Oprah a Senator?

1. Blago Considered Oprah for Senate Seat

Eat your heart out Roland Burris. This guy really could be insane. Meanwhile he skips out on his impeachment trial and goes on every network or TV show that’ll have him. And that includes The View. (From ABC News, Politico, and youtube)

2. President Obama gets this green revolution thing going.
He wants States to set higher emissions standards than the Feds if they want to, also backs higher fuel efficiency. This guy is roaring through a heck of a to-do list. (from USA Today)

3. How did Guantanamo Bay come to be?
President Obama wants it shut down. But how and why was it decided that some of the world’s most dangerous men would be sent there?
(From The Washington Post)

4. Economic mixed bag
The Good: Home sales, other signs point to positivity
The Bad: 50,000 Jobs go up in smoke
The Ugly: Monster.com HACKED!
(From Bloomberg, CNN Money, and the London Times)
Also: The stories of seven New Yorkers who have been laid off. Here’s to hoping you keep your job, or, you’ve found a new one. (From New York Magazine)

~~~==}O All Hail our new Immortal Jellyfish Overloards.
Scientists find a jellyfish that unlike most, doesn’t die after it reproduces. Instead, it reverts, somehow… to a pre-puberty state. It grows up, reproduces, then gets “younger” and repeats. (From the London Times)