Back from break, plus a comment on Jacques Chirac

The new semester is here, and I'm back at school, so new posts are on their way.

Also, who else heard about what President Chirac said and immediately thought, "Hypocrite!"?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903311.html
Apparently, Mr. Chirac feels it appropriate to threaten the use of nuclear weapons against any country that aids terrorists, despite his constant and obstinate objection to the war in Iraq. And even we aren't using nuclear weapons...