Some odd bits

Hall of Shame
The Public Citizen group has launched its Hall of Shame - http://www.cleanupwashington.org/hos/
They say: An unprecedented wave of corruption, cronyism and special-interest sleaze has gripped our nation’s capital in recent years.
To bring greater public attention to the individuals involved in these ethics scandals – in the hope of preventing such abuses of the public trust in the future – Public Citizen has established the Ethics Hall of Shame.
To be included, a member of Congress must have committed illegal acts or engaged in conduct that is highly abusive of the public trust in the service of special interests.
Those members of Congress in the "dishonorable mention" category have been involved in activity that is ethically questionable or offensive to the public trust.
“Ethics Hall of Shame”

More scandal at The Daily Juice

They do it differently over there. "I'm currently living in Dresden, and recently witnessed a raid by the German police," writes Ben Jenkins, an Aussie expat. "At 6am there was a knock on our apartment door. My girlfriend opened it to be confronted by about 15 police and a dog. They asked quietly if we knew if our neighbour was at home. I told them I had heard the TV at about 1am, they said thank you, and asked us to close the door. They then banged loudly on the neighbour's door and said: 'This is the police! Open up or we will be forced to get a locksmith at your expense!"' Column 8 SMH