Bits and Pieces for the Week of December 26 - January 1

Nothing says mirth and merriment like the MIC (Military Industrial Complex). "From 2004 through 2008, 80 percent of retiring three- and four-star officers went to work as consultants or defense executives, according to the Globe analysis. That compares with less than 50 percent who followed that path a decade earlier, from 1994 to 1998." Must be nice, on the Taxpayer dime no less! (7 of 6)