Greg Benford says it’s about to get real.
There is no "Pluto of my imagination." I devote very little thought to Pluto. Never have. http://t.co/EMoXB3Wf89
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 14, 2015
Barack Obama
Is he the most sexist president ever?
@TwitchyTeam Now Obama knows (sort of) how Bill Clinton felt when Team Obama accused him of being a racist.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 13, 2015
@TwitchyTeam It's nice to see the Democrats finally turning their divisive hateful rhetoric on each other. The rest of us can munch popcorn.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 13, 2015
Me, watching Dems circling wagons and firing hate artillery inward. @DaveCC1109 @TwitchyTeam pic.twitter.com/wAId79eWqC
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 13, 2015
Elon Musk’s Space Dream
It started with sending mice to Mars, and got crazier from there.
Germany’s Green-Power Program
Hey, can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
The Pope
Seems to be coddling dictators and cozying up to liberation theology.
I wonder if the cardinals expected this? They shouldn’t be surprised, give his history.
Amtrak
It doesn’t need more taxpayer cash, it needs to be sold off, or given away. Actually, it’s not so much what it needs, but what the taxpayer needs. As noted, it’s primarily an income transfer scheme from lower-income taxpayers all over the country to the wealthy in the northeast corridor and union members.
[Update a few minutes later]
“‘Amtrak doesn’t get enough government money,’ is the kind of thing someone says when that person doesn’t understand anything about Amtrak, or government, or money.”
Heh.
Political Discourse
The Democrats have forgotten how to argue.
When all you have is ad hominem, straw men, name calling and lies, that’s what happens.
[Late-afternoon update]
“Leftism is generally about hatred and envy, masquerading as compassion.”
The House Science Committee
It’s marking up several space bills today. You can watch the webcast, if you have the stomach for the inevitable bipartisan stupidity. On Twitter, follow @jeff_foust and/or @SpcPlcyOnline.
The White Man Reading List
So, I saw this tweet:
"If you are a white man and think you do not own these books, try looking under your bed, they're probably there." http://t.co/cLnPBhUKES
— Mallory Ortberg (@mallelis) May 12, 2015
I decided to see how accurate it was.
It was sort of a fail, at least for me. I own less than 25% of those books, and have read fewer than a third. Many of them I read as a kid, when my parents had copies.
Abortion
What gives Congress the right to regulate it?
Nothing in the Constitution.
Note that (as with Roe v. Wade), one’s position on abortion is, or at least should be, irrelevant to whether Congress (or SCOTUS) has the power to declare it either legal or illegal. It’s about process, not outcome. But too many from both sides of the aisle (as we saw with ObamaCare) don’t give a damn about process if they get the outcome they want.