Quickhits

I don't know if it's standard post-Christmas or frustration with a dire world, but I really don't feel like digging in today. So, Quickhits.

Israel continues its attacks, threatens ground operations, the US warns Hamas..... Obama issues a "one president at a time" no comment.

(Related: There's no real evidence that Hamas will be toppled in this. If anything, it causes problems for the West Bank's Fatah.)

(Also, of some relative value, here's Al Jazeera's coverage from last night on the attacks. This is the English version, but it gives some tamped down flavor of the coverage being shown across the Arab world.)

Another attack in Pakistan, 30 killed, and despite editorials across the Muslim world, Pakistan is still shifting some troops east.

A Shiite targeting carbomb kills 24 in Baghdad.

A bombing in Afghanistan targeting tribal leaders kills 8. (Targeting a polling location, meeting of tribal leaders discussing security.)

"More than 6,100 people have died in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an Associated Press count of figures from Western and Afghan officials."

Newsweek has a (web only) piece on potential legal jeopardy for Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, et al regarding detainee treatment.

And, RNC chair hopeful Chip Saltsman continues to get blasted for sending out the Barack the Magic Negro CD, mostly by rivals for the RNC chair post. (And Gingrich.)