North Korea just launched a missile into the Sea of Japan, in either a test (likely) or a failed attack (unlikely), or as a means of intimidation and ratcheting up the tension for more blackmail.

They continue to up the ante.

If Japan gets hit by a nuke, what are those who fought so hard against missile defense for so long–you know, the ones who said that it was unnecessary because rogue states didn’t have nukes, and anyway, they could be deterred–going to say? What words of wisdom and compassion will they have for the survivors?

North Korea just launched a missile into the Sea of Japan, in either a test (likely) or a failed attack (unlikely), or as a means of intimidation and ratcheting up the tension for more blackmail.

They continue to up the ante.

If Japan gets hit by a nuke, what are those who fought so hard against missile defense for so long–you know, the ones who said that it was unnecessary because rogue states didn’t have nukes, and anyway, they could be deterred–going to say? What words of wisdom and compassion will they have for the survivors?

North Korea just launched a missile into the Sea of Japan, in either a test (likely) or a failed attack (unlikely), or as a means of intimidation and ratcheting up the tension for more blackmail.

They continue to up the ante.

If Japan gets hit by a nuke, what are those who fought so hard against missile defense for so long–you know, the ones who said that it was unnecessary because rogue states didn’t have nukes, and anyway, they could be deterred–going to say? What words of wisdom and compassion will they have for the survivors?

Despite the big media splash leading up to its announcement, the Segway scooter (aka “Ginger”, aka “IT”) hasn’t come anywhere close to meeting anticipated sales objectives.

It’s another case of falling in love with a technology, and ignoring the real business issues. Too bad NASA can’t take a lesson from it.

Despite the big media splash leading up to its announcement, the Segway scooter (aka “Ginger”, aka “IT”) hasn’t come anywhere close to meeting anticipated sales objectives.

It’s another case of falling in love with a technology, and ignoring the real business issues. Too bad NASA can’t take a lesson from it.

Despite the big media splash leading up to its announcement, the Segway scooter (aka “Ginger”, aka “IT”) hasn’t come anywhere close to meeting anticipated sales objectives.

It’s another case of falling in love with a technology, and ignoring the real business issues. Too bad NASA can’t take a lesson from it.

Lovgate.C is on the way.

Read the article and quit using Microsoft mail clients.

A car was severely damaged by a rare Norwegian flying moose.

If it were a Frostbite Falls moose, I might have thought that it was shot out of Rocky’s arms by Boris and Natasha.

No word from the driver as to whether or not it once bit his sister…

The TSA is still dragging its feet in allowing pilots to be armed, despite the Congressional mandate, which they continue to interpret, apparently, as an option.

Price said the response to the mechanics of how the weapons will be handled, transported and stored has been mixed.

“We are pleased that we will have immediate access to the weapon on the flight deck,” he said. “But in terms of [transportation], it’s a huge problem.”

Storing the weapon inside a locked box, rather than on their person – where law enforcement officers and armed private citizens transport their handguns – poses a number of problems for pilots, Price believes.

“That just makes us a huge target. It just paints a bulls-eye on every pilot, whether he happens to be an armed pilot or not,” he argued.

“Now, all of the sudden, my pilot’s uniform gives the criminal element – that may be in the employee parking lot at three in the morning when I show up for work – some idea that I may be carrying a very high-value weapon,” Price explained, “and they know that that weapon is unavailable to me to use in self-defense.”

Gee, is it possible that they’re trying to discourage pilots from carrying guns? Couldn’t be…

One of the many reasons to dislike this Administration. Not, of course, that any Democrat would be any better.

Bill Whittle has issued forth another gem, perhaps his best essay so far.

We hear of polls saying that upwards of 75% of countries like England and France see the United States as the greatest danger to the world, and it knocks the wind out of us. No, that?s can?t be right. Can it? Can they really believe that?

Some do. Many do.

Some of this emotion is genuine, real fear and panic brought on by our unparalleled success, and our past miscalculations and blunders. Some of it is envy, pure and simple. Some is driven by pain, the pain of lost greatness and glory. Some is projection, a sense of how tempting it might be to hold such power, from countries with histories of real empires, real governors, and real subjugation.

And some of it ? much of it ? is intentionally aimed at our decency, our sense of restraint and isolation, our desire to get back to our own happy and safe lives and turn our back on the world lost in the delusion that we long to possess it.

Go read it, and encourage him to write the book.