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(This is a reconstruction. I have not gone to the effort of reformatting it again from its original shape, copied from a commenter under another blog who graciously gave me permission to repost it here.) Once upon a time I met an old man in the old country, formerly a small farmer with a couple […]
This is a repost of an earlier post that got lost in our system. For all those who are watching this kind of thing, SpaceX is launching a cargo F9 to the International Space Station on Wednesday, at the inconvenient time of 3:59 am EDT (1400 GMT), May 1st. They did the standard live fire […]
This showed up in my email this morning and I thought some of you would enjoy. Catchy toon.
So Joe Biden is like a sort of free-range therapist for women?
Since Steve Walton mentioned them in his recent post The Dark Horse, I thought I’d post the video that is the only reason I have any idea what they actually are and how they function: Here’s the written version if you find that easier to digest: Why Have SpaceX, Boeing & Blue Origin Ditched Abort […]
In case anyone forgot to look up the video Bill mentioned at the beginning of Stratosphere Lounge Episode 215, here ’tis, in all its glory: ETA: With further discussion in BACKSTAGE 4-30-2019
I often answer questions on Quora. Most of my writing there is Second Amendment and firearms related. I noticed this Question, today. I was not particularly kind, and purposely ignored the follow-up question… Is there any logical reason why ownership of assault weapons (rifles with features that look like assault weapons) is protected by law […]
This is a fascinating look inside a Soviet Typhoon-class submarine. I don’t know whether the evident condition of this tub is because it’s mothballed, or just because that’s how Russians do things (some of the pictures indicate clearly-active equipment, odd). If this is normal, then I have a greater respect for the skill (or stupidity) […]
It’s easy to forget that Sierra Nevada Corporation has been beavering away for quite some time to develop a man-rated spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. However, short of a landing gear failure during a test in 2013, they are progressing along a path that may see them delivering cargo to the […]
With regard to assisted suicide.I believe this is an individual choice.A choice that can only be made by the individual in question. Those that are in pain and/or terminally ill should be able to seek a humane method of ending their life. Not saying those that are mentally ill should immediately be permitted to. Those […]
That didn’t take long. Architectural expert Tom Wilkinson has called for replacing the spire of Notre Dame with — a minaret. Writing in Domus, he says: …what about the approximately 100 Algerians who were killed by the French police while protesting the Algerian War in 1961, many of them thrown into the Seine at the […]
Part 3 of the documentary detailing the events at Evergreen College back in 2017. They actually took faculty and staff hostage, and were hunting specific members of the faculty. It’s chilling. https://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/25/evergreen-state-college-film-hunted-individual/ Parts 1 & 2 is here: https://hotair.com/archives/2019/03/06/short-film-evergreen-state-college/
Was watching BW Now over breakfast this morning. The episode about Clinton flack Joe Lockhart advocating letting Trump destroy the GOP on his own, which he surely will. I agree w/ Joe. But not for the reasons Joe states. I jumped to comment on the vid. But on further thought, I figured it would […]
It seems that everyone focused on the ‘no collusion’ and ‘no obstruction’ bottom lines in the summary of the report. What struck me initially was the Mueller statement that not Trump, nor anyone in his family, nor anyone on his staff, NOR ANY AMERICAN colluded with the Russians. The “nor any American” seemed out of […]