Jeff Foust has some interesting comments from the administrator, and more criticism of the ostensible plans from parochial congresspeople. There is also some confirmation of yesterday’s scoop by the Orlando Sentinel. And interestingly, there was “no discussion of a heavy-lift vehicle.” I’m not sure whether this means that there isn’t one, or that it simply wasn’t discussed. Since NASA is embarking on a new architecture study, I wonder if a no-heavy-lifter option will be on the table?
Owing O’Keefe A Correction
That’s what CBS and the LA Times do.
Reengineering Bacteria
…to make oil.
Faster, please.
The Maverick Of Mojave
A Roundup Of SOTU Reactions
From Instapundit. They’re not pretty.
Is The Teleprompter
…a sign of emotional distress?
The man is clearly way out of his depth.
What Movie?
…makes you laugh the hardest?
I don’t know how to answer that question, because I think it’s a time-dependent variable. I know what movies made me laugh hard in the past, though I couldn’t quantify it, but I’m not sure I’d find them as funny today, either because they would have lost something in rewatching, or because I’ve grown, or at least changed, over time, and have a different sense of humor. Obviously, something you might have found hilarious as a child might leave you cold today. On the other hand, you might have seen something as a child that your parents laughed at uproariously, but that you didn’t get. I think that a lot of young people miss a lot of humor in The Simpsons because they aren’t familiar with the cultural referents.
But just off the top of my head, I recall Blazing Saddles, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Dr. Strangelove, The Wrong Box and other Peter Sellers movies as side splitters at the time. Also Woody Allen and Steve Martin.
The Last Night Launch
May occur on February 7th for the Shuttle. Hard to imagine it will beat the one we saw last year, which most program veterans agreed was the most spectacular ever.
Historians Gone Wild
For some reason, the History News Network has decided to go on the attack against Liberal Fascism (the book, not the belief system), two years after it was first published. Jonah responds.
Top Donkeys At War
Good. It will help reduce the warfare they’ve been making on the rest of us and the economy.