* “Polish pensioner finds two-metre anaconda in toilet”:http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hyanp79XqT-UeqsRJuWvCGlA-ATQ. That’s a 6 foot long snake for those of you unfamiliar with the metric system.
* Best headline in a while: “Tweedlegeek vs. Tweedledork”:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/09/23/tweedlegeek_vs_tweedledork – _Foreign Policy_ on the Milibrand brothers.
* Does the Russian decision not to sell S-300 Air Defense Systems to Iran “signify a growing ascendancy for Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in making foreign policy at the expense of Vladimir Putin”:http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/23/how_the_obama_team_convinced_russia_not_to_sell_arms_to_iran? With this same question in mind, how do we interpret the recent “change of fortunes for Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov”:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/world/europe/24moscow.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all
* Details of the “Spanish austerity plan for 2011”:http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1586811.php/Spanish-government-approves-austerity-budget-for-2011 are now available.