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Vote of Confidence?

2008-07-30T17:02:00.001-06:00

SPACE.com [AP] -- NASA Engineers Work on Alternative Moon Rocket When I posted earlier about the "DIRECT" proposal for an alternative next-generation manned spacecraft system to the Ares/Orion/Constellation which NASA has determined to use, I obviously didn't appreciate the full extent of the irony in this situation. Engineers working with NASA on the preposterous Ares/Orion mess during the

The Church of the Boiled Frogs

2008-07-27T14:20:00.001-06:00

Opportunities for communication have become rare---my one regular contact with the pastor of our Church usually includes several other preachers from various churches in the same room, and a non-conforming comment from a layman is made obviously unwelcome. I think at this point I'm traditionally supposed to nail something to a door somewhere, but I'm going to try this medium first. It has been

The Church of the Boiled Frogs

2008-07-27T14:12:00.001-06:00

---Snow, DeBakey Dead, and Other Stories

2008-07-13T14:32:00.001-06:00

FOXNews.com - Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 53 My first impression of Tony Snow was back when he stood in for Limbaugh, back when I still occasionally listened to Limbaugh. Snow was generally calm, pleasant, and credible when a lot of people in Washington weren't. He finally succumbed to cancer Saturday morning. FOXNews.com - Cardiovascular

---Warning! Incoming Movie Reviews!

2008-06-06T22:30:00.001-06:00

[There may be some light spoiling in here, depending on how sensitive and/or cranky one is, and whether anyone actually reads this anyway.] The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian It’s been a while since I read the Narnia books, so I’m not ready to make a point by point comparison with Lewis’s original work. I was actually expecting this one to be the Dawn Treader, which is the next movie/

Judicial Perversion in Texas, Phoenix Takes Its Shot

2008-05-22T22:52:00.001-06:00

In case any of us have forgotten where the serious perverts are: My Way News [AP]- Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out The appellate court in Austin determined today that sexual abuse of children is okay with them, as long as it can be cloaked in some sort of pretense---no mater how preposterous---of a religious belief. Phoenix polar mission closes on Mars: Spaceflight Now [

---Earthquake Aftermath in China

2008-05-15T10:21:00.001-06:00

My Way News [AP]- China quake death toll could rise to 50,000 Terrible images continue to pour out of the region of China devastated by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake. It seems like only a pitiful few of the thousands feared buried under collapsed buildings are being found alive. The possible failure of a critical dam and blocked roads continue to complicate rescue efforts. My Way News [AP] -

---Some Other Questions, Con'd: Faith

2008-05-12T10:47:00.001-06:00

[There was something I had to learn about this subject before I could finish it.] Romans 3 21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are

---2010

2008-05-06T17:13:00.001-06:00

[With apologies to Arthur C. Clarke, who isn't here anymore to defend his work---seriously] According to Michael Griffin, the "future" begins in 2010. It won't be pretty. Back in the dark days after the Columbia tragedy, a lot of us were hanging around the alt.sci.space.* newsgroups. In the midst of all the rather silly suggestions for "fixing" the Shuttle---things like pulling a giant sock

---Even More Details of Soyuz Re-entry

2008-05-06T09:24:00.001-06:00

Ok, so this year's attempt to present anti-Christian graffiti as news in time for the Easter season has pretty much fizzled out, so we're stuck with meddling in space news instead. More information on the latest Soyuz TMA re-entry incident, and analysis of the implications for NASA's manned spaceflight plans: The space blame game - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com[Boyles] The Real Soyuz Problem -

---Myanmar

2008-05-06T08:55:00.001-06:00

My Way News - Myanmar death toll could top 10,000, foreign minister says The reported death toll in Myanmar (Burma) from a catastrophic cyclone continues to rise by the hour, with thousands more missing. There are now fears that 10,000 people may have died in one township alone. The government is despotic and paranoid, but it now appears that they will allow outside aid to relieve the

---Some Other Questions

2008-05-04T14:39:00.001-06:00

---faith? Galatians 3 23Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Faith? It is one of the most common and unifying themes in the New Testament. Our Salvation is said repeatedly to depend directly on it. But what is it? Why is it important?

---Where's the "Good" News?

2008-04-27T14:03:00.001-06:00

Galatians 1 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! [In the Greek, "ἀνάθεμα ἔστω "---"Let him be accursed" or "anathema". Close enough....]

---More Soyuz Details

2008-04-24T00:35:00.001-06:00

SPACE.com -- NASA Keeps Close Eye on Russian Spacecraft Investigation The corrections to the Soyuz production after the ballistic re-entry of last October---extra insulation on a control cable that shorted out and checks on the explosive separation bolts on the propulsion and retro module that apparently didn't separate properly---failed to be made to the latest Soyuz because it was already in

Details of Soyuz Re-entry

2008-04-22T11:55:00.001-06:00

FOXNews.com - Korean Astronaut Describes Terrifying Return to Earth - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News In case you thought visiting Korean Astronaut Yi So-yeon was displaying a lack of personal courage as she described the ordeal of Saturday's return to Earth, don't. Further details on the re-entry problems suggest that the Soyuz crew module came closer to disaster than

---Turf Wars at the "Holy Sepulcher"

2008-04-20T20:17:00.001-06:00

FOXNews.com - Armenian, Greek Worshippers Scuffle at Jesus' Tomb - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News If nothing else, this shows why it's not possible to be "a little bit Christian". Israeli police had to break up a violent brawl between various "Orthodox" denominations over access rights to the supposed site of Jesus' tomb. The fact that these "priests"

---Israel Turning 60, the "Surge", Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Other Stories

2008-04-20T16:21:00.002-06:00

My Way News [AP]- Israel at 60: A vibrant nation still in search of itself With the Pope in America, Carter in Syria, and various other distractions, this seems to have been underreported. May 14, 2008 will be the 60th anniversary of the Israeli declaration of independence. The resulting war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab-Israeli_War [this article is rated as under-cited by the

The Second Half

2008-03-18T11:59:00.001-06:00

Now, I loathe “Johnny Gets a Touchdown”-class football metaphors as much as anybody, but it just happens to fit this chronic attitude problem with some Churches I’ve experienced. I would have even more trouble if I tried to frame the issue with references to Paul Harvey. So, in football terms, we’re often only playing the “first half”. This isn’t a new phenomenon, of course. In John 8:3-11, when

---Sentimental favorites...

2008-02-15T10:42:00.001-06:00

Feb 14 again. A classic favorite from one of history's most unique artists:

---Res Publica Tonight

2008-02-05T10:49:00.002-06:00

It's a formula that has become familiar, and sometimes almost acceptable in American households over the last few years: "Reality" programming, that blending of the best of the worst of soap opera and pro wrestling, which works so well because, apparently, you'll believe anything.It was probably inevitable that such a successful formula would be applied to politics, as I'm personally convinced

Out there....

2008-01-27T22:57:00.001-06:00

Proverbs 3 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. SPACE.com -- Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space For centuries, Men of Reason have walked about with their noses in the air, attesting to the superior products of Reason and Logic over the dark, sinister, clouded thinking

WinLive Test

2008-01-21T20:44:00.001-06:00

My first attempt to use MS Windows Live Writer was frustrating---it must have been an early beta, and it didn't work with my freee weblog hosts. They seem to have cleaned the application up a lot, and publishing appears to be almost automatic. It also appears to be possible to set it to automatically strip the huge amounts of incomprehensible and useless code inserted into the HTML text by Word

---Assassination in Pakistan

2007-12-31T11:33:00.000-06:00

My Way News - Pakistan's Bhutto Assassinated at RallyWe couldn't even make it to the end of the year.....One of the commentators on Fox News (which is often too lurid and sensational to depend on for actual news), pointed out a monstrous irony in the situation in Pakistan---that the only really safe person in Pakistan is its "most wanted" resident---bin Laden.You can't have an evil civilization.

---Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T06:22:00.000-06:00

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom,establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousnessfrom that time on and

---Politics, Religion, the Cold War

2007-11-25T13:39:00.000-06:00

In politics:Clinton to unveil mandatory health care proposal - CNN.comThere has been a lot of speculation lately that the contest between Hillary and Obama for the Democratic Presidential nomination is all a sham, and that the Clinton-II/Obama ticket was set before the campaigns ever got started. I have a somewhat more cynical conspiracy theory---that Hillary has already been “elected”, to

---Critical ISS Joint Damaged, Pluto, Horses at H'ween

2007-10-28T19:02:00.000-06:00

Metal shavings found in ISS solar array jointMy Way News - Trouble Found on Space Station DeviceThey were hoping that power spikes in the drive for the newest of the solar array "ferris wheels" on the Space Station would turn out to stem from a misadjusted bolt or something. So it must have come as quite a shock when astronauts on the latest EVA removed insulation from the joint assembly, and

---On Science

2007-10-14T18:25:00.000-06:00

1 Corinthians 214The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.---Can't make this stuff up....My Way News - Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than UsI really thought the idea of a "technological singularitly" was just a science fiction thing. My only

---In Other News

2007-09-10T14:03:00.001-06:00

You know you're not moving fast enough when.......a spider makes a web between your house and the van sitting in the driveway.[Actually, it was only there for a couple of hours.]Lunar Eclipse, Houston, Texas, 2007The best I could do with a pocket digital camera without a tripod.

---Warning! Incoming Movie Reviews!

2007-07-08T22:45:00.000-06:00

RatatouillePixar has done the whole---Pixar thing---again. Yeah, I know, I almost ignored this one too. I could see some guys sitting around a table, and one says, “Hey! What if rataouille was called that because it's made by rats?”---and whoosh!, they made a movie out of it. [I didn't know what the dish was actually made of, either.]But it actually is easily the most entertaining movie so

---ISS Fixed

2007-06-18T20:31:00.000-06:00

Spaceflight Now | STS-117 Shuttle Report | Station computers brought to life after impromptu repairSpaceflight Now | STS-117 Shuttle Report | Two more space station computers revivedCosmic Log : Obsolete chips in spaceESA Microelectronics pagetsc691e.pdf (application/pdf Object)In another .22LR-in-the-fusebox save, Russians on the ISS bypassed faulty surge-suppression switches on the power

---Ruth Graham

2007-06-15T10:59:00.000-06:00

My Way News - Billy Graham's Wife Ruth Dies at 87Team-mate in one of the most important Christian ministries of modern times, Ruth Graham died yesterday.

