Perhaps the BEST part of the Prexy Debate 2 was when the Old Bullshitter started to vibrate, then pulse, with anger. He grew hotter. And hotter. Then he burned with righteous, psychotic fury. ...where it got scary. Well, here too. I had to close my eyes. Is he done yet? Ono, ono, ono. He's still scary. Finally supernova. And back as plain ole Jon.

I just finished watching Revenge of the Sith.  I gotta say, I really liked the movie.  The acting was really shitty, yes, but it had a great storyline.  This one guy--Palpatine--goes from some nobody senator...accord rather than a single or a handful of organizations gaining all the power and ruling the world.  I don't know, that's just what I think, but maybe I have too much faith in humanity as a whole.

hiding the atom bomb project in plain sight Why They Called It the Manhattan Project By WILLIAM J. BROAD (Excerpt) By nature, code names and cover stories are meant to give no indication of the secrets...the atom, and the project’s first headquarters — a skyscraper hidden in plain sight right across from City Hall. Full story at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/science/30manh.html?ref=nyregion

Twice a year, Trinity, the site of the first atomic weapon test, is open to the public. Josh “no relation to Warren” Ellis of Zen Archery passed around the hat to his readers to help pay the costs of...drops the ball on a couple of technical details, but he's a journo, not a science geek), and a pretty good demonstration of the direction journalism can take in an age of negligible publishing costs.