U.S. Intelligence - Shaken, Not Stirred: "As several pundits have written, Usama bin Laden and his goons are nothing more or less than Ian Fleming super-villains. So why is Al Qaeda still around? Because we don't have any James Bond guys on our side. We're shaken, not stirred."
Everest Melting? High Signs of Climate Change: "A team sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found signs that the landscape of Mount Everest has changed significantly since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first conquered the peak in 1953. A primary cause is the warming global climate. But the growing impact of tourism is also taxing the world's highest mountain."
Governor Ventura: "I am not seeking reelection again." He's a one-term governor. How can he not be seeking reelection, again? Has he ever sought reelection before?
This U.S. government web site has national fire news that is kept VERY up-to-date.
Water Rockets: Jerry Halstead turned me onto water rockets. This photo inspired my weekend. Angie and I built an H-platform cable tie launcher on Sunday and have been launching 2 liter bottles into the sky ever since. Tonite, we're test launching my first actual rocket. (Two bottles and a tennis ball.) Will have pictures soon.
More on Pat Buchanan as Deep Throat: "Okay, now I have listened to what turns out to have been Forrest Sawyer's interview with Buchanan on MSNBC. And after a few yadas, Sawyer pressed Buchanan and he responded by what I heard as 'I, Patrick Buchanan, am not Deep Throat.' But, frankly, I'm not yet convinced." Does that mean he was never Deep Throat, or is not now?
Mining E-Waste: "Mark Small has a radical solution for dealing with the glut of old computers, cell phones, DVDs and other electronic waste: mining. Rather than allowing electronic junk to simply amass in landfills, Small wants to deposit huge volumes of e-waste into abandoned open pit mines. Using the same techniques that miners use to process copper ore, valuable materials such as copper, iron, glass, gold and plastic could be extracted from electronic scrap."
Today at the World Cup Turkey beat Japan 1 to 0, and Italy and Korea are tied 1 to 1 in the second half.
FBI searching California coast for Al Qaeda: "Federal authorities have been searching for a merchant ship carrying a group of al Qaeda terrorists and a large cache of weapons that is believed to be headed for Los Angeles, The Washington Times has learned."