---ISS Computer Breakdown Continues

2007-06-15T10:45:00.000-06:00

The Flame Trench space blog by Florida Today[posted by John Kelly at 11:23 AM]Doesn't look good for theISS. The really bad news is that they unplugged the U.S. solar arrays, the suspected proximate cause of the problem, and it didn't go away. News conference is upcoming on NASA TV.

---ISS Computer Failure

2007-06-14T16:08:00.001-06:00

SpaceThe Flame Trench space blog by Florida TodaySpace station glitch puzzles the experts - Human Spaceflight - MSNBC.com[Oberg]]All last night, engineers worked to figure out why ALL of the supposedly redundant control computers on the Russian part of the ISS suddenly failed as the new U.S. solar arrays came online. There was great relief this morning, as the Russians assured everyone that they

---63rd Anniversary of D-Day

2007-06-06T15:28:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - Defense Secretary Pays Tribute to Fallen Troops in Normandy at 63rd Anniversary of D-Day It was a miserably cold, damp, windy, overcast day in February, 2005. I remember the place as one of the loneliest stretches of coastline I've ever seen in person. It probably wasn't just because it was off-season, and we were virtually the only people in the entire cemetery. Despite the best

---Cyclone Gonu Heads for Iran

2007-06-05T18:04:00.000-06:00

It’ll be a wet day in....My Way News - Cyclone Gonu's Winds Blast Oman CoastCyclone nears Persian Gulf oil supplies - Weather - MSNBC.comTRCgonu156_MT.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x1024 pixels)...uh, well, Iran, for one. Tropical Cyclone Gonu weakened from Category 5/160mph to about Category2/106mph before it glanced off the coast of Oman today. There have been evacuations, but no reports yet of damage

---In Space News

2007-06-04T13:15:00.000-06:00

---Atlantis is scheduled to launch on an ISS assembly mission Friday, June 8.FL Today: Space: "NASA lawyer in trouble for destroying DVDs"From the Statement of Michael Wholley at House Hearing on NASA IG Investigation SpaceRef“I concluded that these were not "records" for purposes of the FRA, but also concluded that if they were retained and filed they could become "records" by virtue of that

---The Religion Market

2007-05-22T21:17:00.000-06:00

Exodus1613 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.31 The people

---Kansas, Schirra Dies at 84, VT, JSC, SRBs Derailed, Postal Religion, Hypernovae

2007-05-08T11:50:00.000-06:00

---This weblog is now officially behind the times---about two weeks. Can’t seem to keep up with events.FOXNews.com[AP]- Deadly Tornado Flattens Western Kansas TownThe scene looks more like the aftermath of the atomic bombings at the end of WWII than a weather event The small town of Greensburg was almost entirely erased Saturday by a gigantic F5 “wedge” tornado estimated to be 1.4 miles wide at

---Why?!

2007-04-17T12:15:00.001-06:00

Revelation 1212...But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you!He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.Everybody already knows the answer. Hatred, exclusion, isolation, slights, insults, injuries, injustices---real or imagined---reprisal, revenge, violence, poverty, genocide....and that monster lurks outside, growing more desperate by the hour,

---Gunmen Kill At Least 32 at Virginia Tech

2007-04-16T12:28:00.000-06:00

IncomprehensibleMy Way News - Gunman Kills 21 on Virginia Tech CampusThe death toll from at least two separate gunmen at Virginia Tech is rising faster than the news services' web components can keep up---at least 32 dead so far. There was a news conference, but as far as I know, nobody has proposed any sort of motive, or even definitive proof that the two incidents are actually related---not

---Iraqi Parliament, Tigris Bridge Attacked

2007-04-12T11:38:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com [AP]- Two Lawmakers Killed in Bomb Attack on Iraq's ParliamentBuildingIn a serious setback for anyone who still holds any hope that Iraq can have peace and stability, a suicide attacker detonated himself in the cafeteria of the Iraqi Parliament building within the Allied “Green Zone”. The dead (up to 3 at last notice) and wounded included Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish victims, making the

---The New Passover

2007-04-06T02:36:00.000-06:00

Luke 2214When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God." There is that word again, πληρόω “complete, fullfill”, this time in the passive subjunctive---through Him, the Passover is to “be

---Faraway Places

2007-04-05T12:33:00.000-06:00

This is odd...Sitemeter shows 6 hits to the HBLN from various places in China---mostly Beijing---since yesterday afternoon. That's usually about a week's worth of activity in total over here. Since I haven't said anything at all about the Chinese government recently, let alone insulted it noticeably, I don't see what the attention is all about. I think the last thing I had to say about it was

---So...Tired...

2007-04-04T18:59:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - House Democrats Offer Plan to Ban Use of 'Global War on Terror'Too...much...material...coming in....too...fast....Too...tired...to....blog...anymore...(---gasp---wheeze---)

---British Sailors Freed?

2007-04-04T11:57:00.000-06:00

My Way News [AP]- Iran Says 15 British Captives FreeWhat really demoralizes me about this whole situation is....we've had almost 40 years of this Iranian revolutionary regime, and Hell's own sock-puppets still can't write decent material....

