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The Leonid meteor shower, one of the most stunning annual meteor showers, will peak early Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009.
NASA is predicting "20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia."
The trick for all observers is to head outside in the wee hours of the morning - between 1 a.m. and dawn - regardless where you live.
In the United States and Canada, eastern observers will be particularly well-positioned for maximum activity, expected sometime between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. EST, when the radiant of the Leonid shower will be well up in the dark southeastern sky.
Luckily, the new moon is on November 16, 2009, so the skies "will be dark for catching the fainter meteor streaks."
NASA's website has more information on the 2009 Leonid meteor shower. The meteor shower even has its own Facebook page.
01. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
02. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
03. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
04. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all like many of the principles on which this great country was founded; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
05. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
06. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.
07. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
08. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
09. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Twin Peaks is the best show ever! Your response:
THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM! (I mean, yes!)![]()
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It's in my Top 5.![]()
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It's in my Top 10.![]()
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I like it, but it's not one of my favorites.![]()
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I didn't like it. (Probably because you didn't "get" it.)![]()
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Never watched it. (For shame!)![]()
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WTF is a Twin Peaks? (Educate yourself.)![]()
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Do you think our Universe is infinite?
Yes, and I am a religious person.![]()
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Yes, and I am not a religious person.![]()
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No, and I am a religious person.![]()
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No, and I am not a religious person.![]()
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I've thought about it, but have not reached a conclusion.![]()
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I've never thought about it.![]()
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Dear Jebusgod,
Please don't smite me until after I've watched the Lost finale. In exchange, I shall sacrifice a televangelist upon an altar on your behalf.
And please don't send me any telepathic spoilers, or I shall smite thee instead.
Love,
Lydz


President Barack Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday because the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore.
The five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee – four of whom spoke to The Associated Press, said awarding Obama the peace prize could be seen as an early vote of confidence intended to build global support for the policies of his young administration.
They lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to reduce the world stock of nuclear arms, ease U.S. conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthen its role in combating climate change.
"Some people say – and I understand it – 'Isn't it premature? Too early?' Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told the AP. "It is now that we have the opportunity to respond – all of us."
Jagland said the committee whittled down a record pool of 205 nominations and had "several candidates until the last minute," but it became more obvious that "we couldn't get around these deep changes that are taking place" under Obama.
Obama said he was surprised and deeply humbled by the honor, and planned to travel to Oslo in December to accept the prize.
- full article on The Huffington Post
