Odds and Ends

Congress is on vacation this week. Wish I was too. Here's what's been going on...

While we were fiddling in Iraq, this happened: "Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials."

Oops.

Meanwhile, wounded veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars return home to be greeted with less than impressive accomodations at U.S. veteran medical centers. Articles shame Army into promising to do better.

Speaking of Middle East wars a completely different subject, studies show that the world is running out of oil and getting at what remains will be difficult and enviromentally-damaging.

Finally, beware GOP! Stop taking money from Al Qaeda supporters, please.