--The Speaker-Empress and the Murdering Terrorist Tyrant

2007-04-04T11:34:00.000-06:00

[Ok, as kids' bedtime stories go, it probably won't catch on. "They can't all be gems."]My Way News [AP] - Pelosi Meets Syrian PresidentWar is all Hell, and one of the greatest evils of human civilization. There are greater evils, however. They must be considered to include betrayal, treachery, and treason, particularly when conducted for such motives as self-aggrandizement, naked avarice, and

---The 357 MPH Train

2007-04-04T10:52:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - French Train Hits 357 MPH Breaking World Speed Record[Yeah, I know...it should be reported in KPH...but I think I've sufferred enough for one day.]They got close to the absolute train speed record on this trip, currently held by a Japanese maglev. The train had oversized wheels, a 25,000 HP motor, and heavier overhead cables delivering higher than normal voltage. It remains to be

---Disastrous Tsunami in the Solomons

2007-04-02T10:22:00.000-06:00

My Way News - Tsunami Devastates Western SolomonsA strong earthquake hurled a tsunami into the Solomon Islands this morning (per U.S. CDT). There have been a lot of strong aftershocks. At least 13 dead, many missing, and the death toll very likely to climb as communications are restored.Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCIA - The World Factbook -- Solomon IslandsMy awareness of

---Berger Again, Bello's Bikeless, GMail "Paper"

2007-04-01T20:30:00.000-06:00

It's April again----seems like a vicious cycle....FOXNews.com - FOX News Special Report 'Socks, Scissors, Paper: The Sandy Berger Caper' Questions Probe of Theft at the National Archives Fox aired its investigative report into the handling of Berger’s thefts of critical national terrorism intelligence from the National Archives last night. The interviews and timeline of the events are new

---NASA Lend-Lease?, AP Claims Iraqi Cop Rampage, Saturn's Polar Hexagon

2007-03-30T21:03:00.000-06:00

SPACE.com -- Repair Efforts Continue on Atlantis Shuttle’s Dinged Fuel TankFL Today "Flame Trench" : Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:52 AM:" Delicate work ahead on tank"My Way News [AP]- NASA Worries About Gap in Space FlightLet me sum this up more bluntly....NASA is engaged in risky, untried repair procedures and other ongoing practices which place the lives of flight crews in jeopardy, desperately

---A380, Yellowstone, Alaskan Tech Support Blues, and Other Stories

2007-03-24T19:52:00.000-06:00

Ezra 9 3When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.FOXNews.com [AP]- Double-Decker Superjumbo Airliner Makes First Trans-Atlantic FlightThe Airbus A380, now the largest passenger aircraft in the world, made its trans-Atlantic debut, landing in New York. A real achievement would be to convince a struggling air transportation industry to

---Iranians Seize UK Sailors, Menu Contained Rat Poison, KSM Sings, and Other Stories

2007-03-23T21:50:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com[AP]- Iranian Vessels Seize 15 British Navy Personnel in Iraqi WatersOh, well, nobody seems to be overly concerned about this, like it was a Gulf-of-Tonkin-class historical “tipping point” or anything, It apparently isn't the first time the British have incurred Iranian displeasure.My Way News [AP]- Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet FoodThe cause of the Menu Foods pet food scare seems to

---Nowak Out, Firemen Against Guliani, WikiTrouble, Swiss Invasion of Liechtenstien, and Other Stories

2007-03-09T19:14:00.000-06:00

FLToday Space: "NASA dismisses troubled Nowak"Actually, NASA sort of “gave up” its right to borrow her from the Navy, and deferred opinion about her guilt or innocence in the civilian charges against her, effectively making the whole mess SEP*.According to the article, Nowak is the first member of the astronaut corps ever dismissed ---indirectly or otherwise.*Somebody Else's Problem [Hitchhiker's

---Cameron "Mockumentary", Dow, U.S. Veteran Scandal, Atlantis Damaged, and Other Stories

2007-03-03T00:37:00.000-06:00

Here we go again....FOXNews.com[AP] - Scholars, Clergymen Criticize New Documentary on Alleged Tomb of Jesus Christ “Pfann is even unsure that the name "Jesus" on the caskets was read correctly. He thinks it's more likely the name "Hanun." Ancient Semitic script is notoriously difficult to decipher.” The “documentary”, of course, could not have been more factually ludicrous if it had been made

---Iran's Nukes, The News, NASA, and Other Stories

2007-02-24T11:21:00.000-06:00

Just to narrow it down a little---- I am not the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby.... In another completely unexpected turn of events...My Way News - Report on Iran: Nuclear Work OngoingElBaradei’s report to the IAEA makes it clear that Iran has not slowed its efforts to procure nuclear weapons technology---and has in fact expanded its program. Moreover, the inflammatory rhetoric from Iranian

---Astronaut Trouble, MRO Problems, Superbowl Ads, Cable TV, Rowboat Recklessness

2007-02-15T21:44:00.000-06:00

Making the news.....My Way News [AP] - Astronaut Charged With Kidnap Attempt FL Today Space: "Astronaut freed for now, but charged with attempted murder"In a manned spaceflight program which has come to be almost completely dominated by public relations considerations, this must have been the horror story of a lifetime. NASA responded by issuing “statements” and “reviewing procedures”:My Way

