This website might put your financial problems into a bit of perspective — until you realize you need to take into account the cost of living. But, regardless, it’s fairly impressive.
my three moons
Hubble astronomers have recently “discovered two more moons orbiting Pluto”:http://www.freep.com/news/nw/pluto1e_20051101.htm. Our icy neighbor has recently been criticized for not being too different from the big bunch of planetoids in the Kuiper Belt, so this new discovery might provide a new reason to call Pluto a real planet.
stupidity != security
US GOVT: We’ve decided to “protect” you by giving you a little dealy that “broadcasts your personal and sensitive information”:http://news.com.com/Passports+to+get+RFID+chip+implants/2100-7348_3-5913644.html?tag=nefd.top. What do you think? Great, huh?
US PEOPLE: Nooooo! That’s really stupid.
US GOVT: OK, maybe we won’t. Ask your opinion, that is.
US PEOPLE: Nooooo!
ORWELL: Oh, fer crissakes.
Brontosaurus theory and intelligent design
Iraq, revisited
Updates from my previous post, in case you’re still keeping score:
* Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: 0
* Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: LOTS
* US Cost in dollars: 200,000,000,000
* US military deaths: 2,000
* Iraqi civilians killed: 26,690
* Weapons of Mass Destruction found after invasion: 0
* Iraqis who “strongly oppose” the continuing occupation: 82%
* Americans who think the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq: 55%
* U.S. timeline to leave Iraq: NONE