Odds and Ends

If current events is a hooker, I'll play the pimp. Here's the news...

Encouraging news on the Iran/Britain prisoner situation: "Britain called for direct talks with Iran over 15 captive Britons Tuesday after speaking for the first time with the chief Iranian negotiator. The announcement followed the sudden release of an Iranian diplomat in Iraq that raised new hope in resolving the standoff." This follows some other hopeful compromises yesterday.

And conservatives pundits say... wimpy British sailors need to free themselves or die!!

Criticisms of Speaker Pelosi's Syria trip ignore the GOP officials who've visited.

New revelations confirm obvious-- Henry Kissinger just as nuts and power-hungry as Nixon.

Meanwhile, over in 'Purgegate', the White House decides that it's finally time for Alberto Gonzales to go back to Congress to spin away his previous perjured statements and obstruction discuss some new revelations.

'60 Minutes' had an excellent report on Sunday night on the controversial Medicare Prescription Drug Bill from a couple of years ago. It appears-- *shock*-- that it pharmaceutical industry lobbyists practically wrote the entire bill and did some real-arm twisting to get it passed. A disturbing look at one of the GOP Congress' most odious pieces of legislation.

Fox News asks its viewers some fair and balanced poll questions.

Finally, YouTube devotes an entire section to videos about the 2008 candidates.