Ought to be Handy for Holding the Payola

In case there's any question as to what might have compelled so many Democrats to support this month's FISA bill, granting telecoms immunity from prosecution for having broken the law, this graphic may help you out...

via Greenwald

Bad Astronomy Blog

About six years ago, I was doing a presentation at work with another manager when she said something along the lines of , "we're trying to keep this simple; we know none of you are rocket scientists." One guy out in the audience, Phil Plait, spoke up to say, "I am." I've often wondered how often he gets to say that. Anyway, after a couple of years I lost track of him, then today I ran across his name and decided to google him. He has a pretty cool astronomy blog at Discover magazine...check it out.

Who Could Have Foreseen Oil at $144/barrell?

Has anybody ever had, could anybody ever have, a more useful tool for achieving his goals than Osama bin-Laden has had in George W. Bush?