Al Franken is like the best Senator ever, maybe. Here he talking for seven minutes yesterday about his amendment to a defense appropriations bill that would defund KBR (Halliburton) or any other contractor that forces its employees to waive their rights to criminal or civil cases when they get abused or — as was the case of one KBR employee in Iraq — gang-raped by their co-workers. The amendment passed, 68-30! Thirty Republican males voted against it. They thought Al Franken was just being mean to Halliburton because of Dick Cheney and politics. DID YOU KNOW THAT AL FRANKEN USED TO BE A COMEDIAN, AND NOW HE’S A SENATOR? It’s true. [Think Progress]

• This black man is slowing turning white. On television. [Work in Progress]

• Instead of called “Kellogg Brown & Root”, they should call it “We Rape Everybody Company.” [Think Progress]
• Edwards Christmas ad conspicuously cross-less. [Election Central]
• But how can Chris Dodd run for Majority Leader is he’s going to be president? [Political Wire]
• Bin Laden will soon be president of Pakistan. [WorldNet Daily]
• GOP like the KKK? You said it, not me. [Raw Story]