Monday link dump: Bears can smell sin

• Press criticizes obsession with "narrative" in politics, fails to acknowledge press role in creation of obsession with narrative.
• John McCain met his "old friend," war criminal Henry Kissinger, in New York today. He "tweeted" about it. He said nothing about taxing Kissinger's tanning bed.
• You should be concerned about that Comcast/NBC merger.
• "Bible ignored, grandfather mauled by grizzly."
• Blackwater got a contract in Afghanistan.
• God, why won't nerdlinger John Kerry leave his colleagues alone and stop bugging them about saving the planet?
• Rand Paul said something mean and stupid.
• I love Rep. Steve Cohen, and I love this embarrassing video.
• Are liberals abandoning Barack Obama? Yes and no. Mostly no.
• Arabs! Marty Peretz does not like them.
• Tom Harkin talked about filibuster reform last week. It was pretty good.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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