Morning Roundup

It's been a while, but we're back at it today with a morning roundup.

Of course, the big news in the world continues to be the fighting in Gaza. CNN's reporting a break in the fighting to allow in relief supplies and notes that the death toll is just about 900. I'm just not sure what exactly Israel is going to accomplish. The last time they tried an invasion, Hezbollah came out battered but stronger.

Speaking of Israel, the NYT featured a story yesterday about how the U.S. had denied support for an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Apparently, we've got some covert (well, they were covert) efforts in the works.

WaPo says today that Bush's term made up the worst 8-year stretch for the economy in decades. Any gains were because of unstable bubbles, which meant that the economy really was in rough shape even before the housing/banking collapse. 8 more days, people.

As for our boy, Barack, he's using pretty wishy-washy language on whether he'll investigate W.'s most aggregious moves, torture and wire-tapping. But, he did say that prosecutions will proceed if DOJ finds evidence that laws were broken. I read that to mean that the whole W. Administration will skate.

Of course, Barack's chief concern is the economy. To that end, Krugman offers some bits of advice today.

Finally, for those of us who like to try to see the Oscar-nominated movies and performances each year, the Golden Globes basically let us know that we need to see: Slumdog Millionaire; Revolutionary Road; and maybe the Wrestler.