Monday, September 09, 2013

Nanoparticles Being Developed to Deliver Medication to Cracked Bones
Concept: Insect Drones that Clean a House or Office
Claim: Ted Cruz is Chamberlain, Obama is Churchill, and Assad is Hitler
How NASA Might Have Explored Space Without a Race to the Moon
A 1931 Scheme to Turn the Great Pyramid into a Carnival Ride
Study: Sarah Palin a Tourist Draw to Alaska
Harvesting Water from the Atmosphere
Reviving 'Babylon 5'

Fight Over NASA Launch Pad Could Have Long Term Consequence for Space Exploration

A fight between two entrepreneurial rocket companies over NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center may have long lasting effects on the space agency's ability to conduct deep space exploration starting in the next decade.

Arctic Ice Cap Expansion, Lack of Hurricanes Has Global Warmists Puzzled

The latest development that has global warming alarmists scratching their heads is the sudden expansion of ice covering the North Pole, growing 60 percent in just the past year, according to the UK Daily Mail.

Syria is Being Fought Out in the Shadow of Benghazi

Lost in the noise over the controversy over whether or not to attack Syria is the still festering scandal of Benghazi. Gregory Hicks, the former chief deputy of mission in Libya, was on "This Week" to remind us.

Sunday, September 08, 2013

The Late Frederik Pohl's Predictions for 2012 Made in the Reagan Eighties
A Building in London that Doubles as a Death Ray
The Atomium Would Be a 3D Food Replicator that a Kid Would Enjoy and a Mom Would Love
Computer Apps, Improved Helmets to Alleviate the Effects of Football Head Trauma
Dark Invasion -- Chapter Six
Ted Cruz offers alternate strategy to deal with Syria

Moon Express Aims to Make the Moon the Final Commercial Frontier

With NASA's LADEE moon probe on its way and the Chinese planning to attempt its first lunar landing before the end of 2013 with the Chang'e 3, the question arises, what comes next for the exploration of Earth's nearest neighbor?

The Brief Against a Hillary Clinton/Chris Christie 2016 Election Contest

Somewhat bemused that he is even writing about 2016 in 2013, the venerable George Will lays out the case against the presumed Democratic and Republican frontrunners for the next presidential election, Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie.

What the Center-Right Liberal Party Victory in Australia Means to the United States

Little noticed on this side of the Pacific, Australia has just had an election that constituted something of a political tsunami, sweeping out of power the left wing Labour Party and sweeping in the center-right Liberal Party.

Saturday, September 07, 2013

New Book Claims John Kennedy was a Conservative
LunarSail Would Fly by Sunlight into Lunar Orbit
Lead Roles for '50 Shades of Grey' Movie Cast
NASA's LADEE moon probe successfully launches

Departing from NASA, Lori Garver Takes a Shot at the Space Launch System

Outgoing NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver took the opportunity of her departure from the space agency to take a shot at NASA's heavy lift Space Launch System, which she claims is facing a one to two year delay due to a budget shortfall.

Marco Rubio Stumbles Due to Immigration Reform Stance

The bad news for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fl is that his stance on immigration reform has hurt his presidential prospects, as noted by his collapse in a poll in New Hampshire. The good news is that he has over two years to recover.

Report: Obama Nixed Israeli Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Program in 2012

The Washington Free Beacon has published a report in Israeli media that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had wanted to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear bomb program in 2012 but was pressured not to do so by President Obama.

Friday, September 06, 2013

European Union Considering Technology to Limit Speed of Private Motor Vehicles
'Parkland' is a Movie of the Kennedy Assassination Without Conspiracies
Could a Joint American/Soviet Mission to the Moon in the 1960s Have Happened?
Lori Garver says farewell to NASA
Virgin Galactics SpaceShipTwo goes super sonic

Mitt Romney was Right About (Almost) Everything

Buzzfeed notes that Mitt Romney, the losing Republican candidate in the 2012 election, was pretty much right about everything, from Russia as an enemy to the bankruptcy of Detroit to the increasing unpopularity of Obamacare.

Obamacare's War Against Artists, Writers, and Performers

The Weekly Standard notes that one of the many unintended consequences of Obamacare is that freelance artists, writers, and performers will lose their existing health care plans and will be forced on more expensive health care exchanges.
Was Jack the Ripper Actually a Woman?
Alien Takeover Radio Ad Shows that Social Media is a Powerful Misinformation Tool
The Free Market Could Help Alleviate Organ Shortages

Nancy Pelosi Unsure of House Democrat Support for Syria War

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca, has some bad news for President Obama. She thinks that there may not be enough House Democrats to make up for Republican opponents of the Syrian military strike to pass a resolution supporting the same.

Thursday, September 05, 2013

The Battle of Chickamauga: Two Days of Decision

Rush Limbaugh has authored a children's book. Run in fear...

Rosecrans and Bragg: The Road to Chickamauga
'Bad Robot' to Produce 'Westworld' Series for HBO
'Uncharted' May Be the Next Video Game to Make it to the Big Screen
VGo Robot to Help Neurologists Diagnose Football Players' Concussions
Rumor: Nolan's 'Interstellar' About Growing Corn on Other Worlds
'Pastafarian' Acolyte Wins the Right to Wear a Colander in His Texas Drivers License Photo
'Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard' is About the Zombie Apocalypse and Fracking
What Happens to a Head After a Decapitation?

