Thursday
Judges Skeptical of State-Secrets Claim - washingtonpost.com
Judges Skeptical of State-Secrets Claim - washingtonpost.com: "At one point, Garre argued that courts are not the right forum for complaints about government surveillance, and that 'other avenues' are available. 'What is that? Impeachment?' Pregerson shot back."
Wednesday
Los Angeles Times: How lawyer navigates sea of secrecy in bizarre case How he navigates? Try blindfolded, without a rudder. Fulminate all you will about our elitist system of justice and its biased decisionmakers - and they are those things - but these Star Chamber proceedings are a qualitative change, and a real threat.
Monday
Jeremy Scahill: The Mercenary Revolution
Jeremy Scahill: The Mercenary Revolution: "the Bush administration has created a shadow army that can be used to wage wars unpopular with the American public but extremely profitable for a few unaccountable private companies"
In Fundraising's Murky Corners - washingtonpost.com
In Fundraising's Murky Corners - washingtonpost.com: "donors who remain largely unaware of where their money goes"
Sunday
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years - New York Times
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years - New York Times The Cheney-Bush regime wanted all war all the time so whoever comes next will be stuck with the mess.
Human Space Flight (HSF) - Sightings
The Perseid meteor shower will happen early Monday morning.
Here's NASA's Perseid page.
This "Your Sky" application shows what's overhead on a clear night, where to look for constellations & planets. Either select a nearby city or use Google Earth to find your coordinates. Make sure they are in the correct format: Degrees, Minutes & Seconds. Decimal degrees don't work.
Since the Space Shuttle is in orbit, when it's docked to the Space Station it is easy to see. Here is NASA's Java realtime tracking page.
From this link you can find out when to look up & see it.
Click through from state to nearest city. Look in the duration column. The longer the duration, the more likely it is you can see the shuttle.
Keep looking! Keep watching the skies!
Here's NASA's Perseid page.
This "Your Sky" application shows what's overhead on a clear night, where to look for constellations & planets. Either select a nearby city or use Google Earth to find your coordinates. Make sure they are in the correct format: Degrees, Minutes & Seconds. Decimal degrees don't work.
Since the Space Shuttle is in orbit, when it's docked to the Space Station it is easy to see. Here is NASA's Java realtime tracking page.
From this link you can find out when to look up & see it.
Click through from state to nearest city. Look in the duration column. The longer the duration, the more likely it is you can see the shuttle.
Keep looking! Keep watching the skies!
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