Bits And Pieces

Now that they've decided that the Keystone pipeline isn't such a bad thing after all, the Obama administration is kinda, sorta, letting it go forward:

The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday told TransCanada, which wants to build a 1,700-mile pipeline to carry heavy crude from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, that it could begin construction on the portion of the proposed pipeline that would end at the gulf port of Nederland, Tex. The Corps of Engineers is still reviewing permits for a section of the pipeline beginning at a major oil depot in Cushing, Okla., and linking up with the final leg ending at the gulf.
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TransCanada said Tuesday that it welcomed the permits and was awaiting approvals from the two other Corps of Engineers districts that must rule on the remaining 400 miles of pipeline route beginning in Cushing.

I guess a win is a win-but if anyone really thinks this is just about the review process during what has turned out to be a tough election year for Team Obama, then I've got some Solyndra stock I'd like to sell them...