Weekly News Roundup: The Military Hates Whales, Warming to Bloggers

• Transition! Transition! (Insert music here). So here's the question of the day: Will Obama create a National Energy Council? • Just in time for winter: A complete history of the flu through the ages. • The military fought the whales... and won. • What, "Global Warming Poobah" was already taken? Gore offered (but turned down) job as White House "Climate Czar." • We can't decide if this is heartening (drivers are being safe!) or mortally depressing: California air pollution kills more people per year than car crashes. • A soldier-blogger gets his moment in the spotlight—though the real question is, what does he think of Trooptube?