Wednesday Roundup

Clearly, Salon Sassy is reeling a bit from a post-election hangover and Ilsa getting a full-time gig. So, we've missed out on some events over the last couple days. Here's a quick summary of stuff that we haven't already addressed:

Obama recently recorded a talk about how he'll make combating global warming a priority. Hopefully, Bush's 11th hour regulation changes won't do too much damage in the meantime.

Good and bad news out of Texas. The good: Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales were indicted yesterday. The bad: nothing will come of it, largely because this came through the efforts of a crackpot DA.

HRC at State news: Bill has volunteered to submit his fundraising to an ethics review. But, it's still not clear that HRC wants the job. Wonkette takes the interesting angle that HRC is after the job because it would help her skate on her still massive campaign debt.

Latest scary economic news: Consumer prices just recorded their steepest one-month drop in 61 years and the average home price in Southern California has plummeted 41% in 18 months. Ugh.

One sector of the international economy is booming, however. Piracy. Somali pirates have earned $30 million in ransom in 2008. Of course, there are some dangers.

Finally, a great post by Nate. He's posted a great interview with a Zogby polling hack. Nate called him out on his methods and the hack got testy. Highly entertaining.