18:11 09 January 2009 by Maggie McKee

The Moon will shine especially bright this weekend, as it will come closer to Earth during its full phase than at any other time in 2009.

The Moon does not orbit Earth in a perfect circle. Instead, it follows an elliptical path that brings it 50,000 kilometres closer to our planet on one side of its orbit ( ( Read more... )

From newscientist.com
10:49 02 January 2009
by Catherine Brahic

750,000-year-old ice cubes

They may look like long-lost objects from a distant high-tech civilisation, but these large black objects buried in the Canadian Arctic are huge chunks of ice - the oldest ice ever found in North America. Researchers say the discovery could help predict the ( Read more... )

For meteor observers, the presence of an almost-full Moon cast a bright pall on this month's performance of the Geminid Meteor Shower, normally one of the best meteor displays of the year.  But for a wild card, another very good meteor shower may be right around corner.  And for this one, the Moon will not play a factor at all.

So, get out your ( Read more... )

Hillary Clinton plans a more powerful State Dept: NY Times

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to build a more muscular US State Department, with a bigger budget, high-profile special envoys dispatched to trouble spots and an expanded role in dealing with the global economic crisis, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

The Times cited an ( Read more... )

Senators:

Barack Obama & Dick Durbin

Representative:

Jesse Jackson, Jr.

Illinois Governor:

Rod Blogojevich (arrested recently)

Illinois House leader:

Mike Madigan

Illinois Attorney General:

Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)

Chicago Mayor:

Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)

The leadership in Illinois:

All Democrats.

Thank you for the combat ( Read more... )

By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

Published in the New York Post on December 19, 2008

Now that Bill Clinton has released the list of his 205,000 donors who have given close to $500 million to his library and foundation, it is clear why he resisted releasing the list while his wife was running for president.

Now, compelled by the Obama transition team to ( Read more... )

Go here now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs50uz3a_-M

(Don't get restless, Derek is gonna rip a little comin' up on the 4 min. mark . . .)

The New Tradition wih one of their (in)famous Marx Brothers routines.  Enjoy!

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ldmjdqzteni

Researchers create graphite memory only 10 atoms thick

Graphene memory is impervious to radiation

By Lucas Mearian

December 18, 2008 (Computerworld) Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a new data storage medium made out of a layer of graphite only 10 atoms thick.

The technology could potentially provide many times the capacity of current ( Read more... )

LARRY ELDER

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Los Angeles, California 90016

August 16, 2001

Congresswoman Maxine Waters

10124 S. Broadway, Suite 1

Los Angeles, CA 90003

Dear Congresswoman Waters:

I write this letter directly to you. No one else received copies.

Your power in America, and especially in the black community, is ( Read more... )