Weekend Odds and Ends

Many pundits seem pissed the debate was so substantive. I hate the media. Here's news...

Attorney General Mukasey showed the world what idiots all the Senators who voted to confirm him were this past week with his testimony on torture. Mukasey bobbed and weaved and generally continued the Gonzales legacy of making a mockery of the Justice Department. You can watch video excerpts of his testimony from TPM (here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Hey, freedom tickles, just deal with it!

Sen. Feingold sums up the FISA debate in a solid 30 seconds.

The fallout from the subprime debacle grows: "The FBI is investigating 14 companies embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as part of a crackdown on improper lending. It did not identify the companies but said the investigation encompassed developers, sub-prime lenders and investment banks."

Spoiler alert... the Bush administration isn't serious about regulating greenhouse gases.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world... Study: Afghanistan could fail as a state / US envoy cites ethnic cleansing in Kenya / Israeli court upholds Gaza sanctions / Israeli PM faces new test with Lebanon war report / Australia to apologize to Aborigines / Winter storm chaos grips China / Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis

Finally, Ralph Nader hasn't fucked up an election recently, and wants to try again.