Comment - It's been a long, cold and cloudy winter. But last night from the driveway I got some exceptional views of Jupiter, Saturn and M42. While looking at Jupiter, I though I kept glimpsing a little dark spot on the planet. Later I read on the Internet that one of Jupiter's moon's was transiting Jupiter. That is, the moon was moving between Earth and Jupiter, and the shadow of the moon was visible on Jupiter's cloud tops. Neat! You can learn more about this at http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_771_1.asp

News - Good column in the New York Times on the "yes-but" anti-war crowd: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/opinion/20SAFI.html

Comment - William Safire writes about how President Bush "is half-supported, half-obstructed by a new parade of politicians and pundits who applaud the goal but deplore the means necessary to achieve it."

News - If you have a broadband connection (Dave and Brandon), you should check out this video of interviews with anti-war protestors: http://www.brain-terminal.com/articles/video/peace-protest.html

Comment - This is hilarious. A young guy in Washington, D.C., (a Republican who supports the war, so this is obviously biased) stops protestors and asks them questions, like "if you oppose the war, then what do you think should be done about Iraq?". Not surprisingly, the people he talks to are morons. But they are pretty funny.

By the way, I've been there, done that, because I remember the anti-Vietnam protests of the early 70s when I was at MSU. At least then, guys could honestly say "I oppose the war because I don't see any reason for me to get drafted and then get shot in a rice paddy." But no one is getting drafted now.

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