Ezra Levant says that Congress should put Canada on the human rights watch list. I wonder if that would get Ottawa’s attention?
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Don’t Shout
David Brin has a warning for irresponsible astronomers.
When in danger, most people in a group recognize the responsibility to be quiet, and not give themselves away to an enemy by making noise, sometimes to the point that a crying baby will be stifled, and even suffocated. I think that this is a similar case where people should be enjoined, by force if necessary, because we cannot know the consequences. I see very little potential benefit to this, and a great deal of risk. The apparent insularity of the SETI folks cannot continue–we are all on this planet, not just them.
Resurrect The Space Council
That’s what Ferris Valyn wants Barack Obama to do.
It’s good advice for John McCain, too. I don’t think that it will have any political effect on the election if he does it now, though. Space simply isn’t a voting issue for very many people.
Al Qality
Iowahawk has gotten a hold of the latest hirabi recruitment brochure:
As you have possibly heard by now, Team Satan and their subsidiary Iraqi Security Forces have made several key market acquisitions in the last few months. In order to meet Q3 Return-on-Mayhem targets and maximize stakeholder value, we need to refocus our client-facing resource model. As we are currently seeking a 17th round of venture funding, budgets are extremely tight, and this will require reducing our internal work team payroll load through adaptive right-sizing on a go-forward basis. Accounting estimates indicate that much of this will be achieved via natural attrition and Apache Hellfire missiles. Still, in order to achieve costing targets, we will need to engage in involuntary outboarding.
The Communications department will be most directly effected by this initiative, as we continue transitioning of our day-to-day public relations efforts to low-cost offshore service providers like Huffington Post, DailyKos, and Democratic Underground.
Hey, you get what you pay for.
To Mark Steyn Fans
If you’re near an EIB station, he’s subbing for Rush today.
A New Toy
Can we do word substitutions in php by passing a variable to the URL?
This works, too, and it even fits within the box.
Have fun in comments.
[Via the non-liberal non-fascist]
Potemkin Rocket
Some ruminations on the upcoming Ares 1-X test.
Too Young To Be President
Some thoughts on Barack Obama’s junior moments.
Glenn Reynolds Discusses Space Law
Over at Res Communis.
What Would The Media Reaction Be?
…if, say, a white man expressed the desire to castrate a black man? Particularly the first black man to be a major-party presidential nominee?