---Cartoon Terror, Iran/Iraq , U.S. Politics, Nobel Prize, and Other Stories

2007-02-02T19:29:00.000-06:00

CN goes “viral”FOXNews.com [AP]- 'Suspicious Packages' That Paralyzed Boston Part of Cartoon Network Marketing CampaignCartoon Network, purveyors of some of the most grossly perverted material currently to be witnessed on cable TV, shows what other depths the “Adult Swim” mentality can reach. Two have been arrested, so far, in a scheme to market one of the late-night animated cartoons by placing

----Photos From the Other Edge

2007-02-02T11:29:00.000-06:00

The local Sam’s™ outlet had a few Segways™ for sale over the holidays. For some reason, I couldn’t resist snapping a picture of the warning label from the display model on the cell phone camera....It's that other rotten little dog---Trudi, just back from her backyard enforcement role as the Trud-i-Nator™, inquiring as to why the doggie door suddenly stopped working.

---U.N. Buys Nukes for NK, Chinese ASAT, The Surge?, Spanish Flu, Korolev 100th, Huygens 2nd, Independent News from Iraq

2007-01-19T17:05:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com- U.S. State Department Reveals North Korea’s Misuse of U.N.Development Program Funds and OperationsUsing my natural "genius for oversimplification", I'm going to summarize this revelation. NK leader Kim Jong Il has diverted tens of millions of dollars of U.N. development aid money to whatever purpose he desired, without the slightest effort at accountability by---and in fact, with the

---U.S. Embassy Attacked, Watching the Congress

2007-01-12T09:47:00.000-06:00

My Way News [AP]- Blast Heard at U.S. Embassy in Athens>Someone fired a rocket-propelled anti-tank round at the U.S. Embassy building in Athens, damaging a third-floor bathroom, and breaking some windows. No one was apparently injured in the attack. The Greek government has accused its home-grown terrorists in the incident.Dictionary.comdem·a·gogue /ˈdɛməˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg/ [dem-uh-gog, -gawg] noun,

---Politics As Usual

2007-01-11T11:32:00.000-06:00

Dictionary.comdem·a·gogue /ˈdɛməˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg/ [dem-uh-gog, -gawg] noun, verb, -gogued, -gogu·ing. –noun1. a person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.---This is important! Keep your DVR,VCR, or at least a pad of paper and pencil/pen/crayon ready to go, and be prepared to use them for the next two

---Ford Funerals, Indonesian 737 Found, Israel vs. Iran, Tuesday, Noodles, Warning Labels, The Pillars of Creation, and Other Stories

2007-01-11T00:15:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com [AP]- Nation Honors Former President Ford President Ford was honored over a couple of days in seemingly dozens of venues where he served or lived. He was remembered most fondly for his “modesty and humility” in office, conspicious by comparison with various of his successors.Political commentary centered on Watergate and its aftermath. If the commentary had been remotely honest,

---Year End Review, State of the Weblog, 2006

2007-01-02T11:48:00.000-06:00

Year End Review, 2006Matthew 12:43-45 43"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final

----PantsGate Again

2006-12-21T08:27:00.000-06:00

PantsGate again My Way News [AP]- Report Says Berger Hid Archive DocumentsThis is just pathetic. What did the Clinton Administration do during the closing days of their term, in response to rising threats of terrorism against U.S. citizens, that would provoke a grown man to sneak secret documents concerning those events out of the National Archives in his pants legs and hide them on a

---Israeli Nukes?, Miss USA, The Christmas Goat, The Universe, an Other Stories

2006-12-20T22:30:00.000-06:00

I'm several weeks behind in my venomous criticisms of world events..but I'm catching up.Ooops....My Way News - Israel Nuke Comment Sparks ControversyWe're not supposed to know that Israel has those. The dichotomy between policy and truth is especially treacherous these days.Here's 35¢....My Way News - Trump to Miss USA: 'You're Not Fired!Call somebody who....Oh, never mind....Maybe we can

---My Driveway From Space, Viking I Images

2006-12-11T10:43:00.000-06:00

You know you aren't moving fast enough when...The Google Maps satellite catches your car in the driveway.MRO images Viking I Lander:http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA01881.jpgIt's still sitting there after all these years, just casting a shadow.[Okay, I'll ask the question everybody else wants to ask---is MRO going to be able to get a shot of the ill-fated? ill-conceived? Mars Polar Lander

---AP Fakes Iraqi News, Congo, No More Ipods for NK, Russia Meddles and Murders, The Pope, Pluto, and Other Stories

2006-11-30T10:34:00.000-06:00

New terror attacks on AmericaMy Way News [AP]- Shiites Burn 6 Sunni Worshippers AliveThis horrific account of Sunni worshippers dragged from their mosque and burned alive while the Iraqi police stood by reached the major news services last week . Iraq is clearly going straight to Hell, along with American aspirations for peace and stability in the region.The problem is, the events depicted in

