A sixteen-year-old girl was beheaded, after her parents were also murdered, by terrorists in Kashmir.

Because of the news about the copycat, the Fox All Stars are discussing cloning. They all think that human cloning is a bad idea, and Tony Snow just cited a poll showing varying levels of public support for cloning various classes of animals, with humans having a low of 7%. In my opinion, such polls probably indicate nothing except the abysmal ignorance of the American people on matters biological specifically, and matters scientific generally.

The argument was made by Bill Sammon that we already have too many cats, many are being euthanized every day, so why are we cloning them? Well, Bill, because a) it helps us learn how to clone higher mammals (a concept he and the others are obviously against), and b) it allows us to make copies of animals that, for whatever reason, we find pleasing or useful. It’s really no different than breeding for desired traits, except it’s much more precise.

Fred Barnes thinks that any cloning is a slippery slope toward human cloning, so therefore we have to outlaw all cloning. At least someone had the sense to point out that there’s no practical way to do this worldwide. As usual, none of them are able to articulate a reason as to why cloning humans is a bad thing.

This is getting more interesting. According to CNN, Karzai is now claiming that the minister who died in the mob attack at the airport yesterday was actually assassinated by dissident elements in the Afghan government.

This is happening often enough that it’s getting quite irritating. I think I’m going to asterisk the links to the left that are blogspotters, so people don’t have to waste time trying to go there when it’s down.

We really shouldn’t have so many quality people reliant on a single provider–it remains a single-point failure. Maybe if I banish you folks to my link ghetto you’ll get serious about your blogging service (he said, as though this site actually provides that much referral…)

This time, Jack Kelly tees it up against the Europeans, with a graphic analogy.

The fat kid in the band wants to play quarterback. He won’t lift weights or run wind sprints, and he shies away from contact. But he thinks he should call the plays.

This time, Jack Kelly tees it up against the Europeans, with a graphic analogy.

The fat kid in the band wants to play quarterback. He won’t lift weights or run wind sprints, and he shies away from contact. But he thinks he should call the plays.

This time, Jack Kelly tees it up against the Europeans, with a graphic analogy.

The fat kid in the band wants to play quarterback. He won’t lift weights or run wind sprints, and he shies away from contact. But he thinks he should call the plays.

That’s the headline over at Space.com (subscription required for link), at least in my email notification. I guess the government’s not messing around about this military space stuff any more–they’re putting someone competent in charge. Sort of gives a whole new meaning to “faith-based initiative.”

Actually, as you might have guessed, it’s a general with the last name of “Lord.”

There is something deliciously symbolic about the fact that the middle of the Euro coins are falling out when put in the refrigerator. Does it mean that there’s a hole in the currency when the European economy cools?

(Quick little physics lesson–the center of the coin is of a different metal than the outer part, and it has a different coefficient of thermal expansion, so when the metal cools down, the center part shrinks more, and loses contact with the outer part. Too bad the coin designers didn’t consider this…)

Boy, it must be a big day for beatings. One woman pummeled another in the grocery store parking lot because she had thirteen items in the twelve-or-fewer express lane.