Odds and Ends

Apparently, the Pope has come to America. I hope he brought that cool car. Here's news...

Alan Greenspan comes out of hiding... mentions the dreaded 'r' word.

Paul Krugman has a very good column on the growing world food crisis.

America's crumbling infrastructure has been in and out of the news for the past few years, but has yet to actually become a priority for anyone. It is on this note that Popular Mechanics looks at 'The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now'. Is part of your state on the verge of destruction? Find out now!

Speaking of infrastructure, American Airlines seriously and totally sucks hard.

Speaker Pelosi's not gonna let the President push her around on the Colombia trade deal.

Here's an interesting story... Atheist activist Rob Sherman was testifying to the llinois state legislature about the Governor's plan to donate tax money to a local church, when State Rep. Monique Davis flipped out on him. She stated that "What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous... to the progression of this state. And it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!" Yes, it is so horrifying how oppressed and endangered our nation's Christians are. Take some meds, ma'am.

Speaking of religion, even Fox News pans Ben Stein's new intelligent design documentary.

Glenn Greenwald continues to investigate AG Mukasey's lies on FISA and 9/11.

Finally, is Yahoo selling itself to Microsoft? Google? News Corp??! It's a big mess right now.