Last night there were a few diaries about the lunar eclipse and lots of informed comment as Kossacks watched the show together.  The best comment for me was by Terabytes with a link to free open source planetarium software at a site called Stellarium.  We now own our own locally sighted planetarium on the laptop!

Maybe it was something else,but all I could think of was the spy satellite.

Bhuttos 19 yearold son will replace her as head of her party. Surely this is not the most experienced person to lead but rather a reflection of the role of media consultants in elections and democracys. I actually heard her media consultant interviewed on NPR yesterday and he said "branding".Wow is it all a sell job or is there any substance for voters throught the world to consider?
As we see family dynasties becoming all powerful in our own counry its a fair question. Democracys must be diligent in their persuit of leaders and not bamboozeled by the hype of such things as branding.