Odds and Ends

Please 'Heroes', please be less comatose tonight. Thanks. Here's the news...

More of this from Sen. Obama: "Senator Barack Obama said he would start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more directly and forcefully, saying Friday that she had not been candid in describing her views on critical policy issues, as he tries to address mounting alarm among supporters that his lack of assertiveness so far has allowed her to dominate the presidential race."...

...And less of this bigot-pandering bullshit. None of this either, please.

Friends of Clarence Thomas on the criticism of his book... Waaaahhhh!

Yet another great article in Newsweek on the insanity that is the groundwork the Bush crew is laying for war against Iran. Michael Hirsh writes that "the administration is casting Iran as America's biggest bogeyman on every front" whether it's missile defense or Mideast peace. Meanwhile, TPM has a video roundup of this week's saber-rattling on the Sunday shows.

Accountability recognition! The FEMA official partly responsible for last week's fake 'press conference' was set to move on... as the new public affairs chief for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But that's been scrapped in light of the outcry over the incident. I'm sure he'll still fail upwards elsewhere.

AM NY takes a look at the overlooked aspects of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 initiative.

Finally, Bill Moyers Journal had a great discussion this weekend on presidential power.