Odds and Ends

Some more miscellaneous stories saved from the cracks as the weekend arrives...

The AP reports that "The Bush administration is offering to narrow the scope of proposed U.N. sanctions designed to force Iran to cease enrichment of uranium" and may now "aim at denying technology to Iran for its nuclear industry and its enrichment programs but not crimp Iran's oil and gas production". My guess? They don't want to be too harsh in case they need to ask Iran to help bail us out on the Iraq debacle.

Time magazine debunks 5 myths about the midterm election results...

...While CBS News' Dick Meyer good riddance to the Gingrich-fueled Republican majority.

Another report reveals that "The CIA has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by President George W. Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects." This is confirmation that authorization for interrogation methods (read: torture) did come from the Oval Office, and not just underlings.

British and U.S. forces search for "four kidnapped Americans and an Austrian" kidnapped in a hijacking in Iraq.

Finally, O.J. Simpson is a real sick douchebag.