The Bush régime has appointed a 24-year-old holder of a bachelor’s degree to tell the Ph.D.s at NASA what they can and can’t say about science.  Still, he’s probably smarter than Dubya.  See this response at Pharyngula if you want to know how I feel about his stupidity as demonstrated in his first directive to the scientists he now manages: lie about everything and enforce the doctrine of Christianity even when it contradicts so much of what you know and learn.

It’s Carnival of the Cats #98 for your feline pleasure.

Carnival of the Godless #33 is up and available for your heathenistic pleasure.

Rats smell in stereo.  How cool is that?