Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
I'm surprised there wasn't one of those cringy online chats called "Terrorists for Kamala"
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Monday, May 26, 2025
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Sometime in the near future, if all goes well, a billion or more video screens will show the image of a stainless-steel tower on the lunar surface, the Starship Human Landing System. Then, a close-up of the elevator will follow, bearing two space-suited astronauts from the crew compartment to the base of the lander.
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
But what if things had gone differently? If Israel Lost the War by Richard Chesnoff, Edward Klein, and Robert Littel seeks to answer that question.
The alternate history novel depicts a Six Day War in reverse. The Arab air forces strike first, destroying the Israeli Air Force on the ground, The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon roll in and conquer Israel within days. The life of the Jewish state, then just 19 years old, is snuffed out.
Monday, May 19, 2025
All prayers for @ScottAdamsSays. I pray that the doctors are mistaken. But if they are not, I hope God is a Dilbert fan.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
The so-called “skinny” version of the federal budget proposal was released recently. The NASA portion is causing angst and consternation.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Jared Isaacman will have quite a lot on his plate in his role of running America’s space agency once he is fully confirmed. On the top of the list is what to do about sending humans both to the moon and to Mars, which Isaacman proposes to do simultaneously.
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Friday, May 09, 2025
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Monday, May 05, 2025
Sunday, May 04, 2025
Without question, the Hubble Space Telescope is a marvel of technology. NASA and the scientific community recently celebrated the Hubble’s 35th anniversary, as well they should, considering the scientific discoveries the space telescope has garnered, not to mention the hauntingly beautiful images it has produced.
In 1944, with the world convulsed with war, the Contessa Gabriella Doria haunts the piazzas and canals of Venice. Few people know that she is not only an agent for Britain’s MI6 but that she is also a 450 year old vampire. But one SS officer, Kurt Hesselman, knows and has vowed to destroy her, using the occult powers he was born with. Their battle will rage from Gabriella’s beloved Venice to occupied France, and hence to Great Britain on the eve of the largest sea borne invasion in history. The outcome of the war and the fate of the world will hang in the balance.
Saturday, May 03, 2025
From Book 1: July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In this alternate history thriller, President Richard Nixon puts into a motion a scheme to ramp up the space race to pressure the Soviets into making diplomatic and military concessions. Thus begins a story of high adventure on the final frontier and of low intrigue in the corridors of power back on Earth. It will prove to be the fulfillment of a dream for Wendy Pendleton to be the first woman to walk on the moon. It will be a nightmare for Cal Lauren, a political operative determined to stop the space race at all costs to fund the social programs he holds dear.
Children of Apollo: The Space Race Gambit continues with Children of Apollo: The Hard Road to the Stars and concludes with Children of Apollo: The First Woman on the Moon
Friday, May 02, 2025
On a December day in 1967, a pilot whose jet fighter is in the process of cracking up ejects a moment sooner and therefore lives when he otherwise might have died. A life that would have ended on the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base continues on. Six years later, Major Robert Lawrence, United States Air Force, becomes the first black American to walk on the Moon.
Having survived World War II and returned to America, General George S. Patton is given a new assignment by President Harry Truman. He is to travel to the British Mandate of Palestine, where a bloody war is brewing between Jews and Arabs, and give his evaluation to the President. But Patton's tendency to exceed his orders may prove a problem for the United States government. Moreover, a dark secret from his past will threaten to derail his mission entirely.