House Republicans: In Exchange for Syria Authorization Restore Military Funding

The Washington Free Beacon notes that there are a lot of House Republicans who might be persuaded to vote to authorize military action against Syria. The price will be cancelling the sequestration cuts to military spending.

If the Oil Sheiks Want to Pay for the Syria Operation, Let's Charge Them Through the Nose

Real Clear Politics notes that when asked about Middle Eastern support for President Obama's proposal to drop the hammer on Syria for using chemical weapons, Secretary of State John Kerry replied that there are offers to pay for the operation.

Ballot Initiative Proposal: Defund California's High Speed Rail and Fund the Hyperloop

When celebrity entrepreneur Elon Musk first proposed his high speed hyperloop transportation system between Los Angeles and San Francisco, some noted how much less it would cost that California's high speed rail system, not the least Musk himself.

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

'Star Wars Episode VII' to Feature the Children of Leia (and Han) and Luke
James Cameron thinks that 'Gravity' is the 'best space film ever done'
British Man Makes Phone Solicitors Pay for the Privilege
Researchers Find Protein Related to Memory Loss
Ted Cruz 'Al Qaeda Air Force' remarks draws rebuke from GOP congressman
NASA/ESA Cassini observes superstorm on Saturn
Landing sites for NASA Mars probe InSight narrowed to four
Scientists Development Procedure to Transform Scarred Heart Tissue into Fuctioning Heart Cells
China: The Next Stage in Aircraft Carrier Development is the Battlestar Galactica
Breakthrough in Antimatter Production Drawing Nigh
Graphene Can Make Metals Stronger, Lighter

Welcome to Hell, Ariel Castro

One is not supposed to celebrate the death of any human being on the theory that anyone's demise lessens us all. But there are exceptions, like Osama bin Laden and, more recently, Ariel Castro, who has hanged himself in prison.

Just when All Hope Seemed Lost, Jon Stewart Returns from the Desert

Just in time for the upcoming "not war in the classical sense" in Syria, not to mention upcoming clashes over the budget, the debt ceiling, and Obamacare, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart returned from the desert like Moses from the Sinai.

John Kerry's Bizarre Senate Syria 'Not War in the Classical Sense' Testimony

Secretary of State John Kerry's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee concerning the proposal by the Obama administration for a limited military strike on Syria had a number of bizarre moments.

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

'Outbreak' Medical Drama Under Development at NBC
The BMW IGenius Not Likely to Replace the Human Cars Salesman
A Florida Research Institute Develops a Better Tasting Tomato
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Calls 'Pacific Rim' a Work of 'American Propaganda'
NASA veteran Chris Kraft slams space agency's current direction

Ordinary Israelis Bringing Aid to Syrian Refugees as a Regional War Looms

Tom Gross, a Middle East analyst, offers a remarkable report, with an embedded video from an Israeli TV news station, of a largely unknown outside of the region clandestine operation being conducted by ordinary Israelis to help Syrian refugees.

Why Republicans Are Against Military Action in Syria

One of the interesting aspects of the Syria crisis is the reversal of the usual roles that has characterized controversies in which war and peace are concerned. A liberal president is demanding military action and conservatives are against it.

Proposed Bipartisan Medicare Reform Could Help Replace Obamacare

While the debate still rages on the implementation of Obamacare and the ill effects it is having on the American health care system, two House committees have quietly released a report that proposes some reforms for Medicare, according to the Free Beacon.

Sunday, September 01, 2013

Ron Paul Reacts to the Syria Crisis About as Expected

With controversy raging over President Obama's proposed military strike against Syria in retaliation against that country's use of chemical weapons against his own people, one can only wonder what Ron Paul thinks of all of that.

How David Frost Accidentally Made Bill O'Reilly's Career

David Frost, recently dead of a heart attack while on a cruise, is most famous for his interviews of Richard Nixon in the 1970s, celebrated by a stage play and a film by Ron Howard. But he was inadvertently famous for another reason.

Let's Replace Labor Day with Entrepreneur’s Day

Labor Day, as the now 100 year old Department of Labor reminds us, was born of the union movement in the late 19th Century as a special holiday to celebrate the sons (and later daughters) of toil and sweat.
SPS-ALPHA Could Enable Practical Space Based Solar Power
Building 'Shell Worlds' as Future Space Colonies
Ted Cruz Orlando speech sparks chants of 'Run, Ted, Run!'
Neil Armstrong: Two Unknown Stories
A Sponge that Purifies Contaminated Drinking Water
'Star Trek: Renegades' to Be a Different Sort of Trek

The legal issues of asteroid mining

Someone should really write a book that touches on such issues.

Great Britain Struggles with Eliminating Coal and Whether or Not to Frack

Hot Air is reporting that there is some good news and some bad news in Great Britain concerning coal, an evil greenhouse gas causing pollutant. It provides a warning for the United States.

A Bizarre Plea to Decriminalize Statutory Rape

One of the most bizarre and frankly disturbing opeds the Washington Post has published in a long time was one by Betsy Karasik who suggested that statutory rape be decriminalized, at least when it occurs between a teacher and a student.

Obama Punts to Congress Over Military Action in Syria

President Obama's abrupt decision to ask Congress for authorization to strike at Iraq has elicited a number of different reaction, from exaltation in Syria, confusion in Israel, relief and anger in Congress, and derision from the media.