There's a lot to post right now, because these links have been languishing for a few days.

A gladiator's graveyard was found. Turns out gladiatorial battles were not insane melees with few survivors - they had rules. People still did die. And were killed for failure. But in an organized, civilized way.

A planet 1.5 times larger than Earth, thought to have liquid water, and only 20 light years from us, was found. Want to go?

Iraq's collapse was inevitable, and we all should have seen it coming. So says an Iraqi government minister and legislator.

Mormonism is a scam. How bout that. Also, Mohammed was a self-serving, epileptic syncretizer, and the probability that the Koran even contains his words, in any accurate or organized way, is quite low.

Finally, these people claim to have irrefutable scientific proof of the existence of God. Someone has to make Christianity look bad, right?. If they really have proof, great. I'll be astounded. But I am guessing they have something...less convincing. History is on my side. Worse, they will be debating the "Rational Response Squad" - atheists devoted to reason. On TV.

Like throwing a donkey into a shark pool. Sure, donkeys are good-natured and strong, but sharks are really good at what they do, and they're in their native environment. Oh, and donkeys taste good.


That's it for now!