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Space Cadets

Before I add anything else, please go be nice to Batgrl. She's not feeling well.

Here's some hope for those of us who are physiognomically challenged: your baby might be more attracted to you than if you resemble, say, Apollo or Helen. In geriatric news, here's a classic "bait and switch" tactic: give us a nifty headline about space granddads, then give us a Cook's tour of the shuttle mission. Tsk. However, here's one which delivers: an EU mission to Venus may be in the offing.

News flash: some members of the Nobel Committee would like to rescind the Peace Prize awarded in 1994 to Messrs. Rabin and Peres. They do not suggest that Arafat is equally unworthy of the award. This prompts a charmingly-titled article from the National Review. Link via Howard Kurtz. Another right-thinking body, of course, is the RIAA. It appears to be hell-bent on destroying Web radio.