[Rummyfan]

I believe that is Venus isn't it? Very bright in the Western sky last night along witht he crescent liver of the moon. As for relation to the threat matrix who knows?

[Samurai_Jack]

Yes of course it is venus... there is only one other 'evening star' and that would be mercury. These two planets are inside of the Earth orbit and so they appear to follow the Sun down in the evening and Sun rise in the morning, depending on their current orbital positions. Mercury never appears high on the horizon because of its proximity to the sun, but venus rises very high in its orbit.

But thats not the point...