“I find your enthusiasm for my political opponents very disturbing.”
I hope they’re a lot more disturbed on the first Tuesday of November.
The Auto Bailout
The U.S. taxpayers stand to lose $25B on it. That’s fifty Solyndras.
A Classic Example Of Economic Ignorance
Is it really surprising that when you underprice a commodity, the supply dries up? Another sign of the popping bubble of academia.
A Visit To A Sikh Temple
This is about what I would have expected. Even after (or perhaps because of) the temple shooting, they’re unlikely candidates to promote gun control.
The Not So Best And Not So Brightest
Some thoughts on our so-called and misnamed “elites” from VDH.
Hitler Learns That Paul Ryan Is The VP Choice
OK, we all knew on Saturday that this was inevitable.
And speaking of Hitler parodies, Day By Day is doing its annual fundraiser.
California Space Liability Legislation
No, the bill was not “weakened.” It was eviscerated to the point of uselessness, by the Consumer Attorneys of California. The word should go out to the industry that in its current form, if passed, it’s basically a fraud, in that it does nothing significant to reduce liability for launch services providers. As Doug says, we can try again next year, and this time be ready to push back harder against the CAC.
The Biggest Hit Since Paula Deen’s Canned English Peas
A recipe for making ice cubes.
I always forget the water, myself.
Mark Whittington’s Tourette’s Syndrome
Isn’t it amusingly stupid how he is unable to write the phrase “commercial crew” without using the word “subsidy”?
What’s funniest of all, of course, is that he seems to actually believe that space policy will be a significant, or even debated issue in this election.
[Afternoon update]
Awwwww, isn’t that cute? Mark still fantasizes both that I have a “chain,” and that I ever “leap the length” of it. It seems to be one of his favorite expressions. That’s the autism, rather than the Tourette’s.
[Update on Tuesday morning]
I know what metaphors are, Mark. I was simply pointing out that your attempt at it was insane, and bore no resemblance to reality.
Irony Challenged On Space Commentary
Check out the comments over at my National Review piece. It’s almost as though some of the commenters are going out of their way to prove my thesis, by engaging in exactly the ignorant, straw-man behavior that opponents of the new policy have been for going on three years now. I love the notion that because I correct misstatements of fact, I am “attacking” the commenter. I especially love the latest insane redefinition of “subsidy” — that because SpaceX didn’t reinvent every single wheel in its vehicles, instead building on technology developed over the past decades, that it has been “subsidized” by NASA for decades.