Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

A political gridlock is in the works for California in 2008, predicts the Sacramento Bee.Between elections, term limit reform, and a $10 billion budget deficit,expect little work to be done on big-issue legislation in the comingyear.

Al Gore has received his Nobel Peace Prize today and urged the US and China tomake bold moves on climate change.  "We must quickly mobilize ourcivilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seenonly when nations mobilized for war," said Gore. Be sure to watch thespittle fly on Fox News this week.

Victims of the law of unintended consequences, hundreds of Hollywood production workers marched yesterday to urge an end to the Writer's Guild strike."Although these so-called below-the-line workers are not part of thenegotiations, most are out of work until the strike is over andproductions begin again."

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Image courtesy of the LA Times.