Odds and Ends

Here's some miscellaneous news that's been floating around out there...

The U.N. climate panel issues its strongest warnings yet on global warming.

You probably haven't been hearing much about this story on your nightly newscasts, but the Scooter Libby is continuing along (it's too complicated for TV reporters to explain, so they'll just stick to stories about how your shampoo might be giving you cancer). Audiotapes of Libby's grand jury testimony were released today; they show his mindset and motivations at the time. The AP has a writeup with details on the tapes' content, available- here.

Good news, folks! Ted Haggard's out of counseling and is now 'completely heterosexual'.

Charles 'Cully' Stimson, who said last month that corporate clients of law firms representing Guantánamo inmates ('terrorists' as Stimson blanketly called them) should reconsider those ties, has now resigned from his position as deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs.

Congress holds oversight hearings on war fraud, while Sen. Lieberman proposes a 'war tax'.

President Bush's new budget proposal reveals what the administration really thinks of the middle class.

John Edwards revealed his healthcare proposal. It's taking some time to figure out.

Finally, Hillary Clinton has more in common with Dick Cheney than you thought.