Libya Update -- More than a week after launching air strikes on Libya President Obama said Monday that we are there because it is the right thing to do. "To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader and, more profoundly, our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are,” he said. I get his point, but I have also wondered why it is always us. Can’t we sit one out? Obama has been criticized from both sides of the aisle for his decision to get us involved without running it by us first. Part of the problem is that while Obama has called for Moammar Gadhafi to step down, the United Nations’ resolution does not call for the leader’s removal. Obama said that our job is to protect civilians, but it is up to the Libyans to remove Gadhafi. He added that we went down the regime-change route with Iraq and that cost thousands of lives and a trillion bucks. More.
Making Clouds -- Elsewhere in the Arab world, Qatar is gonna make it rain for the World Cup in 2022. Well, it is building clouds. You see, it is hot in Qatar and the small country had to promise to build stadiums with air conditioning. A simple tarp and a window unit are not going to cut it out there. So they are building really, really slow drones that are remote controlled and would block out the sun. I wonder if they are going to come with lightning to strike down the annoying vuvuzelas? More.
President Gingrich? -- Within a month Newt Gingrich 2012 signs might be popping up in front yards, because it is already that season. He is hoping we all forget about him having extramarital affairs while he was carrying out a witch hunt on our beloved Bill Clinton for having extramarital affairs. More.
iPhone, iWant -- Apple is having an event to talk about operating system stuffs. They might release the iPhone 5 at that event. My birthday is in early July, FYI. More.
Smarter Than All of Us -- Jacob Barnett is a 12-year-old Hoosier and he is on track to prove Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and The Big Bang Theory wrong. Stop making this all about the fact that you are 28 years old and still can’t balance a check book. Barnett is special – he has Asperger's syndrome, which is a mild form of autism. People with Asperger’s have a tremendous ability to devote themselves to learning everything there is to know about something. One question: what’s with math whizzes and writing on glass? Matt Damon did it in “Good Will Hunting”, Russell Crowe did it “A Beautiful Mind” and Jesse Eisenberg did it in “The Social Network”. More. I’ve been fascinated by Asperger’s since reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. His brother has it and has actually written a book about it.
Radiation in Mass. -- Radiation from Japan has showed up in Massachusetts. Scientists said it is trace amounts, but that is still frightening. More.
Cobra Gone Missing -- There is a cobra on the loose at the Bronx Zoo. Zookeepers said that visitiors shouldn’t be alarmed because the asp is not the type of animal that is going to hop on the subway and be a part of the next installment of crazy subway fights. (Watch these! Here and Here) They said it is probably hiding some place dark and secluded and that they will catch it when it gets hungry and starts looking for food. New Yorkers, hide your kids. So glad I read this story right before going to bed. More.
Not Cool -- This is not going to help print newspaper sales. Not at all. More.
Man's Best Friend Saved Japanese Woman -- Things are still a mess in Japan, but here is another great survival story. This one involves a normally lazy pooch springing into action and dragging her 83-year-old owner to safety as the tsunami was on its way. More.
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