I hadn’t realized that the Air Force had given NG over half a billion for The Stick. I hope that this is the last of the money that will be wasted on it.
SN9
Bob Zimmerman has a post up about today’s planned flight.
If it happens, it will have happened on the 35th anniversary of the loss of Challenger, and on my birthday.
[Update a few minutes later]
Looks like winds are too high, so they’ll miss the anniversary.
[Afternoon update]
Well, it looks like they are going to try today. They’re loading propellant, but there seems to be an FAA issue.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Well, here‘s what we know so far.
Home Defense
News you can use: Good shotguns for not a lot of money. I’ve been thinking about getting a Mossberg.
The Revolution
“The Board also voted to change the name of Roosevelt Middle School, even though no one was sure whether it was named after Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Better safe than sorry. By the way, the Board does not have new names chosen for the schools. It just wants to get rid of the old ones.”
Just number them. That’s what the Soviets did, after all.
End Run
Trump may not be able to tweet any more, but Big Tech can’t stop him from sending emails. Here‘s the new website.
Recipe Bloggers
Why they make you read so far to get to the recipe.
“Journalists”
Canceling The Cancelers
Russia
This appears to be the biggest mass demonstration since the fall of the Soviet Union. And in such frigid temperatures.
Biden’s Culture-War Blitzkrieg
Thoughts from Rod Dreher, but mostly quotes from Andrew Sullivan.
[Update Sunday morning]
Sorry, link fixed now, but the original one is pretty good, too.