I don’t know what the big deal is. All Senator Kerry will have to say is “I went into Cambodia before I didn’t,” and the press will eat it up like (almost literally, considering the time frame) ice cream in August.
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A Contender Bites The Dust
Maybe not permanently, but it’s clear that when it comes to winning the prize this fall against Scaled Composites, this team is out of the running.
The Thirty-Seven Year Itch
People are getting divorced at much later ages, as a result of (probably among other things) increasing longevity.
Hyperbole
Last night I heard some Democrat flack claim that the current economy is the worst since Herbert Hoover.
Are people so historically ignorant that this kind of stuff is effective? For me, it’s totally counterproductive, and just makes me want to see Kerry, and all Dems lose all the more.
Changing Faith
Via Allen Thomson, here’s a long essay on how a Christian came to become a non-believer.
Clintonesque
That’s how I’d describe Kerry’s response to the Swift Boat vets.
It reminds me of when Clinton sent his lawyer (who would not be in any position to know) out to deny that he’d raped Juanita Broaddrick, but would never deny it himself.
Throwing Their Hat In The Ring
As many speculated, the Da Vinci team announced today that they are in the race, with a first attempt on October 2nd. They claim to have gotten funding from a sponsorship by an on-line gambling site. I’ll bet that this sponsorship wouldn’t have been forthcoming absent Burt’s successful flight in June. More evidence of the diminishing giggle factor.
If they can really pull it off, it will make for much more excitement. There’s plenty of overlap on the dates, so if Burt gets his first flight off without a hitch, it may come down to turnaround time.
[Thanks to Andrew Gray for the tip, over at sci.space.policy]
[Update at 2:15 PM PDT]
Clark Lindsey has a lot more links, and points out that Burt is hinting that he’ll be a passenger on one of the flights.
Here’s the press release from the casino.
Big Talker
Burt Rutan says that NASA will be eating his dust.
“Thirty years ago, if you had asked NASA — and people did in those days — ‘How long would it be before I could buy tickets to space?’ the answer was, ‘About 30 years,’ ” Rutan told reporters in June.
“If you ask today, you’ll get about the same answer, ’30 years.’ I think that’s unfortunate. There’s been no progress at all made toward affordable space travel.”
Well, He Can Write Off Michigan
Senator Kerry steps in it again:
“I just came here from Bowling Green,” Kerry told the crowd to subdued applause. “I was smart enough not to pick a choice between the Falcons and the, well, you know, all those other teams out there. I just go for Buckeye football, that’s where I’m coming from.”
At that point, before all the boos began raining down upon him, Kerry seemed to realize his error. In an attempt to silent the angry crowd of University of Michigan supporters, Kerry said, “But that was while I was in Ohio. I know I’m in the state of Michigan and you got a great big M and a powerhouse of a team.” Then his face, presumably, the Botox permitting, turned Big Blue.
If it’s Monday, it must be wolverine country.
The Wendy’s Episode
I wanted to write something about it, but given how busy I am, I figured it would be better to just wait for Mark Steyn to weigh in.
It was worth the wait.
In 1992, pictures of a baffled George Bush p