[Thanks to Ace of Spades for the link!] Over the past decade or so, astronomers have discovered over 300 extra-solar planets, that is, planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. However, these discoveries have largely been indirect, due to the planet transiting the star it orbits, or variations in the radial velocity of the star. […]
Today I feel sorry for the president elect. Word from the UK Telegraph that Michelle Obama’s mother will soon become the “First Granny”: Michelle Obama’s mother has reluctantly agreed to leave her lifelong home on Chicago’s South Side and move to Washington to help smooth the transition for the grand-daughters who dote on her. The […]
Here are two articles at the Rocky Mountain News website this morning. First headline: “Poll: 72% are confident Obama will fix economy” WASHINGTON — In one of the economy’s darkest hours in decades, it looks as if people are taking Barack Obama up on his exhortations for hope and change. Seven in 10, or 72 […]
![Veterans Day 2008 [updated]](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/basilsblog/VeteransDay2008.jpg "Veterans Day 2008 [updated]")
[UPDATED 0428 MDT 11/12/08 — OK, so I’m lying awake in bed at, well, 4:20 am and I suddenly realize that I’ve forgotten the newest veteran in our family: my nephew, Darren Green. The list below is now updated; apologies to Darren.] Last Veterans Day, Bruce Henderson and I posted a list of our relatives […]
MCRD Platoon 3010 – 1984 – click for full size. November 10th is a special day for Marines, it’s the day we celebrate the birthday of our beloved Corps. The Marines are a tough, no-nonsense force focused always and forever on the mission. On this 233rd, I would like to give a salute to all […]
The upcoming Obama administration was so eager to claim some form of government legitimacy, they decided to invent a previously unknown federal bureaucracy: The Office of the President-Elect. Now mind you, every President-Elect has a transition team that does a lot of work to make sure the day they get into office they can start […]
The UK Times has the above photo recently released to show that the “Dear Leader” (no, not Obama!) is recovering from his stroke and doing well. The photo shows Kim out paling around with his soldier buddies, having a good time. But the photo has more in common with the cover of “Abbey Road” than […]
Oh to be a fly on the wall! News reports say today is the day that President-elect Barry Obama gets his first real intelligence briefing as the Bush administration beings the transfer of national command authority. Up until now, our newly minted President-elect was a rookie Senator, and did not get the full details of […]
Sometimes, there’s a reason for going with your first impression/analysis. Back in early June, when John McCain clinched the Republican nomination, I wrote the following: I’m listening to John McCain’s speech (live) down in Louisiana as I type this. My prediction: the Republicans are going to get beat like a red-headed stepchild this fall. Sigh. […]
Iowahawk Nails It
Iowahawk shows that brevity is the soul of wit: So for now, let’s put politics aside and celebrate this historic milestone. In his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial 45 years ago, Dr. King said “I have a dream that one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged […]
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