Comment: "Top federal officials yesterday issued their most pointed advice since Sept. 11, 2001, on precautions the public should take against terrorist attacks, warning that every home should be stocked with three days' worth of water and food in case of a strike with chemical, biological or radiological weapons."

I don't think we have much to worry about here in Michigan, but...we will be in NYC at the end of the month, right about the time the war will probably start. Guess I'll make sure I've got Luna bars in our suitcase.

Actually, you could make the point that security will be so tight that NYC may be the safest city in the world.

News -- New survey finds strong support for attack on Iraq, even without U.N. support: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53997-2003Feb10.html

Comment: "The survey found support for war has surged since mid-January, a boost that began with Bush's State of the Union address and was sustained by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's address last week to the U.N. Security Council."

Bush and Powell made the case and the American people have responded. Now, let's get the war over with.

News -- Military developing loitering and sleeping weapons: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGMMIGWBD.html

Comment - The missiles would hang around and then drop when its sensors detect a tank or something. I read an article once that suggested that you could have a high altitude vehicle that filled with something like crowbars. When it spots a tank, it drops a crowbar on it. The catch is that if it's dropped from a long way away, the crowbar is traveling at a tremendous velocity and has enough energy to flatten the tank.

News -- It may be possible to monitor the progress of the war using commercial satellite imagery: http://www.methaz.com/blogpics/iraq.html

Comment - Check out the satellite pictures of possible military targets in Iraq.

News -- Kasparov and Deep Junior fight do a draw in chess championship: http://www.x3dworld.com/

Comment - This was the subject of an article in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. At this Website you can watch a reply of their games.

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