Catching Up

From the weekend. How was yours? Here's some linkage you may have missed..

New graves, fresh grief.

The Washington Post today runs a powerful story on Arlington National Cemetary’s Section 60, home to the “the graves of 336 men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan — almost one in 10 of the dead.” Mothers and widows, friends and regretful exes write intimate notes, some as casual as a message stuck on a [...]

US embassy in Baghdad to cost $592m and is size of Vatican

When will this kind of insane spending come to an end? With the increasingly regular and effective attacks on the Green Zone, this beast will be a magnet for problems. There are just too many important items that could be addressed with $600m back home in the US to keep throwing money around like this in Iraq. If the government wants to invest overseas there are [...]

Global warming and debunking the myths

The Guardian links to a great site that addresses the common myths promoted by the anti-warming crowd. Senator Inhofe [...]

Also from the British press:

We've Passed the Tipping Point on Global Warming

Via The Independent: The earth's ability to soak up the gases causing global warming is beginning to fail because of rising temperatures, in a long-feared sign of "positive feedback," new research reveals today. Climate change itself is weakening one of the principal "sinks" absorbing carbon dioxide - the Southern Ocean around Antarctica - a new study has found. As a result, atmospheric CO2 levels may [...]

Quote of the Day: Republicans Retaliate to former President Carter's Criticism

And the quote of the day belongs to Amber Wilkerson: "Most Americans will probably take his criticisms with a grain of salt considering he also challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War, and history has since proven him wrong," [...]