Firing squad over heroin

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/19/australia?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Can we please rename Vietnam to La-la-land? I guess life in jail was too lenient a punishment.... With asinine policies like this, is there hope for our species?

Is Anybody Out There?

The Royal Astronomer, Sir Martin Rees, and the Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs at Princeton, Christopher Chyba, discuss the search for extraterrestrial life in Davos, Switzerland 2007.

Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

This is Professor Randy Pausch's last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. It's a uniquely beautiful example of the human mind.

Chicago & plastic baggies

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/826059,CST-NWS-bagban05.article

Did this really occur? Do these morons not have anything better to do in Chicago? This almost defies comment, but I'll try anyway. Are the city legislators trying to embarrass themselves or is it merely an unfortunate by-product of their woeful incompetence?