FRIDAY’S MINI-REPORT…. Today’s edition of quick hits:
* Sending FEMA trailers to Haiti may not be the best idea.
* Karzai appears to support these talks: “Members of the Taliban leadership met with a United Nations official earlier this month to discuss the possibility of entering into face-to-face peace talks with the Afghan government, American and United Nations officials said Friday.”
* A reversal appears imminent: “The Obama administration appears to have abandoned plans to put Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators on trial in Lower Manhattan, according to administration sources.”
* Scott Roeder, guilty.
* Right-wing activist James O’Keefe comments for the first time since his arrest on his extremely odd Louisiana scheme.
* Dahlia Lithwick asks an excellent question: “Why is KBR so afraid of letting Jamie Leigh Jones have her day in court?”
* Colleges appear to be warming up to the idea of direct lending.
* Despite the dwindling line-up for the Tea Party convention a week from tomorrow, former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is still scheduled to deliver the keynote.
* Timothy Jost reminds us just how awful the House Republican health care plan really was.
* With the benefit of hindsight, House Republicans aren’t so sure letting cameras in for today’s Q&A with the president was a good idea.
* Fox News, in its latest bid to become a parody of itself, offered some truly ridiculous coverage of Obama’s appearance with the GOP caucus.
* Many thanks to reader I.P. for registering PassTheDamnBill.com and having it redirect to a certain blogger’s health care strategy memo.
* And finally, if you only watch one thing today, watch the president in Baltimore. If you’re willing to watch two things today, also watch this absolutely brilliant clip of Charlie Brooker explaining “How To Report The News.”
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.
