Morning.
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- Pulsejets down under
- A comet loses its tail
- Congress blinds DHS’s space-borne eye of Sauron, postpones domestic spy plan
- Another follow up: Blackwater Hearings Ain’t no Superbad – A Wired correspondent’s take on the hearings yesterday. A good quote:
What I found especially telling, given the consistently weak grasp of the issues, was that multiple representatives opened their remarks by talking about how Blackwater contractors protected them while on visits to Iraq. They often meant this as a compliment to the firm, and also a way of establishing their credentials on the issue. But it usually backfired, revealing a lack of simple curiosity. It showed that they’ve known about the massive use of contractors for years – they just didn’t bother to ask any questions, even when the issue was in their faces.
- All hail Tweety:
I’ll probably find more. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments.