Tuesday Linkage

By Paddy


I'm seeing this headline everywhere in my RSS, and I'm wondering who the heck thought that it deserved one? "Obama Touts Equal Pay For Women". Now if it was 1820, that would be quite revolutionary, but don't you think it's kind of a given at this point? Oh well, maybe not. On with the day!!

Fortune.com: The evolution of John McCain As a maverick Senator, he took pride in just saying no to everyone's wish list. But as a presidential contender, he's become a tax cutter and defender of home mortgages. The inside story of how the candidate is shaping his plan to fix the economy.

Bush Nominates First Female Four-Star General NBC Nightly News reported President Bush on Monday "nominated its first female four-star general. She is General Ann E. Dunwoody. She will run the US Army's Global Materiel Command." USA Today /AP reports, "If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman in the US Armed Forces to attain the rank of a full general."

LA Times: McCain knocks heads in Canada — well, just his own John McCain was plagued by another headache Monday, this one not political. On the first day of a two-day swing through Central and Southern California, he sported two small bandages on his scalp.

Judge Hears Executive Privilege Claims The Washington Post reports lawyers for Congress "tried yesterday to persuade a federal judge to take the unprecedented step of ordering top White House aides to comply with a House committee's subpoena for information about the controversial firings of US attorneys."

NY Times: American Envoy Is Linked to Arms Deal Cover-Up An American ambassador helped cover up the illegal Chinese origins of ammunition that a Pentagon contractor bought to supply Afghan security forces, according to testimony gathered by Congressional investigators.

NASA Official Testifies On Climate Change The AP reports, "Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action."