More online “jokes” with corpses as the punch line.

Secretary Rice is asking for help in closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center.  Too little, too late – but a good baby step.

First, a piece at BBC about an active glacier that ESA’s Mars Express has identified on Mars. [Thanks, Jay.]

Second, apparently an asteroid is on a collision course with the red planet as well. Experts say there’s a better than 1% chance of an impact. Last time we saw anything similar was in ’94 with Shoemaker-Levy with Jupiter. But this would be a “scientific bonanza,” say experts.

Article in LA Daily News about David and Jean Fleming and the War on Some Drugs.  While I hate the sycophantic tone about what a “big shot” he is – clearly Brent Hopkins felt he wasn’t worthy – it’s obvious that Fleming has had a great deal of time to reflect on the issue.

In a grave and ominous development for the world, what hope there was for a more moderate path for Pakistan seems to have evaporated overnight with the tragic murder of Benazir Bhutto.

Lifehacker has this collection of the 23 Best iTunes Add-ons.

Tied with the IRS for last place. I gotta say, I hate the IRS, but at least the IRS serves a legitimate purpose.

Psychedelic Santa, Raptured.

Interesting piece in the Telegraph about the gurgling global fauxconomy;

“Authorities have just weeks to get this right, or trigger disaster… the kind of upheaval observed in the international money markets over the past few months has never been witnessed in history.”

This article over at c|net covers some of the real-world uses of ultrasonic sound technology.