Could it be revoked?
It certainly should be.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Schadenfreude For Eric Holder
He really is a contemptible little man. And I’m referring to his moral, not his physical stature. I’m glad to see that CNN gave Hayden an outlet.
[Update a few minutes later]
Fisking the liar’s prepared remarks for this morning’s hearing.
[Update a few minutes later]
A failed “Fast and Furious” whitewash:
By turns whiny, petulant and deceitful, Holder would rather accuse his critics of racism than substantively address the scandal. But with each “withdrawn” letter, Friday-night document dump and sudden resignation, it becomes ever more clear that the man who facilitated the outrageous Marc Rich pardon for President Bill Clinton is incapable of shame.
The people who should really be ashamed are the senators, on both sides of the aisle, who voted to confirm this corrupt, sniveling, lying, gun-grabbing racist hack to the nation’s highest position in law enforcement.
I should note that my Twitter timeline is pretty busy with the hearings.
[Update mid-morning]
“Eric Holder should become a campaign issue today.”
Newt’s Lunar Ambitions
AP (at the Huffington Post, of all places) says he got a bum rap. I still think that we could get back to the moon by 2020. But NASA can’t, not as long as Congress is in charge.
Nine Years Of Space Policy Disaster
I have some thoughts about the current state of affairs, on the ninth anniversary of the loss of Columbia.
The Peak Oil Myth
Will the fracking boom finally put a stake through its heart?
Of course not. Malthusians are never stopped by reality. They just pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and go unmerrily on their way.
Newt’s Mars Prize
Thoughts and some history from Bob Zubrin. The plan, at least as stated by Bob, has a (as Newt would say) “fundamental” flaw in it:
There would be at least two prizes: a $5 billion prize to develop and demonstrate a heavy-lift booster capable of lifting at least 100 tons to low Earth orbit, and a $10 billion prize for the first human mission to Mars. In addition, the winners of these prizes would be given contracts for the purchase by NASA of an additional five copies of their flight systems at a recurring cost of 20 percent of the respective prize per copy.
Prizes should specify the goal, not the means to achieve it. It presumes without evidence the need for an arbitrarily-sized heavy lifter. Bob, if you want to get to Mars, then put out a prize for Mars, but don’t tell people how to do it.
Temperature Statistics
In which William Briggs schools Phil Plait.
[Via Anthony Watts]
The Rest Of The Ares Vibration Story
This story is very misleading, in that it implies that the only problem with first-stage vibrations was astronauts’ inability to read displays. The solution described here does nothing to address the actual structural issues in the second stage that the resonance creates. That was no five-dollar fix.
Racism
…where it doesn’t exist, and the racist divisive “progressive” scumballs who promote it.
Nineties Nostalgia
Congressional Democrats are gearing up to cover for the lying and corruption of an administration official:
Last night, Cummings released a
95 page waste of paper and taxpayer moneyreport, alleging that top Justice Department officials did not authorize the program, despite evidence showing otherwise. The report tries to pin the blame back on a few “rogue” managers in the ATF Phoenix Field Division. This is the same argument we’ve heard since the beginning of the scandal: it was a local operation, nobody important knew anything.
It worked pretty well in the Clinton administration, since the media aided and abetted them. They’ll try again this time, but I think that it may be a little tougher, with the new media watching.