Category Archives: History

Business, Economics, Education, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Republican Party

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…has failed us.

Kristi Noem is the female Ronald Reagan, and she may be the second, if not the first woman president.

[Update a while later]

Yes, as pointed out in comments, the first elected woman president. And she may be the first, period, if Demented Joe manages to hang on for four years (or something happens to Harris before something happens to Joe).

Business, History, Space, Space History, Technology and Society

SN9

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Bob Zimmerman has a post up about today’s planned flight.

If it happens, it will have happened on the 35th anniversary of the loss of Challenger, and on my birthday.

[Update a few minutes later]

Looks like winds are too high, so they’ll miss the anniversary.

[Afternoon update]

Well, it looks like they are going to try today. They’re loading propellant, but there seems to be an FAA issue.

[Friday-afternoon update]

Well, here‘s what we know so far.

Education, History, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

The Revolution

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…devours all before it.

“The Board also voted to change the name of Roosevelt Middle School, even though no one was sure whether it was named after Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Better safe than sorry. By the way, the Board does not have new names chosen for the schools. It just wants to get rid of the old ones.”

Just number them. That’s what the Soviets did, after all.