What Caught My Eye Today

Iran - The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted Saturday to impose new sanctions against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium — a move intended to show Tehran that defiance will leave it increasingly isolated. World powers hope that approving the resolution quickly and unanimously will signal that Iran will face stricter sanctions each time it ignores a Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to produce nuclear energy or nuclear weapons. Iran has vowed the sanctions will only motivate it further to pursue nuclear power. So if I'm reading this correctly, the Security Council sees these sanctions as a way to curb Iran's desire to enrich uranium while Iran says that it will expand its program every time more sanctions are imposed. Is it just me or is there a disconnect here?

Iraq - House Democrats on Friday pushed through a rebuke of President Bush and the war in Iraq. Bush promised a veto of the spending bill, which demands combat operations end before September 2008 — and perhaps earlier. Given that the bill passed 218 to 212 (I wonder which 5 didn't vote) pretty much along party lines, I'm guessing that Bush is pretty confident that he can back up his threat. I'm not holding out much hope for the Senate either, which plans to take up its own version of this legislation on Monday.

Miss USA - Miss Tennessee was crowned new Miss USA on Friday night. She succeeds Miss USA Tara Conner, who entered rehab after accounts surfaced suggesting she was boozing at New York clubs. When asked whether she was ready to take over the title, Miss Tennessee admitted it would "be a little bit of a challenge," but quickly added she was ready for it. Yeah, I hear the Betty Ford Center has already sent her an orientation packet.

Basketball - Our boy Kobe Bryant hit 50 points for the fourth straight game putting him in second place all time behind Wilt Chamberlain (who had a 7 game streak). Some pundits claim this is his way of getting back at critics who accuse him of playing dirty as evidenced his flying elbows. Seems to be working, doesn't it?

March Madness - Recapping Sweet 16 results, I went 7 out of 8 (darned those Memphis jerks, they've screwed me twice). Overall, I'm 45 out of 56, which according to Yahoo puts me in the 97th percentile with the distinction of being ranked 51829th. Oh happy day. Seeing as my bracket still has some teams left (an amazing feat, given my history of crappy prognostication skills), it appears that my employer will continue to suffer from my lack of productivity. Yes, let's blame it on that.

On the women's side...put a fork in me, I'm done. Freaking Rutgers beat Duke 53-52. Duke had a chance to win it at the free throw line with 0.1 seconds on the clock...missed them both.

Golf - Tiger Woods appears to have regained his winning form (agruably he never lost it) at the World Golf Championships at Doral. After 3 rounds, he's sitting on a 4 stroke lead (-11). Boyfriend doesn't lose much when he has a lead going into Sunday.