Quick Hits

A lot of stuff in the tank, and I've focused with seething rage on this torture nightmare the last couple days:

• Bill O'Reilly claims the FBI told him Al Qaeda put his name on a death list, the FBI refutes ever telling O'Reilly that, and Fox News has no comment.

This guy has two million people watching him every day.

• The reason all spinach has been recalled is because cowshit got in the water. Cows developed E.coli in their stomachs because we started feeding them with grain instead of grass (the grass would kill that bacteria). Then massive cow feedlots were established too close to reservoirs and rivers. And the FDA has no money to actually inspect produce facilities for E.coli, and growers' compliance with safety rules is voluntary.

Happy eating!

• I'm very glad that Barbara Lee is leading the fight to divest Sudan of resources. The US shouldn't be supporting regimes that engage in genocide (Lee is attacking INDIRECT support, wanting to cut contracts with those companies who also do business with Khartoum). There are ways to tighten the noose on countries to get them to stop their criminal activities. Democrats would do well to heighten these attempts to stop the genocide in Sudan.

• I'm glad that a federal court reinstated the Clinton-era "roadless rule" in national forests. This is one of the few major environmental victories in the Bush era.

• More evidence that PA Rep. Curt Weldon is a crazy person: The Pentagon rejects the claim that "Able Danger" could have stopped 9/11. Weldon has been on this for a while.

• And yes, I'll be going to H&M's new store in LA. Anywhere I can go once a year and buy my whole wardrobe for cheap works for me.