Business, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

The Election And Space

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Briefly, I don’t think a Biden win is great news, particularly given that Bridenstine has stated that he won’t serve in a Biden administration even if asked. But someone asked me on Twitter what it means for the Artemis Accords, and that will at least partially depend on who the new Secretary of State will be. I’ve heard rumors that Romney might be up for the job, as someone who would be easy to get confirmed, but that would be bad news indeed, given his opinions about space. I wrote about it during the 2012 campaign, and thought that my readers might find it of interest.

As far as a new administrator, an obvious choice would be Lori Garver, but I don’t think she’s confirmable, regardless of how the Senate ends up, just because of enmity from the space porkers like Shelby. Whether she becomes administrator or not, we can be sure that there will be a much bigger emphasis on climate for NASA.

[Afternoon update]

The transition team has been announced. Pam Melroy is the point person for NASA. If she ends up being administrator, we could do a lot worse, and have.

Law, Mathematics, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Election

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Well, as we feared, it’s looking like another 2000. But despite Fox’s calling it for Biden, Arizona appears to be still in play. It’s unclear what this means for the Senate race there with the gun-grabbing astronaut. And with the Republicans keeping the Senate, Biden is screwed, regardless, and Schumer’s dreams (and our nightmares) of court and Senate packing are dead.

[Thursday-morning update]

Massive voter fraud in Wisconsin?

[Update a few minutes later]

Yes, the Democrats are trying to steal the election in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

[Update Friday morning]

Milwaukee officials have some explaining to do.

The likely large-scale fraud of 2020 calls way too much attention to itself. If the data I am looking at are correct, there are people on the hard left who may want to get caught. For them, a Biden win overturned by the Supreme Court would offer a whole lot more opportunity for mayhem than they could hope to find with a faltering old liberal as president.

Sadly, he may be right.

[Noon update]

Larry Correia is…upset. To say the least.

[Sunday-morning update]

Some good news may be coming.

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[Update late afternoon]

[Monday-morning update]

Some…interesting…data analysis. I’m adding “Mathematics” to the categories of this post.

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Administrative, Business, Technology and Society

Fedora Problem

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I’m running Fedora 31 (I know, I should update to at least 32), with two monitors. One monitor is always in Workspace 3 (its primary function is to display a virtual Windows installation). Sometimes, when the machine wakes up, only the main monitor will wake up. I can activate the other one by going into settings, changing it from “Join” to “Mirror,” then reverting. But the problem with this is that, in addition to being a PITA, it for some reason jumbles up my work spaces, moving things around that I then have to rearrange the way I want them. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Update on November 6th)]

I upgraded to 32, and the problem seems to have gone away. So I guess it wasn’t just me.

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