Late Night Awesome — Photos of the Solar System

We've been sending up exploratory missions (mostly unmnanned) through our solar system for quite some time -- they are so routine that there generally isn't much news when they go up. Unless something fails. We forget that scientists and engineers are working daily to discover more about the planets and other bodies close to us and that they are still making jaw-dropping discoveries. The October edition of Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the very high quality photos that are coming out of these expeditions, which are themselves jaw-dropping

Proof No. XVIII On Why Conservatives Really Don’t Care About Small Government or Stopping Spending

Senate Finance Committee Approves Amendment Providing Millions for Abstinence Education So here we go again. Senator Orin Hatch proposed this amendment which would provide $50 million per year through 2014 solely for abstinence education programs. These are the same experimental programs that have been shown to be a failure and that President Obama cut from the budget because they do not work.