We didn’t feel a thing this morning. Slept right through it.
Resetting The Clock
Life extension through telomere reprogramming?
Faster, please.
The New Republic
As a commenter there notes, in its early days, it was a cheerleader for Mussolini and other fascists. So nothing has changed.
The Science Is Settled
Environmentalists are sanctimonious moral midgets. Like Treacher, I am unsurprised.
Translation
Why it matters. I recall in high school when I read an English translation of Dante’s Inferno (the only way I could read it, being almost completely innocent of Italian), and being impressed at the ability of the translator to take poetry from one language to another.
How Ignorant Are Journalists?
This ignorant.
As is pointed out in comments, it’s probably partly a generational thing. The generation that fought that war is dying and almost gone. But it’s also a consequence of how awful the teaching of history is in the public school system and universities.
And these are the people who are supposed to be informing the rest of us? No wonder Obama was elected.
Teevee Deals
I’d upgrade to a fifty-plus incher
But if you buy one from the link, it will help me get one, too. Not to mention buy my next bowl of gruel…
And it’s nice to see electronics continue to drop in price, even if space access doesn’t.
Destroying A Brand
If this rumor is true, ABC will have completed the destruction of a respected Sunday-morning news show that started with the late great David Brinkley:
If Amanpour does accept, the long-running Sunday show could he shaken up, according to the report.
Amanpour said she wants to make “This Week” more about foreign affairs and less focused on domestic American politics. If she takes the job, her desire is to do a number of shows each year outside the country. If she takes the post, sources say this would be a complete remaking on the show, a program much more focused on international affairs. What’s more, Amanpour is telling colleagues that she does not wish to move to Washington, D.C., that she’d prefer to remain in New York and travel for the job should she decide to take it.
Given that Amanpour’s career has focused more on international news than Beltway politics, it makes sense that there could be format changes that play upon her strengths.
Since Brinkley’s retirement, it’s been all downhill, starting with Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson, then Stephanopolous. They’ve been trying out a few others since the latter left, including Jake Tapper, who (in my opinion) would have reelevated it significantly. If Amanpour takes over, I know I’ll never watch it again.
Where No Man Has Ever Gone Before
And, let’s hope, never goes again:
[Via Phil Bowermaster]
An Alternate Reality
Clark Lindsey has some thoughts on NASA (and particularly Constellation) supporters’ apparent complete indifference to cost. I find this staggering as well, and a cause of much of the program’s political woes. But hey, it’s not their money, right?