In case you missed them, here are some stories that may or may not make your blood boil.   Democracy Now! reported last week on an FBI raid from last October, as details into the killing of Detroit Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah became available: Read the full story

(New York Times) “Five hundred thousand dollars — the amount President Obama wants to set as the top pay for banking executives whose firms accept government bailout money — seems like a lot, and it is a lot. To many people in many places, it is a princely sum to live on. But in the neighborhoods of New York City and its suburban enclaves where successful bankers live, half a million a year can go very fast.”
More at the New York Times Fashion section.