More Odds and Ends

It's gonna be another busy week. Let's check in on some news of note...

Well, this is interesting news: "The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Adm. William J. Fallon, whose area of responsibility includes Iraq, had asked for permission to retire and that Gates agreed... Fallon was the subject of an article published last week in Esquire magazine that portrayed him as opposed to President Bush's Iran policy." More analysis- here.

How did Eliot Spitzer end up under investigation? TPM has a video report.

Julian Sanchez has a great rebuttal to the anti-FISA arguments of the White House.

And it looks like the House is finalizing a bill to resolve this issue soon. As it stands now, the bill has a "provision that would reject giving retroactive immunity to the telecoms. Instead, it would give the courts authorization to hear the classified material at issue in the case," and would require "an audit of the warrantless wiretapping program by the Department of Justice's inspector general." It's expected the tools in the Senate will not not like this.

Tap water... now more frightening than ever. Brita filter, please save us.

With gas prices at all-time highs, more people are using this 'public transportation' thing.

Finally, what does John McCain know? Not much, apparently.