February 17, 2009
http://www.spaceweather.com/
Daily Sun: 17 Feb 09 The sun is blank--no sunspots. Sunspot number: 0
Far side of the Sun: This holographic image reveals no sunspots on the far
side of the sun.

The face of the Sun is without blemish:
http://www.spaceweather.com/images20...rhls1f9f a2a3

Please visit:
http://blog.nj.com/southjersey_impac...SolarCycle.jpg

The right panel shows the face of the Sun as it looked on a good day during
the late Modern Warm Period. Sunspots are the apparent size of craters on
the moon. The left panel shows a spotless Sun as seen today.

Please write to Al Gore so that Al knows that the Sun is not living up to
his religious expectations. Al Gore is a divinity school dropout. George
Carlin had a better grasp of the true nature of God's creation, than does Al
Gore.

Please visit:
http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsl...es/sun-etc.jpg
which shows the relative sizes of the Sun and planets. Compared to the Sun,
Jupiter is the size of a pea, earth is the size of a grain of sand.

With U.S. Closed, World Stocks Sell-Off On Horrible Japan GDP Numbers
Obama To Sign $787B Stimulus Bill Tuesday

February 16, 2009 10:34 PM EST

While the U.S. market was closed Monday for Presidents Day, stocks around
the world sold-off following data which showed that Japan's economy fell at
the fastest pace in 35 years.

Japan's fourth quarter GDP numbers showed that the world's second-largest
economy shrank 3.3% from the previous quarter, or at an annual pace of
12.7%.

In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.4% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index
dropped 0.7%. In Europe, the CAC 40 bell 1.2%, the DAX fell 1.1% and the
FTSE 100 fell 1.3%.