The conventional wisdom is that we lost the battle of Fallujah, by pulling back and letting a former Ba’athist general take over. In that context, reader Mike Puckett points out this very encouraging news.
With this kind of good news, combined with the bringing to heel of Al-Sadr, it’s easy to see why the quagmirists in the media want to keep the focus on Abu Ghraib.
The conventional wisdom is that we lost the battle of Fallujah, by pulling back and letting a former Ba’athist general take over. In that context, reader Mike Puckett points out this very encouraging news.
With this kind of good news, combined with the bringing to heel of Al-Sadr, it’s easy to see why the quagmirists in the media want to keep the focus on Abu Ghraib.
Boy, ask and ye shall receive. A few more posts like that, on a regular basis, Andrew, and I could retire. Unfortunately, this blog has a lousy pension plan.
And after y’all have read Andrew’s post on Suborbital Day, head over to The Space Review, where Jeff Foust explains, once again, why we shouldn’t build a new heavy-lift vehicle.
The Saturn 5 proved that heavy-lift vehicles can enable human exploration of the Moon. It
Today is SubOrbital Day, a lobbying event for the SubOrbital Institute. I’ve cut ‘n’ pasted the talking points for the day below the fold. I’ll post more later, possibly tomorrow if the evening wrapup is especially festive. We’ll be walking around Capitol Hill briefing Senate staffers on the issues below, trying to encourage them to take action that will make it easier for you and me to get into space.
I predicted this would happen a few years ago, when the low-carb diets were still fringe theories, but I couldn’t figure out what exactly was the right play–short selling doesn’t make sense for an event that may take years. They’re really killing revenues for bread and pasta makers. It’s also, just as predictably, hitting doughnut and orange juice sales.
Due to an overzealous aide to Colin Powell, Tim Russert spent a couple minutes interviewing a palm tree this morning.
If he’s been Barbara Walters, he might have asked, “What kind of a tree would you like to be?”
Anyone who is interested in technology policy and security ought to subscribe to Bruce Schneier’s Crypto-Gram. It’s an excellent monthly newsletter written by one of the foremost experts in computer security, and it’s free. RTWT, as they say. One thing that stood out in this latest edition is the Brief Safe (fair warning – it’s kind of gross).
I’ll probably post more on some of the items in the latest Crypto-Gram later in the week. Right now I have to get my wife safely off to Wood’s Hole.
Mohammed at Iraq The Model has an encouraging story of a trip to the southern part of Iraq:
The point behind all these pictures and stories I mentioned is that the people started to speak out and express their feelings and here we
We’re getting ready to load up the truck and move to Florida, so lots of things to do around the house for the next few days. Maybe Andrew will pick up the slack, if he has time.
My wife’s boss (a biologist) got a book in her inbox a couple of days ago put out by the North Dakota Bible Society – the grandiosely titled Evolution Cruncher. Apparently someone mailed these to all the biology faculty at the university of Maryland. I had a brief look through last night. I’ve been exposed to creationist literature before, so I sort of knew what to expect. I was nonetheless surprised by how blatantly dishonest this book is. I guess it’s been a while since I read anything by young earth creationists, so my memory had faded somewhat. Take a look at the site. It’s scary that these guys are a significant political constituency in some parts of the country.
I should clarify that I’m not hostile to all creationists – there are sincere and honest people who are creationists. I am, however, extremely hostile to blatant manipulative liars, which the North Dakota Bible Society apparently are.