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Election Day Thoughts
From Lileks. He seems a little pessimistic (perhaps with good reason–we’ll find out as the sun goes down across the nation):
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The Cardboard Submarine
Bill Whittle has a new essay up. It’s (as usual) a long one, but worth reading. I’ve only gotten started, but this bit appealed immediately, given how many moron trolls have repeatedly made the argument over the past few weeks in comments:
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There Is No Second Place
Donald Sensing thinks that there’s only one issue in this election.
Despite how pathetic the Republicans are on most other issues*, I agree.
On terrorism, novelist Roger L. Simon quoted Leon Trotsky:
Birds Of A Feather?
The CPUSA has endorsed the Democrats. And the libertarians are supposed to? Really? You’d have to have a real bad case of cognitive dissonance.
Don’t Give Up Hope
Paul Spudis writes that there’s still a good possibility of lunar ice.
Don’t Give Up Hope
Paul Spudis writes that there’s still a good possibility of lunar ice.
Don’t Give Up Hope
Paul Spudis writes that there’s still a good possibility of lunar ice.
Another Reason To Vote Republican This Year
No matter how atrocious they’ve been on so many issues. Just to wipe the smile off of Chris Matthews’ face. And of course, there’s hardly an issue on which I disagree with the Republicans on which the Dems wouldn’t be much worse.
NASA Breakthroughs
Here’s an amazing demonstration of the cluelessness and credulity of reporters, particularly when it comes to NASA and space:
With the cost of gas hovering between $2 and $3 a gallon and the oil supply declining, scientists at NASA have discovered a potential new energy source — helium-3.
When combined with water, the element creates energy.
Just add water? What a breakthrough! Guess we don’t have to figure out how to do that complicated fusion thing.
Grigsby said he also plans to discuss NASA’s other creations, including the ion motor. It’s an engine that accelerates so quickly in space, picking up speed as it moves, that it creates artificial gravity.
A high-acceleration ion drive? Another breakthrough!
And of course, we get the usual spinoff argument.
Grigsby said most Americans don’t understand the importance of NASA. It’s more than space travel, he said.
“The problems we solve in space have a direct spinoff on people,” he said.
Well, actually, maybe not that usual:
Even tennis shoes, with their rubber soles, are partly a NASA creation. Before the 1960s, shoes were all leather and, often, not comfortable.
Wow. Tang, teflon and tennis shoes! Who knew?
Guess those old Converses I wore before we got to the moon were a figment of my imagination. Or maybe I just forgot about the leather soles–it’s been so long, after all.