Bits and Pieces for the Week of January 18 - 24

If this misuse of taxpayer dollars doesn't get your blood boiling, then nothing will. (Mike)

BEST FEED I'VE FOUND SO FAR FOR THE INAUGURATION IS AT MSNBC.COM (Mike)

I know a lot of employees of the Border Patrol, they are underpaid and not very well respected for their dangerous work. I think Ignacio Ramos and Jorge Compean deserved a full pardon, instead bu$h commutes their sentence. Better than nothing, I guess. (7 of 6)

Say "goodbye" to the incandescent light bulb. (Mike)

It took eight years to finish, but here, finally, is "The true history of the Bush years" as detailed by The Onion. (Mike)

"In this political business, you live by the sword and die by the sword. . . . You're a caretaker for a while, and all of a sudden there's nothing to take care of and you're gone." (Mike)

I appreciate a job-well-done by US Airways pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger, but this is getting a bit ridiculous.... (Mike)

Here's a great web site that lets you easily track Obama's cabinet nominees as they traverse the congressional approval process. (Mike)

Paul Krugman explains why the next round of government bailouts of failing banks isn't going to work very well. (Mike)