Stuff below the fold

Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the Nachez Trace...and the mystery of Merriwater Lewis' death...

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Climate Change threatens Norway's moose....Poor guys. Guess they'll have to stick to sticking it to horses...

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A letter can be burnt and destroyed but hard drives are forever...LINK2
Gateway pundit reports

"Interpol confirmed documents today showing that US Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.) (pictured), a leading opponent of the Colombia free-trade deal has been working with a go-between, who has been offering the FARC terrorists help in undermining Colombia's elected and popular government....
...and what's that Obama connection?

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The California courtsessentially legalized gay marriage for the entire US by judicial fiat...
It's nice to be king...

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ET PHONE HOME....the Vatican says it's okay...

Actually, there already is a lot of Catholic philosophical discussions about ET life...and CS Lewis' space triology comes to mind...
Trivia note about the trilogy: The character Ransom is partly based on JRR Tolkien...