---Hell is For Idiots, "Borat" Cheats Poor People

2006-11-15T16:04:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - Abizaid: No Timetable for Iraq Withdrawal, But Control Must Come SoonYes, boys and girls, War is all Hell. Could it get worse?Of course! Now, Hell is being run by idiots!Their intention, as far as I can guess, is to unleash apocalyptic chaos in the Middle East, and blame it on the Republicans....Speaking of idiots....FOXNews.com - Romanians Say 'Borat' Misled Them...there’s this

---Ed Bradley, Jack Palance Dead, Rwanda, U.S. Space Defense Policy, MS Vista, Polar Hurrincane on Saturn

2006-11-12T22:45:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - CBS News' Ed Bradley Dies After Battle With LeukemiaOk, so I haven’t watched “60 Minutes” since the ’80’s, but Ed Bradley was one of those seemingly permanent fixtures of television even then. Nobody seems to have known he was seriously ill. FOXNews.com - Actor Jack Palance Dies at His Home in CaliforniaAnother regular acting institution we

U.S Midterm Elections

2006-11-07T23:48:00.000-06:00

Condemned to repeat it....Voting | Vote | 2006 Elections - FOXNews.com As of this hour, Americans appear to have found the speed of the express elevator too stately, and opted to cut it loose into free fall. [AP photo]

---Saddam on Appeal, Google Targets Nazis, Discovery Ready to Roll, and Other Stories

2006-11-06T21:51:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - Iraq Appeals Court Expected to Rule on Saddam by Mid-JanuaryThe appeal of Saddam Hussein’s sentence of death by hanging is set to be completed in record time, compared to U.S. legal customs. As predicted, the Shiite Iraqis are firing their guns in celebration, while the Sunni Iraqis are firing their guns in protest. Violence in the wake on the ex-dictator’s conviction doesn’t seem

---U.S. Troops Respond to Kerry Outburst

2006-11-02T10:31:00.000-06:00

This picture, from a U.S. National Guard unit in Iraq, shows a level of intellectual sophistication which Sen. Kerry and his colleagues probably didn't expect: [found on http://www.drudgereport.com/]

---Kerry: Officially Stupid, AMD/ATI?!, Empires of the Middle East

2006-11-01T11:29:00.000-06:00

It’s Official....Voting | Vote | 2006 Elections - FOXNews.comKerry has admitted that his remarks about U.S. troops in Iraq were “stupid”. Now members of his own party are calling on Kerry to apologize. Does saying something "stupid" mean you don't have to say you're sorry?Eeeek!Advanced Micro Devices - Smarter Choice - Graphics and Media ProcessorsWhen did this happen?! Is this going to set AMD

---Kerry Goobers Up, Iraqi PM Gives Orders, Hubble Mission is Go, Elephants and Black Holes

2006-10-31T19:25:00.000-06:00

Publishing from Ubuntu Linux/Open Office Writer this time. Some trouble with hyperlink editing, but HTML in the Blogger.com publisher is remarkably clean, unlike the train wreck that results from posts written in MS Word.Kerry says U.S. troops are stupid...Voting | Vote | 2006 Elections - FOXNews.com...essentially. Last week, I predicted that the Democratic Party principals wouldn't be able to

---October in Iraq, Israelis Attack German Ship, Mormon Cultist Executed, Los Alamos Drug/Document Raid, Caffeine, Space News Rundown, WordPress

2006-10-30T10:33:00.000-06:00

My Way News [AP] - 100 Americans Die in Iraq During OctoberIt has been alarming, of course, to see the daily news of truckloads of mutilated bodies on the streets of Iraqi cities and the rising toll of American lives---but only just in the last few days has it occurred to anyone in the regular news media to speculate that these baby-murdering thugs might be trying to influence the American

---A Little History

2006-10-20T21:22:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - Bush to Meet With Gen. Abizaid on Iraq TacticsAs bad as the situation in the world is at the moment, there are ways to make it almost instantly worse,which seems to be the trend in current political polls in the U.S..As for the situation in Iraq, maybe a historical perspective would be appropriate:"The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are

---Kim Apologizes to Chinese, Chinese Shoot Tibetan Pilgrims, Chinese Wreck a Church, Dow Over 12k, Ozone, Stingrays Again, and Other Stories

2006-10-20T06:53:00.000-06:00

On the carpet....My Way News-Report: N. Korean Leader Regrets TestNaughty megalomaniacal dictator Kim Jong-il apologized to the Chinese for testing a nuclear device,and promised not to do it again. Kim agreed to return to regional talks if the U.S. would be nice. Thisshows what China could be doing to calm tensions in Asia and the Middle East if it wanted to....Elsewhere...YouTube - chinese

---Houston Storms, Hawaii Quake, Response to NK, More HiRISE Pictures

2006-10-18T08:19:00.000-06:00

Houston stormsMy Way News [AP]- 3 Dead in Texas Thunderstorms, Flooding11-13 inches of rain wouldn't normally be catastrophic, but this time it wasteamed with heavy onshore flow into Galveston Bay. The higher than normaltides in the Bay, where much of the Houston area drains through a network ofbayous and creeks caused water to rise all over the city and the surroundingarea.The resulting

---The Next Scandal, U.S. Midterms, Woodward, NK Nukes, Victoria, and Other Stories

2006-10-13T10:28:00.000-06:00

Scandal du jourMyWay News [AP] House Ethics Panel to Subpoena DocumentsC’mon guys, they’re all lawyers! One perversion more or less....It appears from accounts by some of the usual suspects [a] that the page at the center of the scandal was 18, making it more in the class of the Clintonian misuses of power and government facilities. It’s the “government we deserve”.

