Odds and Ends

What'd I miss? A quick recap of some news before I tackle the bigger things later...

Saddam Hussein is scheduled to hang. But nobody seems to know when. Crooks and Liars' Nicole Belle says hanging Hussein on the eve of a major religious holiday for Muslims shows exactly the type of cultural ignorance that got us into this mess in the first place.

Meanwhile, here at home, tributes begin for former President Ford.

The idea that a secret military program named 'Able Danger' identified 9/11 hijackers over a year before 9/11-- a key theory of conservatives used in criticizing the 9/11 Commission's work-- has now been debunked by a lengthy Senate investigation. And there you go.

White House says capturing bin Laden is "a success that hasn't occurred yet". Que?

More proof that the hardline anti-immigration stance was also a loser in last month's election: " Counting on the support of the new Democratic majority in Congress, Democratic lawmakers and their Republican allies are working on measures that could place millions of illegal immigrants on a more direct path to citizenship than would a bill that the Senate passed in the spring." Also at issue is whether or not to go ahead with 700 miles of fencing that had been approved.

Is Iran being honest in its need for nuclear power? One study says yes.

Conservatives, meanwhile, want war no matter what. Sen. Lieberman's definitely in.

Conservative bloggers, desperate to find good news in Iraq/bash Democrats (same difference to them), are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Reality beckons, my friends.

Finally, health care (universal?) is going to be a Democratic priority in 2007.