tunnels under the Philadelphi [sic] Line has been breeched by Gazans.  Hariri investigation: Hezbollah fights continuing the discussion of culpability.  Eighty-plus per cent of Europeans favor strong sanctions against Iran; their government elites resist this.

Sunday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Comet hits Neptune, 200 years ago. The eternal plane story: the solar-powered unmanned plane. Russians say ISS is threatened by Chinese satellite debris. ISS twitter feed hacked with spam.

Sunday/Mon 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  Nick Bunkley,   NYT WheelsBlog, in re: Ford    

Sunday/Mon 1220A: (920 Pacific Time):  Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re:  Iran has metastasized itself into membership in multiple UN agencies and activities

Sunday/Mon 1235A: (935P Pacific Time):  John Authers: The Fearful Rise of Markets: Global Bubbles, Synchronized Meltdowns, and How To Prevent Them in the Future by John Authers and Mohamed A. El-Erian (Hardcover - Apr. 26, 2010)

Sunday/Mon 1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.