---Private Prisons in Afghanistan, 1st Close-Up MRO/HiRISE Images, Armstrong Said "A" After All

2006-10-01T19:45:00.000-06:00

Now, here’s a really great small business ideaMy Way News - U.S. Prison Head Freed in AfghanistanWhy can’t I ever think of this stuff? First HiRISE Image of Mars from Mapping Orbit: Ius Chasma, Valles MarinerisFrom the version of the MRO/HiRISE images available on most of the news services, it might not be obvious what all the back-slapping at JPL is about.

---Clinton Says Stuff, Digging for Apollo, Space News Rundown

2006-09-28T19:50:00.000-06:00

Some of the people all of the time....FOXNews.com - Former President Bill Clinton Defends Handling of Usama bin Laden in Combative FNC InterviewBlessedly-ex-President Clinton had another spell of finger-wagging, which in the past has usually meant that he was counteracting an outbreak of rampant factuality. Hillary later spoke up in his defense, apparently still paying for her Senate seat.

---A Use for the U.N., Pentagon Report on “Able Danger” , Earth Seen From Saturn Orbit, and Other Stories

2006-09-21T20:19:00.000-06:00

The U.N. is good for something, after all!FOXNews.com[AP] - Chavez Says U.S. Empire Will Soon Fall, Calls Bush 'DevilFor a few golden, peaceful days, it allowed us to know exactly where some of the world’s most dangerous lunatics were located. Chavez and that Iranian soccer star spewed anti-American hate-speech to an approving audience, and Chavez used the forum to advertise his anti-American

---More Muslim Outrage, ISS Smokes

2006-09-18T10:46:00.000-06:00

Oh NO! More Muslim Outrage!FOXNews.com[AP] - Pope Says He's 'Deeply Sorry' for Reaction to Islam SpeechIt actually appears that Benedict was apologizing for Muslim lack of comprehension, but that’s probably not what’s important here anyway. Taking a cue from the usual suspects ([a][b], etc.), it probably wouldn’t matter if Benedict put daisies in his mitre and danced a pas de deux with Arbedube.

---Annan Leaving Soon, STS-115 Packs Up

2006-09-16T12:44:00.000-06:00

Light at the end of the tunnel?My Way News - Latvian Joins Race for U.N.'s Top PostMaybe, if it doesn’t cave in before we get there. We only have to hold out until December for Kofi Annan, the worst U.N. General Secretary in history, to leave. Of course, his replacement is still a matter of speculation. China is getting a lot to say it the selection, demanding someone from Asia. John Bolton,

---Muslims Don't Like the Pope Anymore, More on STS-115, Update: Spinach Outbreak

2006-09-15T08:14:00.000-06:00

---Also see "The Thing That Fell" in The Shining PastureOh no! It's Muslim Outrage.... My Way News[AP] - Turkish Lawmaker Compares Pope to Hitler...again. Benedict evidently quoted a conversation between some Byzantine emperor and some Persian scholar or other, which can be used as a pretext for more stomping, screaming, and effigy-burning. These people need to get professional script

---Saddam's Kurdish Genocide Trial, Arab Apology for 9-11, STS-115, MRO, Titan Flyby

2006-09-14T23:00:00.000-06:00

Also see "A Practical Understanding, Part 1" on the HeartBreakLogWow! I just got an email message from someone named Hariette Brewer, entitled “We approved yours loan”! Should I check it out, or do you think it’s “spam”? Just when we all thought they were missing the point....FOXNews.com[AP] - Saddam's Kurdish Genocide Trial Resumes - Iraq

---Gulf Quake, 9-11 Five Years Later, Atlantis Launches, Goat-Free Roads, and Other Stories

2006-09-10T23:56:00.000-06:00

My Way News [AP]- 6.0 Gulf Quake Felt From La. to Fla.There was an earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday?! It was evidently mostly harmless, a geological curiosity.These are very unusual events for our region. In 1952, according to the AP story, there were reports that a similar event "interfered with the writing of a parking ticket". Five Years Later....My Way News [AP] - Bushes Lay

---Atlantis [Updated], Titan Flyby

2006-09-07T11:38:00.000-06:00

Atlantis still waitingSpaceflight Now | STS-115 Shuttle Report | Atlantis launch slips to Friday at the earliestStruck by lightning, threatened by a tropical storm and returned halfway to its hangar, now suffering a troublesome but not quite rules-invoking dysfunction of one of its three critical fuel cells. Under immense pressure to launch Atlantis on its ISS assembly mission, managers are

---Steve Irwin Dies, Al Qaeda Says Stuff, Annan Rebuffed, A380 Takes Off, ESA Lunar Smackdown

2006-09-04T22:11:00.000-06:00

My Way News[AP] - Stingray Kills 'Crocodile Hunter' IrwinTragically, Steve Irwin finally seems to have run out of luck, or Providence. After years of jumping on crocodiles, wrestling boas, and generally taking every kind of risk available with all kinds of deadly wildlife, at 44 years old, and he was barbed through the heart by an relatively innocuous stingray. FOXNews.com - Stingrays Poisonous,

---Annan Picks Syria to Control Lebanese Border, Plane Fire in Iran

2006-09-01T09:39:00.000-06:00

One moment, please.... FOXNews.com[AP] - Annan: Syria Promises to Enforce Arms Embargo on Hezbollah - The Mideast...while I try to recover enough composure to get back into my chair and operate the keyboard through the tears and stop making sounds that scare the dogs under the bed. Okay, I think I have it under control---at least I wasn’t drinking milk when I read this.Why is the U.N.

