Business, Space, Technology and Society

CRS Mission

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It was scrubbed yesterday for weather, but it’s set to launch in a few minutes. It’s an unflown booster, but the cargo Dragon has flown before.

[Update a few minutes later]

Everything looking good through Max Q.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Clean MECO and stage separation. About to do boostback of the booster. Grid fins are deployed.

[Update a few more minutes later]

Another successful landing. I don’t think they’ve had a failure for Falcon 9 since the first success, though they have lost them on Falcon Heavy.

[Update a few more minutes later]

Solar arrays deployed, and Dragon on its way to ISS.

[Late-morning update]

With this launch, SpaceX has hit another milestone.

Administrative, General, Health

Back Update

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The bad news is that I can’t get an epidural until December 16th. The good news is that maybe I don’t need it. I’m no longer in back pain, though the problem has migrated lower into my upper thigh, making me a little gimpy. On the other hand, that’s getting better, too. At this rate, I should be back to normal this weekend. Now I have to start some strength training to prevent a recurrence.

History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Impeachment Clown Show

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Star clown Al Greene complains that there was insufficient racial diversity among the witnesses. Meanwhile, Jonathan Turley shot down many of the Dem’s “arguments” in flames.

[Update a while later]

Green’s complaint is pretty hilarious, given that the witnesses were selected by Democrat leadership.

Not surprising, of course, since the Democrat Party is traditionally the party of racism.

[Update a few minutes later]

Turley: Under the Dems definition of abuse of power, Obama could have been impeached.

He should have been, actually.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

Iran In Flames

…and thanks to Trump hatred, the “elites” didn’t even see it coming.

I remember a political cartoon from 1979, showing one spook talking to another: “Pssst, there’s a revolution happening in Iran.” The other one replies, “Quick, notify President Truman!”

One of the most shameful things that Obama did was to implicitly support the Mullahs during the Green Revolution, probably because that’s what Valerie Jarrett told him to do, and partly because he wanted to have them around in order to “negotiate” a shit “deal” with them.

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