Odds and Ends

'Superbad' is super good. See it now! Until then, enjoy (?) this news roundup...

The military is processing so many injured soldiers right now, they've literally run out of Purple Hearts. This article tells the story of a 75-year-old vet who was forced to buy his own from a military surplus store. Our veterans sure do get treated swell by their government.

As if foreclosure didn't suck enough...some are getting taxed on their debt relief.

Another week, another revelation that Attorney General Gonzales perjured himself, this time over the 2004 visit to John Ashcroft's hospital room. 100 strikes and you're out?

Meanwhile, there is new concern over just how much spying power did Congress give the President in the 2007 Goodbye To Oversight bill. Congress, these are questions you ask before you pass the bill. Before.

And this from the Washington Post: "A secret U.S. intelligence court has ordered the Bush administration to register its views about a records request by the American Civil Liberties Union, which wants the court to release a series of pivotal orders issued earlier this year about the National Security Agency's wiretapping program." It's a good thing for Bush he doesn't give a shit what the courts say.

Moving on, is Michael Bloomberg really running for President? Dan Rather says no.

White House press secretary Tony Snow plans to leave soon, for financial reasons. After all, he only makes a mere $168,000/yr working for the White House. It turns out that Fox News pays much higher for lies than Bush.

Finally, the Daily Show features legimitately live reports from Iraq this week. Sweet.