SORE LOSERS!!! A neo nazi assassination plot for Barack Obama is foiled. The right now seems to be doing its best to convince Americans that if they vote for a black man, there'll be chaos. My dad was on the phone from England this weekend, mulling whether there'll be a last minute racially-motivated change of heart in the Midwestern voting booths. I tend to think Americans aren't pathetic enough to allow people like these two to persuade them of anything:

TED STEVENS!!! Country's longest serving senator is found guilty of corruption. He tells Alaska's biggest newspaper "it's not over." Until next week?

SYRIA!!! Has ordered an American school closed in retaliation for Sunday's helicopter attacks in the country by the US military. The US government is still declining comment.

YOUR CHEATING HEART!!! More people are cheating on their partners, with young women catching up with men, according to the New York Times.

SON OF VIAGRA!!! New sex drug will work faster, say Italian scientists.

VIRAL CAMPAIGNS!!! With the election looming, Andrew Sullivan rounds up the best of the do-it-yourself messages for you to vote on.

BJORK ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS!!! After meltdown, it's smeltdown, she writes in the Times.

MICHELLE, MA BELLE... The New York Times crowns Mrs.Obama with an article affirming her value to Barack's candidacy, despite earlier doubts.

COME OFF IT, FOLKS!!! London's mayor, from whom I once got a cherished rejection letter when he was editor of the Spectator, tells Londoners to spend their money, that this isn't the end of the world. "Are you still there? Got a pulse?" he asks.

Good day.