Trading rich folks' tax "cuts" for unemployment relief: Mitch McConnell, don of the Senate Republicans, appears to have gotten what he wanted—billions for the people who need it least—after holding a gun to Democrats' heads. Frank Rich of the NYT has some thoughts about all this.

The Very Serious Plot to Blow Up Pioneer Courthouse Square! The Oregonian has a pair of prominently played stories this morning: One is about entrapment and the questions some are raising about the FBI's sting of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, and the other is a look at Mohamud's family and the long journey that brought them from Somalia to the United States.

Kyron Horman (remember him, everybody? I'm looking at you, national media!) won't become a "cold case." Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton tells the O his team is still looking.

WikiLeaks Day 7: The Chinese government hacks way better than any speed-fueled laptop nerd stealing WiFi from the curb outside your house. Our friends in the Middle East keep giving money to our non-friends. Life is still shitty for Julian Assange. Also, some of the more stylish, sophisticated writing in the cables is no accident, and it's won some fans.

Iran is all, like, we got this nuke shit UNDER CONTROL, bitches.

Ecuador's Throat of Fire is acting up. (Put your boners away, boys. It's a volcano.)

Charming fixer-upper in the Montana heartland; comes with bomb residue and bad vibes. Yes, you too can bid on the chance to own the Unabomber's creepy, remote, wooden cabin.

Dane Cook is still not my cup of tea.

Don't mail anyone your gold.