Obama puts Wall St. in a corner

1. President Obama Shames Wall Street Bonuses
The numbers are extremely general, the bonuses were down 44% from last year, but still… it looks about as bad as GM/Ford/Chrysler Execs all taking individual private planes to D.C. At the very least, they could have spent that bailout money on hiring a PR firm to teach these clowns a thing or two. (From the Financial Times)

2. Blago is out… really out.
In case you missed it, Illinois has a new Governor. Rod Blagojevich was canned by the Illinois State Senate in a unanimous vote yesterday. And he did finally get up and say a few words. (From Politico)

3. Ex-CIA Agent tried to send secrets to Russia. From Jail.
This guy is doing 23 years for giving secrets to Russia, and he gets his Son to start doing his dirty work for him while he’s behind bars. (From the Wall Street Journal)

4. Former President Bush Makes an Appearance. Somewhere.
Whoever had “Baylor Women’s basketball game” in the where will W. surface pool… come collect your winnings.  (From the Huffington Post)

5. Superbowl Coin Tossers will be…
John Elway, Lynn Swan, the Captain of the US Airways flight that was put down in the Hudson… and oh yeah, General David Petraeus. The guy more or less gets the Iraq mission back on the rails, so yes… he should get to do the coin toss. Absolutely. (From SI.com, Petraeus article from Esquire)

(*** Bonus Celebrity talking Torture Article ***)
Matt Damon would pull out your fingernails if he had to
But he just doesn’t want torture codified. (From the Miami Herald)