…do all the people who were predicting that Sarah Palin would drop out within a couple days look now?
[Update a few minutes later]
More thoughts from Ann Althouse, on foolish Eagleton comparisons.
News You Can Use
You (or at least they) can tell a woman’s v@ginal org@smic potential by watching the way she walks.
Can’t Wait
I just love Florida.
I’m in LA right now, but going home to Boca on Saturday. And right now, the models have a Cat 4 hurricane directly hitting my current home town on Tuesday night.
Patricia put up the shutters on the windows earlier this week in anticipation of Hannah, which is now a tropical storm and missing Florida. But at least we’ll be mostly ready for Ike. But I’ll still have to put up plywood on the patio doors, and a hurricane that strong could have a flooding surge. We may decide to head up to Orlando, but this weekend will give us a much better sense of where it’s really heading early next week.
An Interesting Interview
…with Mike Griffin.
Not a lot new here for people who have been following it. And I would have a lot bolder vision for a “perfect world” than simply enough money to fly Shuttle while developing the Paintshaker. And he seems to be ignoring the issue that they share facilities and that mods have to occur (unless he was asking for enough money for new facilities for the new launcher).
And this is a useful point:
Q: When I tell non space people about the gap, the response is almost universally “you’re kidding.” Why is that?
Griffin: The ‘you’re kidding’ part and the lack of notice, for several years it was something fairly far off in the future. The actual circumstance doesn’t even occur in the next president’s administration unless that president gets two terms. It certainly wasn’t occurring in this president’s administration and it doesn’t occur in any of the next couple of Congresses, right? Nobody around today was certain to be on scene when the actual consequence occurs. Moreover, I don’t think anybody reading about it in the papers … thought really that it was going to be allowed to come to pass.
A lot of people argue that we need governments to fund things like this because private industry is too short sighted.
Give me a break.
Tied?
This is just one poll, but it indicates that either Obama didn’t get a convention bounce, or it was negated by events since (and the Republican convention didn’t really get going until last night). If it’s valid, it’s hard to see anything other than the Palin selection as the cause. And note the difference between this poll and the one on the weekend (eight points). As I noted previously, weekend polls are notorious for favoring Democrats.
Also, if valid, it’s bad news for Obama. If McCain gets a convention bounce, he’ll be well in the lead.
A Roundup Of Palin Reax
From Iowahawk.
How We Know Some People Have Too Much Money
Testicular implants for pets.
Worth Its Weight In Gold
A list of items that have a higher value density than gold. This is a characteristic of any viable product of space manufacturing, at least one that will have a market on earth, because transportation costs are so high.
Oh, By The Way
You just know the Obama campaign is going to try to scare you out of voting for her. They’re gonna say she can’t manage her family. And that she kills innocent helpless animals. And did we mention that she’s a woman?
If you don’t vote for McCain/Palin, you’re a sexist. And probably a secret misogynist.
What a delicious trap for the identity politics crowd.
Senator Obama’s Legislative Accomplishments
Alex Knapp points out that he gets a bad rap, at least in his Senate career. I think that a lot of people tend to focus on all his “present” votes in the IL legislature.
But I don’t necessarily judge a legislator by the quantity of laws generated. The quality matters much more to me. In fact, I’d prefer an effective legislator who did nothing other than preventing bad legislation, even if (s)he never originated any. I don’t think that the country suffers from a shortage of laws, particularly federal ones. And I’d really go for someone who would work to overturn much of the bad law currently on the books.