Monthly Archives: August, 2006

US Troops Find Less Than a Warm Welcome on the 9th Planet

Alas, no sooner did I report that the Vice President predicted that our troops would be welcomed as liberators on Pluto, the planet explodes in civil war. Astronomers in Prague (a lovely city, but not if you are Pluto) have taken away Pluto’s planetary status and, with it, any hopes that the US will be …

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Universal Possibilities

Astronomers meeting in Prague are poised to add three new planets to our solar system. In a related announcement, Vice President Cheney indicated that US troops would be greeted on these new planets with open arms, as liberators.

Global Warming PSA’s from Ad Council and Environmental Defense

These make the point nicely. Train Tick