Just another retired engineer wandering around the cold, cold wilderness trying to find whatever's left of my witless country.
If any of you folks are unaware of the existence of Pat Condell, it’s time for introductions. A videoblogger extraordinaire, he brings biting wit, sarcastic charm, and clear freedom-loving rhetoric that only be found in the British Isles. And he’s been at it for a long, long time. Here is his latest, and here is […]
There are major things happening right now that the media could care less about reporting. Flyover Americans are suffering. Our “betters” in the media industry continue to prove every day why this site and others like it need to succeed. I read this in American Thinker, and the news probably is being presented on other […]
(updated) Senator Elizabeth Warren, socialist Democrat from Massachusetts, reveals her inner liar with astounding clarity this morning. The twit tweets: Every vote matters. We need to get rid of the Electoral College so that presidential candidates have to ask every American in every part of the country for their vote, not just those in battleground […]
NASA Administrator Bridenstine met with Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, and the four astronauts scheduled to fly on the new Crew Dragon capsule, just prior to the launch of the very successful Demo-1 mission. Bridenstine chats a bit with Musk about how close SpaceX came to not existing, and then brings in Doug Hurley, Mike […]
With the appearance of a post today by member David Hammack about firearms and firearm rights, I thought I’d drop a post to make known a fascinating resource on the subject of antique weapons. Ian McCollum is an enthusiast on the subject, and I doubt if there’s much you could find in the history of […]
On December 18th, 2018, the chilly air over the Bering Sea was hit by the biggest meteor to strike the Earth since the Chelyabinsk event on February 15th, 2003. Some instruments estimate the yield at approximately 200 kilotons. The meteor came in nearly vertically at roughly 58.6 degrees north latitude by 174.2 west longitude. Peter […]
I ran into a few images lately that help to give an appreciation of how all the various existing, developing, and conceptual space launching systems compare. Of course, size doesn’t always translate directly into payload capacity, but it’s a good general indicator of oomph (this is a technical term I like to use). Here is […]
Scott Kordella, Director of Outer Space Systems at Mitre, wrote an interesting op-ed that appeared in the March 11th print issue of SpaceNews magazine. He tries to look ahead to the challenges that are already cropping up as private industry moves into the realm of space. This isn’t a subject to be laughing off. America, […]
Six-term US Representative from Minnesota Gil Gutknecht writes on Townhall that the Jeep Super Bowl ad reflected an America that will not only re-elect President Trump to a second term, but will stand up in a wave to hand him a 45-state slam dunk victory. All elections boil down to fairly simple questions. The next […]
It is the greatest understatement of all time: we are poorly served by our employees in Congress. Brian Lonergan, writing in American Greatness this morning, brings some some numbers to light on the desperate situation we find ourselves in vis-a-vis the so-called “Democratic Party”. Apparently, all but six in the House of Representatives (whom do […]
Time to break out the pot and get started on corn beef and cabbage! My technique is quite possibly the simplest cooking known to man: put corned beef, red potatoes, baby carrots, and a full-size cabbage cut into quarters in a pot of water. Boil half the day. Pour a glass of Guiness, and eat! […]
The Washington state senate just passed a bill requiring all persons running for office to make public the last five years of their tax returns. Rick Moran of American Thinker reports today on this lawless, corrupt, and brazen attempts by Democrats to disenfranchise voters: Democrats are fond of reminding us recently that presidents are not […]
Have you ever stopped to think about how grateful you should be that starting your car isn’t as hard as it was in your grandfather’s time (or your great-grandfather, as the case may be)? Today, it’s purely reflex to get in, make sure it’s in park (or neutral), and twist a key (or push a […]
Sam Roche, writing in American Greatness, notes that today is the day, in 44 BC, that the Roman Senate assassinated Julius Caesar. And then go goes on to note the many similarities between Caesar’s tasks and Donald Trump’s tasks. While his assassins claimed to have freed the Roman Republic from a tyrannical Dictator for Life, […]
Dalibor Farny is a fellow who got interested in Nixie tubes back in 2011, started playing around with them, learned how to make them, and turned his hobby into a thriving business. How very American of him — yet he lives in the Czech Republic (I think). What is not so American, is that he’s […]