After a four-day heat wave, things have finally cooled down a bit here in NYC. It was brutal for June. This weekend we are off to Fire Island for some prime beach time. I gathered some posts from my regular reads. Hope you enjoy them.
Bob from Brockley: Alexander Cockburn and Counterpunch
But, I am a Liberal!: Korea, from Ally to ‘Partner’
Contentious Centrist: Obama, Israel’s Best Friend? He Seems to Want to Be.
Elder of Ziyon: Iranian TV “Chicken Run” a Zionist Plot
Martin in the Margins: Stop The (Second World) War
ModernityBlog: Open Thread on Tibet and the Middle East
SPME: Ruth Contreras’ Report on UN Watch Conference
Sultan Knish: The Mirage of Middle Eastern Democratization
The New Centrist 
Thanks 🙂