Even More Odds and Ends

Roundups of the millionth Democratic debate-- here, here, and here. Video- here.

From what I saw it seems that despite discussing such serious topics as national security v. human rights, Pakistan, immigration, Social Security, constitutional concerns, etc, it felt that everyone-- CNN hosts included-- was just interested in advancing their story lines. It's stuff like that which makes Onion articles like this so true.

(BTW, if National Review commentators say that Hillary's the "trustworthy one on national security", that means the one most likely to bomb stuff.)

What's up with all the corporate scandals lately? It's like the summer of Enron all over again. Are corporate chiefs just getting more incompetent and corrupt? Or is this years of bad economic policy coming due again?

Matt Drudge may say it's decision time on Iran, but I'll let the non-black-and-white news speak for itself: "Iran seems to be honoring a commitment to stem the flow of deadly weapons into Iraq, contributing to a more than 50 percent drop in the number of roadside bombs that kill and maim American troops, a U.S. general said Thursday, [which] marked rare U.S. praise for Iranian cooperation in efforts to stabilize Iraq."

Going full-circle, Jonathan Schwarz & Markos Moulitsas discuss silly Social Security debates.