August FDH Lounge News Nuggets

By Rick Morris

We’re adapting a segment that we have used on our show repeatedly in order to try to highlight some of the more intriguing news headlines going today.  We have also posted links here for geopolitical headlines in the past and we’ll work this into this theme.  Much like The FDH Lounge itself, we’ll try to keep it broad-based as far as what is catching our eye.

^ From The Long War Journal, critical questions to be asked in advance of the US bombing Syria.

^ From Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the potential for Rand Paul to reshape American politics long-term as Barry Goldwater did.

^ From Politico, Raytheon and others in the Military-Industrial Complex really stand to benefit from war with Syria.

^ From Timothy Carney, why Big Business hates a truly free market.

^ From The American Conservative, the failure of US intelligence on the ground in Egypt.

^ From Stratfor, President Obama’s bluff on Syria has been called.

^ From Business Insider, why cities are hotter than suburbs.

^ From Chronicles Magazine, clarifying the compatibility of Catholicism and gay marriage.

^ From Businessweek, how America is destabilizing Russia with its natural gas boom.

^ From Naked Capitalism, questioning whether America’s shale bubble has already burst.