If I were a young man, I’d go to college in some other state.
Related: The truth about campus “rape culture.” Which is that there isn’t one.
Hillary’s Lesbian Hook Ups
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this was true. Bill was once famously quoted as saying that she had “eaten more p**sy than I have.” And despite the lurid nature of its stories, National Enquirer usually has it right (e.g., they were on to John Edwards’ affair long before any other news outlet wanted to talk about it). They’ve only been successfully sued for libel once, AFAIK.
By itself, it wouldn’t be a factor in my vote, but it will for a lot of people. Particularly since it would be just one more thing she’s being secretive about.
The Armenian Genocide
…was also a jihad.
Makes sense.
SpaceX News
Gywnne says that the next landing attempt may be on land.
Today’s EPA Hearing On The Hill
I listened to some of it. Here is Judith Curry’s prepared testimony, and here are Moynihan’s live tweets.
The Democrats were sufficiently unhappy that they abandoned the hearing before it was over. They can’t handle the truth.
[Update in the afternoon]
Before he walked out, Professor Curry assisted one of the Democrats in beclowning himself.
[Update a few minutes later]
Post-hearing thoughts from her. I agree that the economist’s testimony was valuable, too. They basically told the Democrats that what the EPA plans to do would hit the poor hardest. Which is absolutely true.
Rewriting The History Of Whitewater
My thoughts over at PJMedia on what will be an ongoing attempt to whitewash the Clintons as she runs.
Obama’s KSC Speech On Space
It’s been five years. Stephen Smith has some reflections.
The stupidest thing he said was that we shouldn’t go back to the moon because “Buzz has been there already.”
[Noon update]
More thoughts from Laura Seward Forczyk.
ULA’s New Launcher
Spaceflightnow has a roundup of articles.
SpaceX’s Latest “Failure”
Thoughts on why it was a spectacular success, from Bob Zimmerman.
By the way, the podcast of my talk on The Space Show is available.
Also, I’ll be on John Batchelor’s Hotel Mars segment tonight, at 6:30 PM PDT.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s the video, though it doesn’t show the tipping over.
[Afternoon update]
OK, here’s the best video yet. Looks like they may not get much back. Note the top thruster trying to keep it vertical, but lacking adequate thrust.
@wikkit Poor @TheDroneShip. It must be feeling like Wile E. Coyote. https://t.co/Iq921bbgqF
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 15, 2015
[Update a few minutes later]
Whoops. If you missed it, you missed it. They just made it private. But I think plenty of people saw it, so not sure what the point of hiding it is now.
[Update a few more minutes later]
OK, I’ve update with a new one that seems to have come back on line.
[Late-afternoon update]
Slow motion, color corrected. This looks official (I got it from Elon, via Amanda Stiles).
Vox Day
As I’ve noted, he takes delight in trolling people, and many of them seem to enjoy being outraged.