COLLEGE SUICIDE leads to new alert. The next step will be a warning label on all college admission letters: "WARNING - the college experience may lead to higher risk of suicide."

SATELLITES AND ASTRONAUTS could one day take off on a rocket carried by the largest aircraft ever flown, cruise to 30,000 feet and then blast into orbit.

Billionaire Paul Allen on Tuesday announced the creation of Huntsville, Ala.-based Stratolaunch Systems to develop a carrier aircraft with a wingspan wider than a football field to carry and deploy a SpaceX rocket. The initiative reunites Microsoft co-founder Allen with legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan. They developed SpaceShipOne and together won the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004 for being the first privately funded, manned vehicle to reach space twice in two weeks.

Check the link above to see a short simulation of the flight/launch sequence.

OBAMA'S coming for your email address! I'm not worried; it'll allow me to verify my spam filter -- and my friends.

HUH?

“OWS as a topic of study offers prismatic opportunities to consider the changing shape of inequality in our society and the dynamic processes of repertoire change in social movements globally, from the picket line to the sit-in, to the consideration of life course trajectories, among other themes central to the sociological apprehension of the modern context, ...”

The link is here.

[OCCUPY L.A.] PROTESTER is the face of Time's 'Person of the Year'. Hmm. Based on the impact of the 2010 elections, I would think that the Tea Party might have been so named in 2010. But then they were a force for good, not ill.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS ECSTATIC: WalMart kills birds.

ICE ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S HOTTEST PLANET? Messenger spacecraft may be close to proof.

BEN HOWE: The Rick Perry I know. Watch the video.

Also note Howe's 'rule of two' as it relates to the media narrative for the next election.

Linked from here.

NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER survives contact with reality.

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER endorses Mitt Romney. I'm still not convinced he's the best candidate as the Examiner suggests, since I remain deeply skeptical about the Republican establishment, but I'll vote for Romney should he become the Republican candidate.

GOP FIGHTS FOR [OUR] JOBS; Obama fights for his.

INSTAVISION: The Myths and Realities of the American Cities and Suburbs (registration required; it's free).

RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane: the only growth industry in the American economy today is the "we're from the government and we're here to help you" industry.

CONSERVATIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS battle liberal academia with a new website.

Here's a sample.

Drop by early and often.

DICK MORRIS: What motivates Obama?

CONVERTING PLASTIC TO OIL:



Let's hope it's commercially viable on a large scale.

ARE COFFEE AND DONUTS NEXT? U.S. Safety Board Urges Cellphone Ban for Drivers.

Much more here.

HOLDER UNVEILS VOTER FRAUD PROGRAM: Let anyone vote (provided they're Democrats).