…is (finally) retiring. Here are four potential people to replace him. Brooks is from Huntsville. He and Ross Aderholt have been the biggest proponents of the Big Monster Rocket in the House.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Another Dumb Space Article
Sigh.
No, there was never a Trump plan for sending anyone to Mars by 2024, and the FAA didn’t cancel the SpaceX test.
The Pointlessness Of Impeachment
Thoughts and links from Glenn Reynolds.
Yes, few have pointed out that being impeached and removed, and barred, doesn’t make him ineligible to be elected again.
Deranged Space Barons Like Elon Musk
Jacobin mag wants to regulate him.
ISIS Insurgents
Americans shouldn’t be treated like them, but too many people in positions of influence think they should be. Will there ever be any accountability for Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Powers, Rice, et al?
[Monday-morning update]
The Middle East
Biden’s drive to war there.
This administration is going to be a disaster.
Campus Diversity Efforts
You’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that they worsen stereotypes and racial understanding.
[Late-morning update]
More on what “anti-racism” does to schools.
Big-Tech Censorship
How to strike back.
Bidenharris
…and the greengrocer.
First The FAA
…now this: “The Department of Justice filed a request for a court order to enforce an administrative subpoena in an investigation into Space X on a charge of discrimination in hiring. According to the filing, the DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) said it received a complaint from a non-citizen in May, and Space X had not fully complied with information requests…”
I don’t know if this is hostility to SpaceX from the new administration, zealousness in “protecting” immigrants, or both.