53 58 63 Dead in Baghdad Bombings Today

The number is likely to climb before I can get this post up.

This protester in Santa Barbara, California probably stays pretty busy updating his informative sign.

credit: AFP/File/Robyn Beck

The coordinated attack in Baghdad's Tayaran Square involved a suicide attacker who drove up to the day laborers pretending to want to hire them, then set off his explosives as they got into his minibus, Lt. Bilal Ali said. At virtually the same time — 7 a.m. — a bomb exploded in a car parked some 30 yards away.