Monthly Archives: June 2008

Obama Democratic Nomination Speech in Minnesota

In case you missed it last night, here’s another rousing speech (the entire speech, in 3 parts, ~30 minutes) from Barack Obama as he announces his win of the Democratic Nomination in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of the notable lines: “What you won’t hear from our campaign is the kind of politics that uses religion […]

Watch the Mars Phoenix Landing

Well, an artist’s rendering of it anyway, as I’m not aware of a ground crew set up for filming. Watch the Phoenix arrive at Mars, deploy its braking parachute, jettison its heat shield, fire its thrusters, land, unfurl its solar panels, deploy its instruments, scoop up some of Mars, and begin its analysis. See more […]