Weekend Odds and Ends

Boy, this has been a busy week, no? And it ain't over! Let's wrap up some news we missed...

Don't worry economy, these checks will magically fix everything.

News from the Middle East: "Imad Mughnieh, a top Hezbollah commander linked to notorious attacks against Western and Israeli targets in the 1980s and 1990s, was killed in a car bombing in Syria, the Shiite militant group announced on Wednesday." Retaliation coming?

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, elections loom this Monday.

The Bush administration is super serious about confronting war profiteering. *wink*

Could ocean currents be a great, untapped source of clean energy? Worth a try, right?

Rupert Murdoch eyes Yahoo now?! All your media are belong to us.

Finally, a college student confronted Karl Rove about what supposed danger gay marriage poses to society. She actually left Turd Blossom speechless. Awesome.