Thursday, May 08, 2014

House NASA spending bill has language concerning asteroid, Mars flyby missions

Scandal: Vets Wait Twice as Long in VA Hospital ERs as Civilians in Regular ERs

The Washington Times is reporting that yet another example of the perils of government run health care has cropped up in the form of veterans having to wait twice as long in VA hospital ERs as civilians do in regular ERs.

Hollywood Discovers, Belatedly, that There is Islamist Fascism

A strange thing has occurred in Hollywood, that home to extreme left wing politics. Some celebrities have discovered that there really is such a thing as Islamist fascism, according to a piece in the Washington Times.

FEC Chairman Warns About the Drive to Regulate Conservative Media

Lee E. Goodman, the current head of the Federal Election Commission, has a bone chilling warning that government bureaucrats are casting about for excuses to rein in the growing power of conservative media.

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

The 'Godzilla Methodology' for Resolving the East China Sea Conflict
Can an Artifical Intelligent Computer Be Made Safe for Humanity?
Former NASA chief Mike Griffin supports 2021 Mars/Venus flyby mission

White House Climate Disruption Report Perverts Science for Political Purposes

The Obama administration has released a report that announces that the crisis formally known as global warming and then climate change and now known as climate disruption is real and government must be grown to deal with it.

Monica Lewinsky Rises like an Unquiet Ghost

Like an unquiet ghost, Monica Lewinsky, whose high school-like fling with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office made the late 1990s so entertaining, has arisen once again to try to explain herself and to take a shot at Hillary Clinton.

Find the Nigerian School Girls, Rescue Them. And Kill Their Bobo Haram Captors

Americans, almost 13 years into the War on Terror, are understandably weary of foreign intervention. However a group of Islamists thugs kidnapping Nigerian school girls have provided a reason for one such that all can get behind.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

NASA, French cast doubt on SpaceX reusable rocket project

Joni Ernst Rides Up to a Shooting Range on Her Harley, Takes Aim at Obamacare

Joni Ernst, wife, mom, far girl, veteran, and candidate for United States Senate from the great state of Iowa, continues to amaze and delight. Her latest campaign ad has her riding up to a shooting range on her Harley.

Obamacare Kills Romneycare

Back during the 2012 election campaign when Mitt Romney was arguing against Obamacare, the rejoinder was that it was inspired by the former Massachusetts governor's own health care reform law, popularly known as Romneycare.

With the Return of '24' Jack Bauer is Back and Terrorists Better Beware

When "24" was in its eight season run, its main character, super operative Jack Bauer, was both celebrated and reviled for his willingness to do what it took to take down terrorists. Baptize by waterboarding? That is Jack being restrained.

Monday, May 05, 2014

Grant and Lee Clash Again at the Battle of Spotsylvania April 8-21, 1864
NASA moves to commercialize Kennedy Space Center space shuttle landing strip

How a Possible Diabetes Cure May Pay for Over 50 Years of NASA Spending

A recent story in the National Review suggests that a cure for diabetes may be drawing nigh thanks to a long ago physics experiment conducted on the space shuttle Challenger. It casts money spent on NASA programs in an interesting light.

Russia's Putin Conducting Disinformation Campaign Against Fracking

Back when the Soviet Union was still in full bloom, its government was the master of a strategy known as disinformation. Much of the 1980s nuclear freeze movement could be linked to this strategy, for example.

Democrats Mull IRS, Benghazi Obstruction and Stonewalling Strategy

The Washington Times suggests that House Democrats have a conundrum concerning the IRS and Benghazi scandals. Should they go along with Republicans demands for investigations or should they obfuscate and stonewall?