…will be Bob Lightfoot. I assume he’s just a placeholder until a winner emerges among the factional fighting over business-as-usual versus more commercial.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Trump And The Media
And this has the effect of inoculating Trump against real scandals — and those are inevitable — down the line. So much so that I almost wonder if this wasn’t actually a Trump Organization “false flag” designed to discredit press attacks.
All I know is that I’ve done nothing to deserve either of them.
[Mid-afternoon update]
Breaking: video of Trump pissing on prostituteshttps://t.co/YI0QJ3hEMS
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 11, 2017
Geoengineering, Space Tech, And Societal Risk
Some interesting thoughts from Oliver Morton (who I unfortunately missed having lunch with in London last week, maybe next time):
AI worries people more, but geoengineering seems pretty well placed in second place. (Incidentally, what’s up with space as the top societal risk enhancer? If AI takes the laurels in terms of economy, geopolitics and tech, how come space outdoes it in the exacerbation of societal risks? A mystery for another time…)
Indeed. I have some ideas, and that some it arises from ignorance and too much bad SF in television and movies, but I’ll let the commenters have at it.
Pity Eric Holthaus
He’s having a climate meltdown. Which reminds me: Did he ever get that vasectomy?
You'd have to have a heart of neutronium to read these tweets from bed wetter @EricHolthaus and not laugh out loud. https://t.co/lLpNEq3rIG
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) January 11, 2017
[Update mid morning]
He and Holthaus should just curl up in a fetal position together. https://t.co/jZ7SBSMoqf
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) January 11, 2017
An Asteroid Just Missed Earth
Jeff Sessions
Radley Balko has some questions for him that no one else is likely to ask. These are the real problems with him, not #FakeNews about racism.
LDL Cholesterol And Heart Disease
A new study says there’s no link.
Small-Business Optimism
It’s at the highest level since Ronald Reagan was elected.
Not surprising. The people who've had their jackboots on small business's neck for the past decade have been completely removed from power. https://t.co/LIKJKZYRTt
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) January 10, 2017
Putin’s Biggest Lackey
No, it’s not Trump; it’s Barack Obama.
End Of An Era
Henry Vanderbilt is retiring from putting on the annual Space Access Conference. The good news is that it accomplished a lot of its goals, as we enter a new era of lower-cost launch, and likely destined to continue to see prices fall. I hope that someone else can take up the torch.