Odds and Ends

These are all important stories and I wish I could write more, but this'll have to do...

There were protests across the world this past weekend to mark the 6th anniversary of Guantanamo (oh, what happy times we've shared!). These freedom-haters were joined in spirit by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs: "The chief of the U.S. military said he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicity worldwide about treatment of terrorist suspects has been 'pretty damaging' to the image of the United States." Of course, he says of the administration, "I'm not aware that there is any immediate consideration to closing Guantanamo Bay." Is it 2009 yet?

The costs of war take a deadly toll: "The New York Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing in this country, or were charged with one, after their return from war."

Pakistan to U.S.: Please don't attack al Qaeda without our permission, k thnx.

It appears that Sen. Dodd's filibuster of the FISA revision (that would give retroactive immunity to the telecom companies) succeeded... Harry Reid, apparently, won't try to pass the new bill, but will just extend the temporary FISA revision passed last summer through mid-2009. If that's the case, then we stand a good chance of really fixing this mess after Bush leaves office.

Evolution is still a dirty word in many schools throughout the country.

The fallout from the subprime debacle now includes criminal investigations of banks.

Finally, tomorrow is the Michigan primary. Since the Democrats aren't participating, some grassroots Dem groups are encouraging voters to vote for Mitt Romney, because they wanna keep him in the race.