Category Archives: Political Commentary
Charlie Kirk
There is a young generation that will be affected by this in much the same way that my parents' generation was affected by the JFK assassination, but it's not clear what it will mean politically, either next year or in future years.
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
Pretty sure all the vile people calling Charlie Kirk "hateful" are the same kind of people who said that about Rush Limbaugh, in both cases never having actually listened to either of them.
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
After all of the vile things this POS (who came frighteningly close to being the vice president) has been saying about his hopes for the death of his perceived political enemies, maybe he should just sit this one out. https://t.co/N3QieIVTMj
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
[Thursday-morning update]
First gutted, then angry.
I wonder if it was just coincidence that this happened on the eve of the anniversary of 911?
[Update a few minutes later]
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) September 11, 2025
Data Centers
Why they will be built in space:
Here's an argument why data centers will be built in space instead of on the ground. Projected by 2040, $700B/year of costs due to environmental, regulatory, and delay costs for building data centers on Earth. Compare this to decreasing launch costs (not shown here) to predict…
— Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) September 10, 2025
The Current Mood In The UK
I've no idea who made this, but it's bloody brilliant & sums up the current mood of the country! pic.twitter.com/F8MBOGqwcI
— Donna Louise (@DonnaLouise1212) September 6, 2025
A Compromise On SLS?
Eric Berger has the latest. Killing EUS would also eliminate the need for ML-2. It could be that we’ll have to continue wasting money on the SLS core and Orion for a while, but it would free up some funds to actually get back to the Moon soon.
“Genocide”
What it is, and isn’t.
This trivializing of actual genocide (including the Holocaust, and Nazis, and “fascists”) by the Left to damn Israel and Jews is vile.
It’s more than worth noting that while most of the Germans who participated became inured to their own inhumanity, Hamas reveled in and boasted about their barbarity.
A Poor Choice For NASA
This is exactly the wrong person to chart a needed new course:
- Kshatriya worked within JSC’s mission operations directorate, climbing the ladder from robotics staff to robotics operations lead working on ISS systems.
- He then served a stint as a Mission Control flight director, where he oversaw cargo and crew missions to the ISS, before becoming deputy manager of the ISS vehicle office.
- In 2021, Kshatriya moved to Washington, DC, as assistant deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development for the SLS, Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems programs.
- In 2023, he became deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars program.
In other words, despite concerns expressed yesterday about China in the Senate clown show, business as usual.
[Afternoon update]
Sorry, first link was wrong, fixed now.
[Update a few minutes later]
(Depressing) thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
On The Vaccines
None of these things are logically incompatible or (in my opinion) untrue:
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 3, 2025
The vaccine announcement was delayed for political reasons to help Biden win the election.
The vaccines were beneficial for people at high risk.
The vaccines were unnecessary for young people at low… https://t.co/QDy6OvLPh1
Related: How the CDC’s double standards cost it our trust, and how hard it will (and should) be to win it back.
Federal Government Unions
Finally, a president who’s doing something about them.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t solve their toxic power in California. The state is run by the teachers’ and prison-workers’ unions, and it shows.
The Man Who Shot Up That Church Full Of Kids
…was not a woman.
We need to call out the lunacy wherever we find it, and protect our right to self defense.
[Sunday-morning update]
Question asked: Why are there so many “trans” mass shooters?
The trans ideologists have been lying, and ruining the lives of confused and vulnerable people.
Yes, thank you RFK, Jr. It’s not about the guns. It’s a mental-health crisis caused by “medication.”
[Bumped]