Everyone knows the famous quote from Heinlein. Does anyone have an actual attribution/citation for it? Or is it apocryphal?
Next, Tic Tac Toe, The Movie
Yes, apparently Hollywood is running out of ideas.
[Update on Friday morning]
MfK has a good idea in comments: Pong. Maybe even King Pong.
But this could be the next Hollywood blockbuster: Blockbuster, The Movie.
That NASA Subpoena
Some people think that this is such an Important Story that it’s worth making fools of themselves and threadjacking to point it out. I agree with this commenter’s take:
Congress: We demand that you say 2+2 = 5. Oh, and in metric — no, English – no, wait Metric — tonnes.
NASA: Uh… What?
Congress: Well, we just passed a law that says you must say that 2+2=5 metric-English tonnes. You have one month to get back to us.
One month later…
NASA: 2+2=4.
Congress: Stop lying! You have another six months to think this over and come to the correct answer.
Six months later…
NASA: Well, we found that “2+2…+1 = 5 metric-English tonnes.” But, we’re having another guy look at it, to be sure.
Congress: Stop lying! Subpoena!
NASA: ….
I imagine that the teddy bears (or dogs, or whatever they are) will have something to say about this soon.
A Great Riposte To John McCain
From Rand Paul: “I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll.”
John McCain can’t leave public life soon enough for me.
[Update early evening]
On the other hand, Chrissie Matthews has found a new tingle up his leg:
Chris Matthews’ infatuation with John McCain has returned. The day after the Republican senator bashed his own party, knocking “Hobbit” Tea Partiers, the Hardball anchor on Thursday lauded him as “great” and even suggested McCain as a MSNBC guest host: “…He can substitute for me some night with that kind of talk!”
Don’t expect him to actually vote for him, though.
But She’ll Have Many Product-Endorsement Deals
Lisa Nowak has been given an “other-than-honorable” discharge from the Navy.
Like Most Of The Things This Administration Does
“…the President’s ‘attempt to scare Social Security recipients is without legal foundation.'”
More NewSpace Coverage
I don’t have time to live blog it, but others are, and here’s the Twitter feed for the event.
The Man Who Fights Death
I have more thoughts on Bob Ettinger’s deanimation over at Pajamas Media.
What Did The White House Know?
…and when did it know it?
It’s the first time anyone has publicly stated that a White House official had any familiarity with ATF’s operation Fast and Furious, which allowed thousands of weapons to fall into the hands of suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels in an attempt to gain intelligence. It’s unknown as to whether O’Reilly shared information with anybody else at the White House.
As I’ve said before, if it were a Republican White House, there would have already been calls in the press for impeachment. At least they’re starting to cover it.
[Update early evening]
William Newell circles the wagons for the administration. Expect much of the media to hitch their wagons as well.
Conflict Oil
…versus ethical oil. Jim Bennett, who sent me the link, notes:
I also love the way the Globe’n’Mail thinks that Velshi’s rather obvious conclusions are “notions.”
“Alykhan Velshi’s eye-popping ads are premised on the notion that oil exports ultimately underwrite the values of those states that produce them. ‘Conflict oil’ funds ‘dictatorship’ and ‘terrorism’ and results in ‘women stoned to death,’ according to the ads…”
Ya think?
Velshi must be one of those Islamophobic Muslims, obviously.
Obviously. Why, that notion of oil funding woman stoning is just crazy talk.