Today's edition of quick hits:
* The U.S. decision to skip the U.N. conference on racism in Geneva looked a little more reasonable this afternoon, as a "stream of delegates from France and other European nations walked out of a United Nations conference ... in protest during a speech by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."
* Ongoing concerns over the banking industry gave Wall Street its worst day in two months.
* The Taliban takeover of Pakistan's Swat Valley has only emboldened militant leaders to want the whole country.
* President Obama wants to see cabinet agencies put together a plan to cut $100 million in the next 90 days. That's a lot of money to me, but in the scope of the federal government, it's not much.
* Roxana Saberi is not a spy.
* Congrats to this year's Pulitzer winners.
* Sorry, Rudy, but 55% of New Yorkers are on board with marriage equality.
* Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called today for Jay Bybee's impeachment.
* Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) is pushing back against the story of the day.
* The latest bank-rescue idea is going over about as well as the last one.
* It was probably inevitable that the right would start going after Elizabeth Warren. Here's hoping she considers it a compliment.
* Would Obama hire Dan Bogden, one of the purged U.S. Attorneys fired by Bush? It appears likely.
* Speaking of hires, Obama has named Virginia Technology Secretary Aneesh Chopra to be the nation's first chief technology officer and Jeffrey Zients to be his chief performance officer.
* Nice to see the New York Times acknowledge Marcy Wheeler's work this morning.
* Far-right Republicans in Florida's legislature want to make it even harder for voters to particulate in the electoral process.
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