---Supreme Fleet Admiral Bossy Speaks!, LockMart Wins Moon Contract

2006-08-31T14:46:00.000-06:00

After a prolonged silence....Just in! Check out comments from Supreme Fleet Admiral Bossy from The Shining Pasture! This week, the Hero of the Shining Pasture speaks on a newly discovered "short story".If you couldn't see it coming....My Way News[AP] - Lockheed Martin Wins NASA Moon Contract...up 5th Ave., LockMart has been awarded the "Orion" contract, with the notion of getting people back

---Malkin: "Ambulances for Jihad"

2006-08-30T19:33:00.000-06:00

Michelle Malkin's Hot Air: "Ambulances for Jihad"This is really disturbing. Malkin reveals evidence that ambulances and other emergency vehicles belonging to the Red Cross/Crescent and U.N. aid organizations, and often partly funded by U.S. taxes and donations, are routinely used by Islamic terrorists to transport terrorists to and from their kills. There is an account of an ambulance

---UNIFIL Gives Hezbollah a Hand, Atlantis in Trouble

2006-08-29T09:23:00.001-06:00

Now, about that whole “U.N. Mandate” thing....Weekly Standard: "What did you do in the war, UNIFIL? "Evidently, UNIFIL “peacekeeping” forces indulged in public postings of very detailed reports of Israeli Defense Forces troop movements, reinforcements, armament, and location of troop concentrations throughout the recent conflict in Lebanon. These appear to be the documents in question: UNIFIL:

---Atlantis Pad Struck, Ernesto, More on ISS Science, Dark Matter, Pluto, Sony Again, "Hoodwinked"

2006-08-28T09:34:00.000-06:00

Warning! It’s (evidently) Science Day at the weblog:Atlantis gets whackedFL Today Space: "Lightning hit delays launch" Spaceflight Now | STS-115 Shuttle Report | Solid rocket booster tests could be orderedA bolt of lightning with around 5 times the usual current struck the arrestor system of the launch pad on Friday. The strike was so intense that surges were detected in the Shuttle and

---More on VFS, NASA Science Advisors Resign, IDF Returns, The Chocolate Virgin Mary

2006-08-19T12:14:00.000-06:00

Looks like it’s government incompetence day at the weblog. Check your Dramamine™ supply; it’s going to get all swirly in here: Who needs to make computer games?Washington Post: The FBI's Upgrade That Wasn't[found on BlogsNow]The big money is in fleecing gigantic, dysfunctional government bureaucracies with less collective technical skill than the fry

---Another mystery solved?

2006-08-18T12:25:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com [AP]- Security Up'd After Al Qaeda Letter Threatens to Blow Up Taj MahalThe actions of “Al Quaeda” haven’t made any real sense over the years, even in the bestial, coldly calculating, perversely predatory sense that everyone expects of them. Why would they attack Russians and Chinese, among their principal military and economic benefactors, and now threaten the Taj Mahal, the finest

---The Problem With the News

2006-08-18T09:42:00.000-06:00

News media has collective-ADD!!! I’m beginning to see the problem here----I’ll just call it C-ADD. About a week ago, I watched in horror as Fox News reporters in northern Israel became so bored with waiting for the IDF to launch its much-anticipated upgraded assault into Lebanon that they began to interview each other.[None of the other TV/Cable news services were doing any better.]Now

---Tragedy in America, Airliner Diverted, Typhoon Saomai, Cease-fire in Lebanon, Dell explosions, Pluto Saved, and Other Stories

2006-08-16T09:58:00.000-06:00

Philippians 44Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. [NIV]42,636 dead, 2,788,000

---Lebanon, Reuters Photoshops, Vanuatu Quake, Rocket Movie, Van Allen Dies at 91

2006-08-09T20:56:00.000-06:00

It’s August already.......and civilization continues to be a devastating disappointment. The current situation in the Middle East seriously threatens to degenerate into another “World War”, which would inevitably involve nuclear---and other weapons of mass death---in the hands of monstrous regimes who feel themselves qualified by religion (or the Communist equivalent) to abdicate all traces of

---Iran Admits Long-Range Missiles Given to Hezbollah, Cease Fire?, No Life on Mars?, NASA May Lose DSN, and Other Stories

2006-08-06T14:50:00.000-06:00

...also see HeartBreakLog: "The Plan"Iran admits it gave long-range missiles to HezbollahIran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah | Jerusalem PostThe missiles are capable of reaching Tel Aviv from the Lebanese border. An Iranian official said that the missiles were to be used to defend Lebanon, whatever that means to the Iranian government. It looks like the Israeli air strikes destroyed most