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is not Gold, and all white powders are not drugs.

As Australian Broadcasting is busy looking for bodies of water [see below], the BBC steps up to tell us: Powder mix-up fools sniffer dogs.

Several new Melbourne police drug dogs were trained to locate talcum powder instead of cocaine due to an “anomaly” in the police evidence system. Australian authorities have started an investigation to determine why bags that should have contained cocaine seized in drug arrests are filled with baby powder.

While admitting that the dogs will have to be re-trained, a spokesman indicated that in the meantime the dogs could be quite useful in finding lost toddlers.

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Australian Broadcasting brings us: Missing: one Russian lake.

The Russian village of Bolotnikovo east of Moscow is missing its lake according to this report on the Russian NTV network.

While many will suspect a sinkhole, not everyone:

One older woman has told NTV she believes the Americans have finally been able to hit them where it hurts.

“I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us,” she said as she sat on the ground outside her house.

Maybe they need to check Bush’s ranch. Can a lake be an illegal immigrant?

Isn’t wonderful to live in a country that gets blamed for every misfortune in the rest of the world. A new “honor” for the US: the world’s most mistrusted country.

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Not withstanding several treaties banning such weapons, the total lack of any foreseeable need, and massive Federal deficits, CNN reports: Air Force seeks Bush nod for space weapons.

Near-Earth space is already cluttered with junk that comes down along with meteorites, so now they want to launch more debris into the mix.

I would make this incredibly stupid concept dependent on making the current anti-missile system work as advertised before any research could start, which would eliminate an possibility of this ever occurring.

I have a sneaking feeling that the analysis was along the lines of: “Hey, the Invaders always win! No matter how many you eliminate more keep showing up to eliminate your ground defenses. You can’t win against a space-based weapon.” Unless, of course, you send a dozen people infected with Ebola across the Rio Grande, or have them fly into major metropolitan airports.

Space Command should concentrate on dealing with Asteroids™.

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