Sunday morning ramblings

I saw the Reuters headline "China must prepare for shocks: Snow" and thought that it was going to snow in China in middle of October. Um, not quite:

Top U.S. economic officials sought on Sunday to persuade China that opening its markets to more foreign participation will put it in better shape to absorb potential shocks. [...]

Speaking to reporters late on Sunday, [U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John] Snow said the effort was to "reduce rigidities in the Chinese economy, make it more stable, make it better able to absorb shocks that inevitably come when you're a major player in the global economy."

Well, if Condi did run and (God forbid) won the presidency in 2008, she'd have 6-week vacations to go shoe shopping (an activity of which I completely, whole-heartedly approve, just not when a large U.S. city is underwater):

"It's not what I want to do with my life, it's not what I'm going to do with my life," [Secretary of State Condoleeza] Rice said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

DeLay is a MONSTER politician. So, what's news about this?

DeLay raised about $920,000 in the three months that began July 1 and ended Sept. 30 in anticipation of a March primary race against former Rep. Nick Lampson. Lampson lost his seat in 2004 after he was forced to run in a new district under a redistricting plan pushed by DeLay [......]

DeLay, R-Texas, was required to step aside as House majority leader when a grand jury in Texas charged him with conspiracy on Sept. 28. A charge of money laundering came on Oct. 3. Both filings stem from a state campaign finance investigation led by Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle.

Hah, that second paragraph was totally unnecessary for me to quote, but it's like a guilty pleasure reading that over and over and over and over again.

DeLay, R-Texas, was required to step aside as House majority leader when a grand jury in Texas charged him with conspiracy on Sept. 28. A charge of money laundering came on Oct. 3. Both filings stem from a state campaign finance investigation led by Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle.

Yep, there I go again.