The Friday linkfest:

• Herb Ely lends a retired senior intelligence analyst’s perspective to the 9/11 report.
• Chris Bertram explains why fat Germans should give us hope.
• Kevin Drum chronicles the history of tokenism at Treasury.
• Jon Henke notes that Chris Matthews has a new blog.
• Courtney Knapp gives her secrets for a fresh, tasty cup of Joe.
• Brett Marston reviews Kramer’s new book. [I thought he sold all his stories to Mr. Peterman? -ed.]
• Terry Oglesby reports on a new, um, name change for the city formerly known as Peking.
• Michele Catalano reflects on why the 9/11 attacks are never far from her thoughts.

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