More Odds and Ends

The elections last night on 'Kid Nation' were almost as silly as ours. Here's the news...

President Bush once again pretends to care about the budget. Adorable.

This isn't imminent, but disconcerting news for sure: "Turkey's parliament approved by a large majority on Wednesday a government request to allow troops to cross into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels based there."

The AG confirmation hearings for Michael Mukasey began yesterday. Is he the right guy... or did he play the committee like a fiddle? TPM has detailed reports from them (on torture, Guantanamo, DoJ politicization, etc), with video clips- here.

Not scared of the thought of a Guiliani presidency? Then watch this video on his advisors.

The House has passed bills this week on an internet tax ban extention, a condemnation of the State Department's refusal to divulge details on Iraqi corruption, and a shield law for journalists among other things. The downside... most of this'll likely die in the Senate.

Finally, Larry Craig sits down with Matt Lauer to show everyone how honestly not-gay he is.