Jeff Foust has a report at today’s issue of The Space Review.
The IRS “Investigation”
There are good reasons to question its validity.
No kidding.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Bottom line:
Nixon knew what had to be done to ensure a credible investigation. Obama should follow his example. Reaching Nixon’s ethical bar shouldn’t be that difficult.
It is when you’re more corrupt than Richard Nixon.
The Conditions Of Omar
The Syrian Christians (who survive) are being forced to convert:
Just the other day in Pakistan, Christians “began the construction of a church on land donated by the Christian Akber Masih, a resident in the area. They built the walls of the building and placed a cross in front of the main gate of the small construction yard.” But “when a large group of Islamic extremists saw the Christian symbol they arrived unexpectedly with bulldozers and started demolishing the building.” Although the Christians notified police and authorities, “the perpetrators were not arrested.” As for the aggrieved Christians, they “have received threats and have to abandon the idea of the project to build a church.”
Thanks to Western intervention in the colonial era, the Conditions largely disappeared — not least because Muslim leaders and elites were themselves Westernizing. But today, as Muslims turn back to their Islamic heritage and its teachings — not least because Western leaders and elites are urging them to in the name of multiculturalism, if not moral relativism — the Conditions are returning. And woe to the Christian minority who dares break them by exercising religious freedom — what I call the “How Dare You?” phenomenon, which is responsible for the overwhelming majority of Islamic attacks on non-Muslims.
This is par for the course, and how Islam spread in the first place, not voluntarily through the evangelical preaching of its virtues and spiritual benefits. It was, in fact, the root cause of the Crusades.
If Temperatures Refuse To Rise
…the hype must, instead.
So far, the biggest “denier” seems to be Gaia herself.
The Future Of Commercial Space
An interview with Michael Lopez-Alegria.
As I note in comments there, NASA is not the only orbital customer. Bigelow has long expressed an interest in purchasing flights when they’re available at an affordable price.
The Washington Post
The media-bias mess continues.
Where is the ombudsman? Or better yet, where is Jeff Bezos?
Chicago Is Not Russia
The community organizer against the ex-KGB agent.
Russian’s Next Conquest
Brighton Beach is in Putin’s sights.
Incommunicado
We went up to the the California central coast for the weekend. Likely light blogging until Sunday night or Monday.
The Individual Mandate
…seems to be pretty pointless.