hitsunami on USTREAM: A Live stream of Local news of the Hawaii Tsunami of February 27, 2010. Breaking News: “”

Opening Ceremony is Feb 12, Friday. 6pm PST.

Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for launch on Sunday, February 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST, delivering the Tranquility module and cupola observation port to the International Space Station.
(so really really late Saturday night if you are staying up.)

SomaFM News:
Space Shuttle STS-130 mission countdown update: Scheduled to launch on Sunday at 4:39 a.m. EST, coverage will start on station “Mission Control” Saturday night. 5-Feb-10

This is a wonderful way to augment your Space Viewing pleasure. Live Mission Control over the perfect music.

Official Shuttle Patch for this mission is available at theNASA STORE.

Metalocalypse Fans, yes, a regular jack-off can now own an exact replica of Mordor’s Fountain. Blood not included.

Dethklok Fountain For Sale

Michael at the baptismal, the new order out settling all debts.
Moe Green takes it in the eye and a new era begins.

One of the doctors seeking a full inquest, former assistant coroner Michael Powers, told the Mail on Sunday he had seen a letter from the legal team of Oxfordshire County Council explaining the unusual restrictions placed by Lord Hutton on material relating to his inquiry.

The letter states: “Lord Hutton made a request for the records provided to the inquiry, not produced in evidence, to be closed for 30 years, and that medical (including post-mortem) reports and photographs be closed for 70 years.”

Dr Powers asked: “Supposedly all evidence relevant to the cause of death has been heard in public at the time of Lord Hutton’s inquiry. If these secret reports support the suicide finding, what could they contain that could be so sensitive?”

There’s also a scathing editorial by Norman Baker (MP) up at the Daily Mail. Lots of juicy tidbits about Lord Hutton, who led the inquiry and ruled the evidence should be classified:

Lord Hutton did not even inquire as to whose fingerprints were on the knife allegedly used to slit Dr Kelly’s wrist. That was left for me to establish through a Freedom of Information request, which revealed there were no fingerprints on the knife, and Dr Kelly was not wearing gloves.

Lord Hutton was to confess that he had not bothered looking into the death very deeply.

Writing in the Inner Temple Yearbook 2004, he unashamedly observed: ‘I thought that there would be little serious dispute as to the background facts [about Dr Kelly’s death].

‘I thought unnecessary time could be taken up by cross-examination on matters which were not directly relevant.’

So key questions went unasked, conflicting and contradictory evidence abounded, and no attempt was made to tie up the countless loose ends.

It remains to be seen whether this story will provoke enough outrage with the larger British public to force the release of all evidence. If you’re a loyal subject, maybe write your MP?

(Via Deus Ex Malcontent.)

From GodzMonkey:
“A Christmas stroll through the Anaheim Resort. With the lack of external Christmas trimmings, I decided to duck into a few hotel lobby’s to see their trees and yuletide decorations… and just see what these hotels look like from the inside. Also along the way, a shortcut through Downtown Disney and some scary topiary! Merry Christmas!”

Witness:
Web Godzmonkey – Holiday Patrol – Anaheim Resort, Xmas 09

Does Godzmonkey find the friendly climes of Christmas Cheer in Old Town, Orange California? Sure! Does he find the dark and sinister? He’s Godzmonkey, sure he does!

Go See What He finds. Godzmonkey – Old Town Orange – Christmas Time

Nothing says “holiday” like parking lot vomiting! Ho Ho Ho!

It’s crazy busy out there. Go to Chromoscope

The Boston Globe has an awesome gallery of hi-res Ares rocket pics, including lots of behind the scenes stuff leading up to the launch. Go look.