Archaeologists may have discovered the tomb of Odysseus.
Yeah, He Did Such A Great Job In Haiti
Just in case you harbored any illusions that Ramsey Clark had the slightest remaining shred of sanity, he apparently just called for Bush to be replaced by deposed Haitian president Aristide at today’s anti-America rally in Washington (and yes, I call it that because most of the people there aren’t actually for peace–they’re just on the other side).
[Update at 3 pM]
Gateway Pundit agrees:
For the media to say that this is an Anti-War Rally is a lie. Now they are chanting, “End the Occupation!”…The media should be sued for misrepresentation.
A Thought
More of a note to myself, if anything, to be expanded on later, in another venue.
It strikes me that NASA’s response to the president’s challenge is a statement of fundamental unseriousness about it.
A serious program to go back to the Moon, and beyond, would be based on a foundation of an infrastructure that would dramatically reduce the marginal costs of getting to orbit, operating in orbit, and getting to the points beyond low earth orbit. It would be a decision that would allow dramatic and affordable increases in space operations, for both the government and the private sector.
That they have chosen an architecture that makes the marginal, per-mission costs of doing anything in space as high or higher than they’ve always been indicates that they’re more interested in short-term milestones (getting back to the Moon and completing the lost missions of Apollo) than in opening up a frontier. I thought that I heard the president say something else over a year and a half ago, but perhaps, politically, they’re right, and I’m wrong.
[Update on Saturday afternoon]
Clark Lindsey has some expanded thoughts on this subject.
Heaven Help The Person
…who mispells a post title on Free Republic. Read the comments, which are, shall we say…metacomments.
Though the linked article is pretty good, too.
Lies And Trade Studies
Jon Goff on trade studies, and why you can use them to justify almost any answer you want.
You Mean It Isn’t Karl Rove?
And now for something completely different: a local television meteorologist who thinks that hurricanes are being created by the Yakuza as revenge for Hiroshima.
You Mean It Isn’t Karl Rove?
And now for something completely different: a local television meteorologist who thinks that hurricanes are being created by the Yakuza as revenge for Hiroshima.
You Mean It Isn’t Karl Rove?
And now for something completely different: a local television meteorologist who thinks that hurricanes are being created by the Yakuza as revenge for Hiroshima.
Headset Etiquette
This is a problem that’s just going to get worse as the technology evolves:
While many users find them convenient and fun, the new headsets can create peculiar social situations. As was the case with Ms. Vilson and her friend, bystanders are often unaware that a user is wearing one. Indeed, users of Bluetooth headsets often appear to be talking to themselves.
Another pitfall: “Half the time people think you’re talking to them when you’re really not,” says William Robbins, a doctor in Orlando, Fla. He was in a supermarket recently enjoying a bit of risqu
Boy Scout’s Motto
Stephen Gordon has some good advice to prepare for the Avian flu, which could be disastrous if we let it get out of control. I wish I had more confidence in the competence of the government to deal with this.