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Senate kills the DREAM Act, a bill that would have rewarded children of illegal immigrants with benefits.

Nato head supports Afghanistan mission. US continues to press members for more troops. NATO is an outdated dinosaur. Because NATO is just a cover for the US to provide military welfare to Europe, member nations continue to cut their military forces and fail to meet their obligations. We should pull out of NATO and form equitable protection treaties based on modern threats. Obviously we can't do that until we draw down a significant number of troops from Iraq. We won't do it then anyway.

Turks recommend economic sanctions against supporters of the PPK. It sounds like the Bush administration is doing some good negotiating here. Turkey attacks PPK bases in Turkey along the border with Iraq. Why in the world were they talking invading Iraq if the PPK had bases in Turkey?

Reason claims forensic error rates are unreasonably high and suggests ways to fix them. I think the problem with forensics is it's mostly government controlled.

China launches first lunar orbiter.