DARK SKIES BLOG

NASA is expected to announce Thursday that they have proof of life on Mars.  The proof in this case is the discovery of large methane clouds in the atmosphere that could only have been emitted by living organisms (most likely of the subterranean microbial variety).  As an aside, the methane might have otherwise been produced by volcanic activity, but there are no known volcanoes on Mars.

You can catch the announcement at 7 pm EST on NASA TV.

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Here are all 6 Youtube video embeds of the Fox News Special Report entitled “Escape from Hamas” in which Mosab Hassan Yousef tells of his conversion to Christianity and reveals an insider’s knowledge of the real Hamas.

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UPDATE: 1/4/2008: “Escape From Hamas”–Fox News Special Report (Video Embeds of Entire Show)

[Click here to view video of Mosab Hassan Yousef speaking out...more video embeds at bottom of this post]

Mosab Hassan Yousef was born the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of the most influential leaders of the militant Hamas organization in the West Bank. He converted to Christianity, moved to the U.S., and now provides the world an inside look behind Hamas.

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From Jim Geraghty at NRO…

The Fox News anchor says that in their latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll, the Obama-Ayers connection is “resonating huge.”

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Read the rest at NRO.

I saw this last night before the Debate!

O’Reilly goes ballistic! It’s tremendously satisfying to see someone call Barney Frank out regarding his evasion of responsibility for the financial meltdown.

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Of all the various reports, this one seems to be the most balanced summation of what ordinary Americans thought about Sarah’s performance last night…

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Up until the point that Hillary was out and Sarah was in, Kirsten Powers gave me a chill down my spine. She was pure Hillbot, with a smile like a great white shark–lots of pretty teeth but with a cold, almost angry, look in her eyes.

However, in the last couple of weeks, she has changed. The false smile is gone and the eyes and demeanor are softer. On top of that, she has begun to make sense, particularly about the importance of Sarah Palin to women voters…and how team Obama is oblivious to it.

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Last Tuesday, Sally Quinn was downright angry with John McCain over his pick of Sarah Palin as a running mate (excerpt from WaPo)… Continue Reading »

McCain knew this before his decision to select Palin. And even James Dobson approves…well, at least of the way the family is handling the matter.

On the other hand, Obama must think the Palins are awful parents–punishing their daughter with a baby.

From our point of view, this is another “non-event” in this campaign…unless one is a hardcore liberal, that is.

Here’s an excerpt from FoxNews.com (read the rest at link)…

McCain’s campaign told FOX News that the presumptive Republican presidential candidate knew about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy before he chose Palin as his running mate last Friday, and that Bristol is planning to marry the father of her child. The baby is due in late December.

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,” the Palins said in the statement. “Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.”

UPDATE 8/13/2008 at 7:58 AM: Here is a follow-up article at BBC that provides some additional information on this topic… Invisibility cloak ’step closer’. And here is the original article by Xiang Zhang in Nature… Three-dimensional optical metamaterial with a negative refractive index (there is a fee to access the entire article in Nature).

Original Posting on 8/11/2008

This is a huge step forward.

From FoxNews.com (excerpt and link)…

People can see objects because they scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. Cloaking uses materials, known as metamaterials, to deflect radar, light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream.

Metamaterials are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. They are designed to bend visible light in a way that ordinary materials don’t. Scientists are trying to use them to bend light around objects so they don’t create reflections or shadows.

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