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Ahmadinejad compares Iran's nuclear program to runaway train. That comparison implies a big explosion at the end.

Iran launches payload into space with its own rocket.

Tougher sanctions on Iran being discussed.

Suicide bombing in Anbar province. Moderate Sunnis are fighting against Sunni insurgents aligned with al Qaeda, and the insurgents are attacking their own in response. As bad as this sounds, it's good news because it's a sign the Sunni insurgents are loosing support.

Scientist calls Gore's film science fiction and explodes all his conclusions.

Mexicans fake outrage because US fence is supposedly 10 meters into Mexican territory. They're just trying to make political hay by continuing to send illegal aliens to America to take money from our economy.

Pirates hijack UN chartered ship off coast of Somalia.

Up to 5 top Pentagon officers will resign if Bush orders attack on Iran. This is supposed to be big news, but it doesn't seem like much to me.

Europeans consider more web laws.

Blacks turning to Islam after 9/11.

Dutch Muslim minister's loyalty questioned.

Bill is an albatross around Hillary's neck - like she needs one after all the corruption she's been implicated in. Republicans would be smart just to let the left eat their own like they always do.

Rat infested KFC/Taco Bell passed inspection.

The complexities of foriegn policy. The US is supporting anti-government groups in Iran. Of course, we did the same in Afghanistan, and they turned into al Qaeda. There are no perfect solutions.

Newt explains just how bad the agreement we made with North Korea was.

Sarah Sewall says that Bush's surge doesn't provide Gen. Patreaus what he needs to win in Iraq. It's still too few troops, the other US agencies haven't come close to providing the resources they've promised, and the Iraqi government isn't capable.

Democrats calls to double the number of special forces are a pipe dream, unless standards are lowered. But then they wouldn't be special, would they?

Column blasts Blair, says Basra deteriorated because Blair deferred to Bush.

Mark Steyn asks where the American can-do attitude is after 9/11? It was killed by the nanny state. Government takes care of us. We don't take care of ourselves anymore.

It's ironic to hear Bill Gates, the man who has quashed more innovation in the last 15 years than anybody, lecturing America on innovation.

George Will reviews "Letters from Iwo Jima."

Molecular memory chip the size of a blood cell.

The psychology of forming political opinions.

I am going to suggest that democratic politics is a very poor information-processing mechanism. The great mass of people form their political beliefs with little regard for facts or logic. However, the elites also have a strategy for avoiding truth. Elites form their political beliefs dogmatically, using their cleverness to organize facts to fit preconceived prejudices. The masses' strategy for avoiding truth is to make a low investment in understanding; the elites' strategy is to make a large investment in selectively choosing which facts and arguments to emphasize or ignore.

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