Odds and Ends

More miscellaneous news that has slipped through amidst the Iraq insanity...

Democrats have selected Denver to host their 2008 convention.

As for the Republicans, might I suggest Baghdad? After all, when the President's New Escalation Forward plan brings victory and security to the country, it will be a shining example for all the world, and the Republicans should be proud to highlight that in their 2008 convention... Oh, they're having it in Minneapolis? Lame.

The '100 Hours' agenda continues: "The Democratic-controlled House Thursday passed a bill bolstering embryonic stem cell research that advocates say shows promise for numerous medical cures." BUT... "the 253-174 vote fell short of the two-thirds margin required to overturn President Bush's promised veto."

Uh oh, Kofi Annan is gone, but now right-wingers have to turn the new U.N. Secretary General into a villian too! He said that the Guantanamo Bay prison should be shut down. This week marks the five-year anniversary of the opening of this monstrosity.

Finally, some scientists believe global warming could fuel an "evolution explosion".