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The Good News: Suitcase bombs are not a likely threat.
The bad news: Dirty bombs are. ...LINK

Good News: Al Gore expands into a UK TV network.
Bad news: It's a cure for insomnia.


Imagine you asked a dozen strangers to make a short video describing an unusual aspect of their life, an interest of theirs or a person they considered noteworthy. Then imagine you watched all 12 films in a row, knowing neither what was coming next nor if it would capture your attention. This is roughly how it feels to watch an hour of Current TV.

Just what the world was waiting for: A network that broadcasts Youtube rejects.

Psst: What to know where Ben Laden is hiding? Try Google Earth...link

Betty Hutton died...her ups and downs might make a fascinating movie.

Germany's Merkel opposes the US anti missle shield based in Poland.
Ok, how about this. If the Iranian missle is aimed at Berlin, we won't shoot it down...Happy now?

Good news: Sleeping pill that woke up brain damaged is being studied in larger numbers of patients, and seems to work.
Bad news: Terry Schiavo is still dead.

LINK NYTimes has an article on soldiers in rehab...if I get ambitious I might post an essay on rehab and medicines for the brain damaged.

Pope's new encyclical is on the Eucharist...your lenten reading...Summary here
If watching Gore's network doesn't put hou to sleep, you can read this.

First they objected to blind people with dogs, then they refused to transport airline passengers carrying booze, and now: Pizza.
Sigh.

The Bad News: The Mullahs hate the film "300"... it wasn't the naked bodies they objected to, it was because the film insulted Xerxes, a mass murdering tyrant, by portraying him as an effeminate mass murdering tyrant...LINK

The Good News: their moviepirates are as efficient as ours, and you can buy it bootlegged copies in Tehran...