August 31, 2013
Jonah: A Friend Is a Friend
"I had a busy morning so I feared that by the time I could get around to dealing with the outrage polluting the pages of the inestimable Wall Street Journal it would be too late." Also from NRO: Steyn, An Accidental War. [rdbrewer]
LA Times: A 'cosmic caterpillar,' shaped by fierce stellar winds
A protoplanetary disk and protostar one light year long that looks like, well... it doesn't look like a caterpillar. But I do think they're calling it "the cosmic caterpillar." Guys, it's a Doomsday Machine. Who gets to decide this stuff anyway? [rdbrewer]
On Giant Blue Alien Planet, It Rains Molten Glass
"This super-hot glass rain is just one consequence of the close proximity between the gas giant alien planet HD189733b and its sun. which causes daytime temperatures to soar as high as 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius), scientists said." Also at Space.com: a "fog bow." [rdbrewer]
Video: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost cover 'Get Lucky' [rdbrewer]
Jerome Huyler: Our True Founding Principles
"[T]he patriots of the Revolution, the Framers of the Constitution, the Federalists who supported, and the Antifederalists who opposed its ratification, were all committed to a set of principles nowhere more fully enunciated than in the writings of John Locke." [rdbrewer]