Maggie's Farm

Nobody ever expects the French Inquisition: Guy on trial for doubting the French govt. news. Seriously. I'd be in trouble over there: I would never believe a word of what they print.

Speaking of France, here is the Complete Military History of France.

The fantasy of "squandering good will." Betsy

Raw sewage in the Jordan. LiveScience

The "Swedish model" on its last legs. Meaning the country. No Pasaran

A piece of history: from CNN in 1996

Republican leaders earlier met with White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta for about an hour in response to the president's call for "the very best ideas" for fighting terrorism.

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, emerged from the meeting and said, "These are very controversial provisions that the White House wants. Some they're not going to get."

Hatch called Clinton's proposed study of taggants -- chemical markers in explosives that could help track terrorists -- "a phony issue."

"If they want to, they can study the thing" already, Hatch asserted. He also said he had some problems with the president's proposals to expand wiretapping.

An engineer's photo website, from the Bighorn Subdivision of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Includes discussion of the rule book for engineers. Photo below from Engineer Krug's website.