The Washington Post has the goods today on Richard Perle and Wesley Clark being questioned on Iraq at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Perle being the NeoCon and Clark being the military vet. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. is a conservative Republican from North Carolina who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq. …
Missile Duck and Cover on Grand Banks
This goes into the "were they actually thinking?" category of stupid things. Apparently the US was set to launch a Titan IV rocket from Cape Canaveral today. It's not clear what the missile's purpose was, but, as with any orbital launch vehicle it creates debris after launch. Either in the form of small flecks of …
Iraqs new President
Iraq has a new President today. He is a Kurd named Jalal Talabani and he has been a prominent figure in Kurdish and Iraqi politics for many many years. I'm obviously not Iraqi, so I will defer to others who know the his story better than I do. First, Kurdo's World has an excellent post …