It was originally scheduled for 9 AM EST, but it’s been delayed. The clock at the webcast is currently at 54 minutes and counting.
[Update shortly after the test]
Well, the webcast was a little glitchy, but it looked like a successful firing and shutdown to me. Now on the launch on Tuesday. Which, coincidentally, in addition to being the 69th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, is the 38th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon.
Scientific American weighs in. I wish they wouldn’t call it the “Obama plan.”
Thoughts on the collectivists’ attempts to split the Tea Party. Count me as an agnostic libertarian who has no problem with evangelical Christians, or church charity.
More thoughts. I, too, am mystified by the commenter who wants to grant tenure to all existing federal laws. To me, one of the benefits of the amendment would be in its potential to clean up the existing code.
Corey Maye has been granted the right to a new trial. In a just world, Radley Balko would get a Pulitzer for this.
I have some thoughts on today’s NASA announcement over at The Corner.
[Update a few minutes later]
Alan Boyle has a lot more on the story.
Cantor, Bishop and the other supporters of the amendment believe they are rebalancing the Constitution in a way the Framers would like. But it’s strange that the lawmakers would show their reverence for the Founding Fathers by redrafting their work.
Hey, Dana. The Founders put an amendment process into the Constitution for a reason. Though I suspect that one reason that hadn’t occurred to them would be that people like you would decide that it was a “living document,” subject to perverse interpretation that would eviscerate it of their original intent.
[Afternoon update]
More thoughts on Milbank’s ignorance, from La Althouse.
…and religion. Some interesting research.
Why the Tea Party resonates with the American people.