News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- Peace bullish or ‘bullshit’ – Marwan Bishara | AJ English 8 July 2010
- Greeks strike before pension vote | BBC News 8 July 2010
- AP Exclusive: Priests who abuse impaired targeted 8 July 2010
- Bank of England keeps interest rates at record low | AFP 8 July 2010
- ICC suspends DR Congo ex-militia chief’s trial | AFP 8 July 2010
- Kashmir streets under army lockdown to end protest | AP 8 July 2010
- Indian govt warns youths over Kashmir protests | AFP 8 July 2010
- Facebook deal creates virtual ‘credits’ | AFP 8 July 2010
- The Chinese in Japan: Department stores and sweat shops | The Economist 8 July 2010
- US to spend $3B to combat Afghan homemade bombs | AP 8 July 2010
- U.S. gives China pass on currency | Reuters 8 July 2010
- US Gen James Mattis nominated to replace Petraeus | BBC News 8 July 2010
- Drug war hits Mexico’s richest city | Reuters 8 July 2010
- Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike | AP 8 July 2010
- U.S. casualties to mount as Afghan war widens, general says | McClatchy 8 July 2010
- Guatemalan tied to massacre pleads guilty in U.S. | Reuters 8 July 2010
- Argentine ‘dirty war’ general gets life sentence | AP 8 July 2010
- HIV-Blocking Antibodies Stop 90% of Strains in Study | BusinessWeek 8 July 2010
- Consumer Credit in U.S. Fell $9.1 Billion in May, Fed Says | BusinessWeek 8 July 2010
- NY National Guard Involved In Mass Arrests Of U.S. Citizens – Paul Joseph Watson | Prison Planet 8 July 2010
- U.S. Tomahawk Missiles Deployed Near China Send Message | TIME 8 July 2010
- Report: NSA creating spy system to monitor domestic infrastructure | Raw Story 8 July 2010
- Afghan Companies Say U.S. Did Not Pay Them | NY Times 8 July 2010
- Why CNN Firing Octavia Nasr for Tweeting About Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah Was Spineless | Stephen M. Walt 8 July 2010
- Octavia Nasr’s firing and what the liberal media allows – Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com 8 July 2010
- News Analysis: Administration’s Challenge to Arizona Law Is Not Over Profiling | NY Times 8 July 2010
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac move to over-the-counter trading | WaPo 8 July 2010
- Criminalizing Art: Two Prominent Art Curators Face Three Years in Jail for Offending Orthodox Church | JONATHAN TURLEY 8 July 2010
- Accused Russian Spy Stunner Anna Chapman to Fly Home Today, Her Attorney Says | ABC News 8 July 2010
- LeBronomics: Could High Taxes Influence James’ Team Decision? | Business & Media Institute 8 July 2010
- Rail firms’ wartime records: What did you do in the war? | The Economist 8 July 2010
- Ron Paul – The Situation Room, 7/7/10, Pt. 2 8 July 2010
- Ron Paul – The Situation Room, 7/7/10, Pt. 1 8 July 2010
- In Israel, the Noble Vs. the Ugly – Nicholas Kristof | NY Times 8 July 2010
- Repeal the Drinking Age – Jeffrey A. Tucker | LRC 8 July 2010
- IMF Says India May Expand at Fastest Pace in Four Years in 2010 | BusinessWeek 8 July 2010
- Bank of England Governor Mervyn King calls for merger of G20 and IMF | Telegraph 8 July 2010