Thursday Links

Jeebus people, it's so bloody cold in here, even the dog doesn't want to stay with me.

UN Chief Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN Compound

Chemical weapons first used by Persians against Roman army almost 2,000 years ago

Vatican Wants Catholics to Confess More (ed note- technically wouldn't that mean they'd have to sin more first?)

CNN: Court orders White House to preserve e-mails
A federal judge has ordered the Bush White House to preserve its e-mails, just days before a new administration takes over.

The 17th-century drawings that prove a humble Englishman mapped the moon BEFORE Galileo

"Sexting" Shockingly Common Among Teens

Rangel to reintroduce military draft measure

LA Times: In China, Bush remains a popular president
Walk into the exhibit hall at Beijing's Cultural Palace of Nationalities and there is George W. Bush, larger than life on a 15-foot-high video screen, praising China's growth.