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...little understood and publicized in the world at large. So why now, when a low profile is most called for, is the Indonesian government suddenly wandering onto center stage, with seemingly nothing to gain from a prominent role in the crisis, but so much to lose? It?s all fodder for the country?s conspiracy theorists, whose conjecture runs rampant: The nation has been infiltrated by Islamic radicals who are now controlling the agenda here by staging demonstrations, issuing threats, and possibly controlling the media...
Even after three games this season, there has been much material for the highlight reel and frequent fodder for those who fawn on Crimson Sports Sunday...
...burning issues in the average Muslim-American household are far less likely to be political than fairly standard sitcom fodder. A child refuses to wear a hijab. A mother suddenly realizes that despite the prohibition on premarital dating in most Muslim households, her daughter's "good friend" is really a boyfriend. A married couple notes bemusedly that while they attend mosque only once a month, or possibly twice a year, their college-age son, like many of his peers, seems to be returning to religious observance. Meanwhile, in his dorm room, that son is plying the Web in service...
China’s newly constructed Minsk Park, a big-boy playground named after the Russian aircraft carrier that serves as the center attraction, is delectable fodder for those in the media who are on a quest to prove that China is the natural enemy of the United States. With rides and games whose objective is to destroy the US Navy, it is almost too easy for the American media to play up Chinese anti-American sentiment. However, I would be more inclined to believe that in the case of Minsk Park, there is more testosterone involved than anti-American...
...Some fodder for the advanced Fed-watcher: Wednesday brings speeches on lending from Fed Governor Edward Gramlich and Dallas Fed President Robert McTeer, and Thursday we get the minutes from that mysterious mixed-messages Fed meeting in June. Will the minutes explain why the Fed talked 50 points but only walked 25? Would it really change anything, at this point, if they did? Probably not - but it?ll be fun to pretend. Also Thursday: The Philly Fed issues its quarterly survey of professional forecasters. Interesting if your belief in collective economic sooth-saying hasn?t been completely shattered...