• Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
• Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran? - This provoked a thought for me.  If our government thinks that war will get us out of the recession (actually depression) like we are all taught that WWII got us out of the Great Depression.  Then it seems more likely the government might start a war in Iran with this logic no matter how flawed I might think it is.  A country that hasn’t attacked anyone in centuries, who are following all the international laws (that I can tell), and spends around $6 billion on their military every year.  It is of my opinion we should be talking to them and not threating them.  I would encourage you to Google Robert Higgs for great papers about the Great Depression.

Dollar Stuff:

• The Demise of the Dollar – Glenn Beck
• Gerald Celente: The Death of the Dollar

• Picture from Titan’s moon – I remember when this was released and saw it again today and made me forget about things for a bit.

• CAUTION: Stock Market Crash /Collapse Dead Ahead Say Faber, Rogers, Dent and Celente
• China and Japan begin talks on building alliance
• Vegas Casinos Fold on Expansion Plans

Political Stuff:

• 10 Things You Should Know About Iran
• ElBaradei says nuclear Israel number one threat to Mideast - definitely something you won’t read in the media here in the States.

Awesome Stuff:

This picture is just awesome.  Taken from the Cassini space craft that is orbiting Saturn.  It was taken when Saturn was eclipsing the sun.  Via The Big Picture

At least Justice Scalia understands that we have way too many laws in America even if he doesn’t say it directly.

Scalia: ‘We Are Devoting Too Many of Our Best Minds to’ Lawyering

I mean there’d be a, you know, a defense or public defender from Podunk, you know, and this woman is really brilliant, you know. Why isn’t she out inventing the automobile or, you know, doing something productive for this society?

I mean lawyers, after all, don’t produce anything. They enable other people to produce and to go on with their lives efficiently and in an atmosphere of freedom. That’s important, but it doesn’t put food on the table and there have to be other people who are doing that. And I worry that we are devoting too many of our very best minds to this enterprise.