JPL News — Spirit Lands on Mars And Sends Postcards

JPL News — Spirit Lands on Mars and Sends Postcards: “Spirit Lands on Mars and Sends Postcards”

Good article.

World Tribune.com–Front Page:

“A security officer in the Israeli Embassy in Beijing caught a group of Chinese technicians last month attempting to plant electronic eavesdropping devices in the embassy’s telephone lines. “

Now what would the Chinese gain, I

Newsday.com – Conservative Texas Rep. Hall Joins GOP

Another finally understands the Democrats have left the planet.

::::: Plusdeck – PC Cassette Deck :::::

You knew someone had to come up with this one.
Myself, I have a rather largish cassette collection (A few thousand) and have recently added an MP3 player to my truck.  But I

News

A follow-on to the story of the voters yesterday. Note how the Indy casts the story.

Meteorite hits Iran:

“TEHRAN (Reuters) – A meteorite has hit northern Iran causing minor damage to property but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state radio has said.”

Ya know, I gotta wonder, if this isn’t related to

U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq; One Dead:

The interesting twist:

“Soon after, five men ‘wearing black press jackets with ‘press’ clearly written in English’ fired on U.S. paratroopers guarding the crash site, Kimmitt said.”

This story assumes of

Instapundit.com::

“THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT TRY to play a ‘neutral arbiter’ in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute. We should, in fact, be doing our best to make the Palestinians suffer, because, to put it bluntly, they are our enemies. Just

Abortion doctor gets 34 years for sex abuse of patients:

30,000 abortions over the past 20 years, 22 convictions on sex abuse.
Oh, yeah, this guy helped women, huh?

US factories surge in Dec, helped by dollar :

“CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) – U.S. factory activity expanded at the fastest pace for 20 years in December, a survey showed Friday, adding evidence that a manufacturing recovery is under way

Boortz this morning:

“Now .. here’s the part I don’t want you to read.  It’s about a particular type of torture that American officials have discovered was used by Saddam’s goons in Iraq.  It’s all very simple, really.  You get

Thanks to Beck for pointing out this one. Worthwhile.

t a c i t u s: Red menace

Glenn Reynolds yesterday noted that:

“The BBC recently gave its radio listeners a chance to express their will, but did not want to hear the result. The great unwashed mass, who cough-up the license fees which pay the Beeb’s freight,

010104224728– Niagara Falls, NY–
Happy New Year.

We’re up in Niagara Falls tonight, for the fireworks display at midnight. We’re actually not far from where I’ve written columns in the past.

They have two shows tonight. As this is written,

CNN.com is reporting this morning that:

“BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. forces operating in the so-called Sunni Triangle — the region of Iraq most loyal to captured former dictator Saddam Hussein — found a significant weapons cache that included al