Category Archives: Economics
Is The Dam Breaking?
First Scientific American, and now Michael Bloomberg is calling for an end to SLS/Orion.
He doesn’t seem to think that it’s important to send people, but that doesn’t matter, because Starship could do it anyway. Congress wouldn’t be happy to see China beat us back.
The “National Security Leaders For America”
…are Democrats. And they should be ashamed of themselves for the deception. But they’re Democrats, so they have no shame.
[Afternoon update]
33 reasons why former Democrat Bill Ackman is voting for Trump:
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must…
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 11, 2024
Debt Doom is Coming
Some ideas of what to do about it.
The Russian Economy
Is it in a potential death spiral?
‼️ “”The worst crisis in 30 years”: Russia’s coal mining industry begins to collapse”
— Prune60 (@Prune602) October 8, 2024
There are several things I want to point out about this situation https://t.co/nNxdZyiYOf pic.twitter.com/twFB9QADKy
The “Green Energy” Scam
BP has given up on it.
Twenty Years On
I wrote a long-form post at X.
It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024
SLS
…is still a national disgrace.
Ships
Why can’t the US build them?
This is a serious problem. But at least we’re the best at building space ships.
Why She Walked Away
🚨38 Days Until Trump is Elected President 🚨
— DeplorableInPa (@ArnotbUp) September 27, 2024
🇺🇸I can’t wait🇺🇸
Please give Natalie’s @NJBeisner story a listen. She makes a very clear and concise, fact based argument for why people should #WalkAway from the democrat party!
“I have been a Democrat my entire life. I live in… pic.twitter.com/CWXKUf4VM0
This is a beautiful example of the phrase that “the right looks for converts, and the left looks for heretics.”