Here you go. Particularly this page, about the secret German moon base, from 1942 through 1992.
Latest Space Carnivals
It’s moon mania over at Out of the Cradle, and here is the 31st Carnival of Space.
A Fantasy Essay
I see that Mark Whittington is planning a new work of fiction:
I am also reminded that soon I must write an essay about the Internet Rocketeer Club, how does one spot a member, and how to avoid being a member.
I’ll grant him this–he has a rich imagination.
Arrogance
Hillary seems to be quite confident that she will be the next president:
Couric asked, “How disappointed will you be” if she doesn’t win; Clinton replied: “Well, it will be me.” “Clearly,” the CBS anchor persisted, “you have considered” the “possibility of losing”? “No, I haven’t,” said Clinton. “So you never even consider the possibility?” “I don’t. I don’t.”
Really?
In that case, why not give up your Senate seat? You’ll have to quit next year, anyway, and you’d be able to devote full time to your campaign, and not short change the good people of New York of one of their Senator’s services. And the governor (at least until he’s indicted and has to resign) is a Democrat who would nominate another to replace you, so there’d be no change in the Senate party alignment.
What are you waiting for?
Or is it just an act?
The amusing thing is that it isn’t clear that such arrogant statements even help her. Novak, after all, calls it a gaffe (though I don’t know why he thinks it’s her first). I think that it will reinforce the negative feelings that a lot of people already have about her.
Sophomoric
But perhaps it’s forgivable, since it was probably written by actual sophomores. Here’s a call by the editorial staff of the Harvard Crimson to repeal the Second Amendment. The amount of historical (and other) ignorance displayed here is breathtaking. I don’t have time to do it, but this needs a thorough fisking.
I do think it’s a good sign in a sense, though. They’re realizing that the jig is up, and that the court is very likely to overturn the DC gun laws, and many others. They’ll no longer be able to pretend that it’s not an individual right.
[Update at 3 PM EST]
Gullyborg has risen to the challenge. He missed a key point here, though:
Written in an age in which minutemen rose to dress and fight at a moment
Bring It On
Early detection of cancer and Alzheimers with blood tests:
The company is also validating protein-based tests for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, the latter an affliction for which the only conclusive test is currently an autopsy. Among the possible benefits of a proteomic Alzheimer’s test, due out late next year, would be the ability to definitively separate sufferers from those with other neurodegenerative problems, now a major obstacle to running effective clinical trials of drugs for Alzheimer’s.
“Power3 won’t do it all,” says Essam Sheta, the company’s director of biochemistry. “But my expectation is that in the next five years, we as a scientific community will be able to develop diagnostic tests for many, many types of diseases.”
Let’s hope so.
How To Raise Smart Kids
Don’t tell them that they are.
I think that it’s going to be tough to estimate the huge damage to society that the “self esteem” movement has caused.
[Via Geek Press]
You Earth-Hating Hosers!
Canadian beer drinkers threaten the planet.
Mark Steyn’s shirt buttons (presumably the lower ones) are bursting with pride.
Huckabee Thoughts
I have to say that, while I disagree with Mike Huckabee about almost everything, he is a good debater. He’s witty, and quick on his feet.
Unfortunately (and I don’t have a solution to this problem–it’s endemic to a republic) the qualities that are necessary to win the presidency are not necessarily those necessary to be an effective or good president. Bill Clinton is one of the most notable examples of this. Sadly, and conversely, Fred Thompson may be as well, though ironically, if he never becomes president, we’ll never get a chance to find out…
Shocking
Are you sitting down?
Bill Clinton wasn’t completely truthful yesterday.
Unlike Jonah, I won’t go so far as to say he lied. I think that he manages to persuade himself at the time that whatever he is saying is true. It’s a trait of an effective sociopath.