Darrel Issa's typically inane attempt to create an impeachable offense where there isn't even a scandal should serve notice to Democrats and all who care about responsible governance. Because if the Republicans retake the House, this November, you can be certain that they will begin a slew of wasteful and distracting investigations into every concocted Obama Administration outrage of their fevered imagining. Not only will they likely demand the original birth certificate, but they will just as likely demand forensic analysis to make sure that neither the paper stock nor ink originated in Kenya.
- The first arrests, in the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill: Greenpeace protesters.
- The new Sex In The City movie is getting dreadful reviews, but Wajahat Ali says it's also culturally offensive.
- Just when you think it can't get worse, this headline in The Guardian proves otherwise:
UN says case for saving species 'more powerful than climate change'
- Last weekend, the DOJ dropped its investigation of AIG. William D. Cohan:
This is simply incomprehensible.
- With the NOAA predicting a stronger than usual hurricane season, Science Daily reports:
Hurricanes could snap offshore oil pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico and other hurricane-prone areas, since the storms whip up strong underwater currents, a new study suggests.
These pipelines could crack or rupture unless they are buried or their supporting foundations are built to withstand these hurricane-induced currents. "Major oil leaks from damaged pipelines could have irreversible impacts on the ocean environment," the researchers warn in their study, to be published on 10 June in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
- A mobile phone number is suspended after three of its owners die, in ten years.
- Joe Garagiola, the former pro baseball player and legendary broadcaster, warns about the dangers of chewing tobacco.
- If Californians want more of Arnold Schwarzenegger, they can get it with Meg Whitman or Steve Poizner.