No, Barack Obama is not the first president to terminate America’s ability to put people into space. I would also note that while Nixon generally gets the blame, the decision to end Apollo was actually made in the Johnson administration.
Less-Than-Exciting Band Names
A compilation, including some from Yours Truly.
Well, I Guess It’s Been Long Enough
So much for that “Speak no ill of the dead” thing, when it comes to Steve Jobs.
The Biggest Problem With Leftists
…is that they lack a sense of irony. Or self awareness, other than a heightened sense of entitlement and completely unjustified self esteem.
“We Need NASA To Change Commercial Crew Contracts”
Joe Pappalardo got some comments from Elon yesterday, after the hearing.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s Frank Morring’s report on yesterday’s hearing.
Site Update
You might notice that I’ve added my Twitter feed on the right.
[Update a while later]
No, if it’s not working, I don’t know why. It was when I first installed it.
Occupy Wall Street
…exposed.
As Powerline says, the Tea Party is a political movement — OWS is a crime wave.
[Late morning update]
Occupy Wall Street and its war on the First Amendment.
[Very late morning update]
“Income inequality” is the new global warming. Hey, any excuse for socialism.
More Math Lessons For The President
…from Paul Ryan. I really, really wish he was running.
[Late afternoon update]
How to make it in America.
[Update Thursday morning]
More math lessons for the political class in general: why Washington will collapse. When something can’t go on, eventually it doesn’t.
[Update a while later]
Seven reasons Obama is wrong on income inequality.
[Bumped]
William Niskanen
RIP.
I never met him, but by all accounts he was quite literally the gentleman and the scholar.
Feline Love
…a very sad video.