I know a lot about solar power and trust me, space solar power is not a good option.
Elon Musk, Aug 3, 2006
When Caltech looked at the sailboat that lost the America’s Cup, they found that it had less drag being dragged backwards than forwards.
The case for beaming solar power to Earth is bad. So bad that it actually works better to beam from Earth to space.
I think I see a candidate for president in ’08 that the “netroots” could really get behind. Hugh Hewitt talks about their latest hearthrob:
“Even before the translation could be heard, I felt more assured of his intelligence and comprehension than I’ve ever felt about Bush speaking in mangled English. He’s a very savvy politician, to be sure.”
And
“He is smart and is also media savvy or surrounded by people that are, as shown by the wardrobe, the mannerisms and likely even the pitch and tone of his chosen translator.”
And
“He certainly has some of the same comments and questions of bush that we do. He raised many good points.”
Plus, he’s all for destroying the Zionist Entity! What’s not to love?
I think I see a candidate for president in ’08 that the “netroots” could really get behind. Hugh Hewitt talks about their latest hearthrob:
“Even before the translation could be heard, I felt more assured of his intelligence and comprehension than I’ve ever felt about Bush speaking in mangled English. He’s a very savvy politician, to be sure.”
And
“He is smart and is also media savvy or surrounded by people that are, as shown by the wardrobe, the mannerisms and likely even the pitch and tone of his chosen translator.”
And
“He certainly has some of the same comments and questions of bush that we do. He raised many good points.”
Plus, he’s all for destroying the Zionist Entity! What’s not to love?
I think I see a candidate for president in ’08 that the “netroots” could really get behind. Hugh Hewitt talks about their latest hearthrob:
“Even before the translation could be heard, I felt more assured of his intelligence and comprehension than I’ve ever felt about Bush speaking in mangled English. He’s a very savvy politician, to be sure.”
And
“He is smart and is also media savvy or surrounded by people that are, as shown by the wardrobe, the mannerisms and likely even the pitch and tone of his chosen translator.”
And
“He certainly has some of the same comments and questions of bush that we do. He raised many good points.”
Plus, he’s all for destroying the Zionist Entity! What’s not to love?
With the Middle East seemingly on a rolling boil right now, Taylor Dinerman has a new review of Bob Zubrin’s 2003 satire The Holy Land. I briefly reviewed it myself a couple years ago, and it sadly remains very topical today.
Sarah Baxter, on the moral and intellectual confusion of the “anti-war” left (both “feminist” and otherwise).
The peace movement lost a foe in Reagan but has gone on to find new friends in today
Jon Goff has some interesting thoughts. I agree, for the most part. If Florida wants to continue to play in the game (at least for commercial vehicles), it has to realize that it no longer has the intrinsic geographical advantage that it’s thought it did for years. This is an issue that is going to take a lot of work with AST to sell, though, particularly for orbital flights.
My thoughts on the latest Reuters scandal (at least “Routers” has never used fake pics…) over at TCS Daily, and what it may mean for the future of press photography.
If this report is true, it seems monumentally stupid on Syria’s part (not that there’s anything improbable, or wrong with that). In fact, it seems like a golden opportunity for Israel to salvage some face from what is so far (relative to Arab expectations) a disaster.
Israel could take out Syria’s tanks with a trivial effort, and no losses whatsoever. If they think that they’re somehow going to get the Golan back in this little imbroglio, Baby Assad (or whoever is really running the country) is even dumber than he looks.
Faye Flam wonders if we really got it on with Neanderthals. But what’s really funny is the Freeper thread about the story (warning–not work safe–Helen Thomas photoshops involved).