Meet Your New Commerce Secretary: Bill Richardson
This global warming has gotten so bad that ships can now pass through the "Northwest Passage," which didn't even previously exist except on advanced levels of the Oregon Trail. [ Matthew Yglesias ]
Stately, plump Bill Richardson will be Obama's new Commerce Secretary! [ Politico ]
Joe Biden complains to Sarah Palin that no one pays attention to him anymore. It is literally impossible to overstate how much she empathizes with him. [ CNN Political Ticker ]
Nota Bene: Recovering British person Christopher Hitchens prefers the name "Bombay" to "Mumbai." [ The Corner ]
Al Franken has won his latest battle with Minnesota, as more absentee ballots are going to be counted and there's nothing Norm Coleman can do about it. Except counter-sue. [ HuffPost]