I can’t imagine what is going through the minds of people who take pictures of their junk at all, let alone send it across the ether.
Bob Farquhar
Monte Morin has a great piece on him and the ISEE-3 reboot.
The Obama Scandals
…and media bias:
Historically, reporters and editors have believed that their job is to disseminate news. That is no longer true. Now, most reporters and editors believe that their principal function is to prevent people from learning things they are better off not knowing. Day after day, they run interference for their party, the Democrats. Blockading inconvenient stories from making the news is job number one.
Yes. As he notes, if the parties were reversed, there would be non-stop coverage until the Republican president was hounded out of office.
[Update a few minutes later]
Joe Scarborough went on a similar rant:
“You know, if George W. Bush or any Republicans had an IRS member that went after Democrats and then there was an internal investigation launched, you would not have time or space on the front page to talk about [other] issues,” Scarborough said. “This really is a scam!”
“Scam” is far too kind a word for it.
SpaceX And Orbcomm
The launch delays are costing money. Note this, though:
Commercial satellite fleet operators have said that with a price differential so large — more than 50 percent in this case — they can absorb the cost of even lengthy SpaceX delays without much trouble.
They’re changing the rules.
NASA Mission Planning
If you want to see how ludicrous SLS is, look at this chart.
That is not a spacefaring civilization.
The Great Walls Of The Midwest
Would these stop tornadoes? And would they be worth the money?
Lunar Gravity
A beautiful map of the field, courtesy of the late GRAIL satellites.
World War I
Did it really end, or are we just entering a new phase?
“When You Raise Taxes And Roll Out Burdensome Regulations”
“…a contracting economy is only a surprise if you’re an idiot. Or a member of this Administration and the press. But I repeat myself.”
Based on Megan McArdle’s assessment that the economy is bad news for Democrats (but, again, good news for liberty in the long run).
The US Alliance With Poland
Poland’s top diplomat thinks it’s worthless.
But to be fair, that’s only because, under Barack Obama, it is.