Odds and Ends

It's Monday morning and the news was talking about OJ. Is it 1994 again? Here's real news-

First up, the benefits of catastrophic climate change! From the AP: "Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane... The waters are exposing unexplored resources, and vessels could trim thousands of miles from Europe to Asia by bypassing the Panama Canal." Woooo!

The President finally signs the Democrats' ethics reform bill. Daily Kos has a point-by-point breakdown of the changes the law makes to lobbying practices.

Moonbat Alan Greenspan says war was about oil? OMGZ NO WAYZ!

News from our rarely-acknowledged Secretary of Defense: "The Bush administration is committed, for now, to using diplomatic and economic means to counter the potential nuclear threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday." Bold added by me. What's Cheney think about this diplomacy, Bob?

Finally, disgraced ex-ABC News consultant Alexis Debat has ties to key neocons.