Read forth and ye shall prosper. Today’s roundup includes Obama’s potential letter to Iran, California courts ruling against lesbian students kicked out of school, the nations that may be facing the same economic fate as Iceland, Senators asking for contractor accountability in the deaths of soldiers and a great documentary on the U.S. health care (made by Brits).

Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, Matt Taibbi is always worth a read when he gets ahold of a subject like B-Rod. But we disagree on whether the Senate Dems could have done anything other than what they ultimately did regarding the Blagojevich/Burris situation.

Iceland’s new interim prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, is the world’s first openly gay PM. She’s also taking over the reigns during precarious economic times for her country. Even quick economic actions are unlikely to win her party victory in the upcoming special election.

The stimulus plan passed the House today with a vote of 244-188. The dissenting votes consisted of 11 Democrats and the whole of the House Republicans. After being catered to extensively in order to woo their support, not a single Republican cast an affirmative vote.

I’m really interested in imagery involving blueprints and architectural drawings lately, particularly when the plans are for something either impossible to build or mysterious in origin. There’s also something quite masculine about blueprints, which can make for a good gift if there’s someone macho in your life that’s difficult to buy for. The following tap into that imagery in different ways.