Iran has been at war with Israel since the fall of the Shah. It supplies, arms, trains and to some degree directs Israel's most effective enemy Hamas/Hezbollah. A targeted electronic weapon which slows down the progress of the Persian nuclear program is mild compared to Jerusalem's other alternatives.

...as if a million bat-scat crazy homeopaths and refused to be silenced.

Who would have thought the Vatican's pet astronomer was such a fanboy?

But the lawsuits will continue!

1) Renters insurance 2) A solid core door, preferably steel-clad 3) A German Shepherd or other large protective breed of dog 4) A shotgun

According to Conservative/Libtardian dogma ANY regulation of any sort is a government "taking".

The article talks about a protein which has been coopted into egg production in birds. It doesn't deal with the sensational headline at all. The first creature which we could call a chicken came from an egg. Its bird ancestors hatched from eggs. The reptiles from which they derived laid eggs long before the protein in question made its way into eggs.

Ballmer "The Other White Steve" wants to know how it's done.

Wild swine like warthogs, bush pigs, Visayan warty pigs and European wild boars have all been observed wallowing when it's hot out. So do cattle and elephants.

The hog enjoys the wrestling, not the mud

Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Casting pearls before swine
Never wrassle with a hog. You get muddy and the hog enjoys it

But then I realize the comparisons are insulting to the pigs

Martin Gardner was one of the best. Keen intellect, gentle wit, vast knowledge and warm heart. I only met him once, but it was memorable. He will be missed. If he had known the date and hour of his death he would have had a handful of interesting facts tying together all of the numbers. And he would have published it as a puzzle for his readers. Goodbye Mr. Gardner. We will not see your like again soon.

Large dogs who know to bark at Bad Strangers and have good protective instincts

• Lexan windows
• Solid doors with good locks
• Lights
• No concealing shrubbery
• Real guns
• Sharp pointy things
• A planned set of responses to emergencies which every member of the household practices

Dr. Hawking can at least have the satisfaction of knowing that he took as many of their secrets as any man in history.