Boeing Leases Former Space Shuttle Facility at the Kennedy Space Center

Recap: 'The Walking Dead,' Season 2, Episode 3, 'Save the Last One'

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Occupy Wall Street Being Sabotaged by the New York Police Department

Texas Firearms Instructor Will Not Train Socialist Liberals, Obama Supporters or Muslims

Herman Cain Gets His High-Tech Lynching

Recap: 'Homeland,' Season 1, Episode 5, 'Blind Spot'

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'Dexter,' Season 6, Episode 5, 'The Angel of Death'

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Recap: 'Once Upon a Time,' Season 1, Episode 2, 'The Thing You Love Most'

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More Global Warming Fraud from the Berkley Earth Surface Temperature Group

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Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Rick Perry on the Future of NASA

Rick Perry Discusses Debates and Taxes on Fox News Sunday

Saudi Solicitation of Kidnapping of Israeli Soldiers Fueled by Middle Eastern Oil

Occupy Wall Street -- More Stories Surreal and Outrageous

Michael Moore's Support of Occupy Wall Street Fraught with Hypocrisy

Herman Cain Knows that His 'Place' is in the White House

Is Obama's OMB Planning to Cancel NASA's Planetary Exploration Program?

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Acquires ShadowHawk Unmanned Helicopter

'Puss in Boots' Comes Highly Recommended for All Ages

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'Beavis and Butt-Head' Return with Riffs on 'Twilight' and Manly Tears

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Occupy Wall Street Revolt Against Freeloaders Point to Continuing Chaos

Fire Hazard Threatens Occupy Wall Street and Surrounding Environs

Addendum: It looks like that the authorities have seized the generators, one of which was actually ecologically correct as it ran on bio-diesel.

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Attorneys for Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Request Jury Consultant

South Park: Broadway Bro Down' Explores the Relationship Between Musicals and a Certain Lewd Act

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NASA Commercial Space Program Runs into Skepticism

'The Three Musketeers' Features Lots of Sword Fights and 17th Century Airships

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Sharia Law to Be Imposed in Post-Gadhafi Libya

Could NASA Be Headed Back to the Moon After All?

Orlando Jones' Death Threat Against Sarah Palin Shows Double Standard

'Beverly Hills Cop' the TV Series?

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Occupy Oakland Mob Dispersed by Police Using Tear Gas, Bean Bag Projectiles

Joss Whedon Filmed 'Much Ado About Nothing' in a Secret 12 Day Shoot

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Paul Ryan's Case Against Class Warfare a Sound One

Rick Perry Faces Conundrum with Texas Confederate License Plate Controversy

Death of Little Girl Yue Yue Shames China

James Webb Space Telescope Could Discover Other Earths

Underpopulation the Latest Crisis to Beset the World

What is Rick Perry's Economic Plan?

Obama to Use Home Affordable Refinance Program to Help Underwater Homeowners

Moammar Gadhafi is Buried, but was His Death Just?

Recap: 'Homeland,' Season 1, Episode 4, 'Semper I'

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Recap: 'The Walking Dead,' Season 2, “Episode 2, 'Bloodlettting'

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Bobby Jindal's Re-Election Propels Him Toward Higher Office

Rick Perry Dips His Toe into Obama Birther Conspiracy Theory

Could NASA Use Space Based Fuel Depots to Explore Space?

Islamic Support of Occupy Wall Street Ought to Be Embarrassing

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Austin Anti-Death Penalty March Highlights Capital Punishment in Texas

Obama Earns His Nobel Prize After the Fact, by Killing Tyrants and Terrorists

Newt Gingrich Proposes Space Prizes to Return to the Moon

Gary Hart for President in 2012?

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Occupy Wall Street Threatened by Fights Over Money, the Coming Winter

Obama Has Made Assassinations Cool Again

First Mexican Long Haul Truck to Deliver Cargo Under NAFTA Agreement

NASA Seeks to Preserve Apollo Landing Sites on the Moon

Joe Biden for President in 2016?

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Apparently getting put on the deck by Buzz Aldrin has not deterred this odious little man:

'Occupy Wall Street' Consumed by Crime Wave

Occupy the Moon?

The mind boggles.

The memoir of one of the two female engineers who worked on the Saturn V.

Why Did Steve Jobs Support Obama but Oppose His Policies?

Obama's Iraq Withdraw Courts Disaster in the Middle East

Three Reasons Rick Perry Is Still Down in the Polls

Is It Time for Nuclear Space Ships?

What is Wrong with NASA's Commercial Crew Program?

The release of the Commercial Crew Integrated Design Contract by NASA, which reserves to the space agency a great deal of power over the design and testing of commercial spacecraft, suggests that the commercial crew program is commercial in name only.

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How to Fix NASA's Commercial Crew Program?

In a previous article, I showed how the Obama administration's commercial crew program, designed to create a commercial launch industry capable of servicing the International Space Station, is commercial in name only.

Moammar Gadhafi is Dead; What Comes Next?

Moammar Gadhafi is dead. He was apparently taken alive outside the town of Sirte. However, while en route to another location, Gadhafi appears to have acquired extra gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder.

Space Entrepreneur: China Could Own the Moon

Rand Simberg provides some notes of NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's keynote speech at the ISPCS. It is a hoot:

Theme of talk is how difficult it is to usher in change, and status quo doesn’t give up power easily.

“This is our Cheers bar.” Great to be here with people working every day to advance space activities and help create a robust industry. Developing industry that had recently been science fiction, but poised to open new frontier.

Witnessed end of magnificent space accomplishment in July with end of Shuttle, but it was just end of the beginning. NASA’s vision to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so we can benefit mankind.

Plan includes deep-space rocket and crew vehicle that will allow us to take people further than ever before, while creating good-paying US jobs. ISS remains centerpiece, and beyond 2020, beyond earth orbit. Established non-profit to get maximum potential from laboratory. Back to the moon, to an asteroid, and on to Mars.

But didn't President Obama specifically exclude the moon from future exploration plans? We've already been there. Buzz has been there.

Continuing world-class space science into the solar system, studying sun, and other stars.

More reliable and efficient air travel.

Committed to having American companies deliver crew and cargo to ISS instead of outsourcing to foreign sources. Have to reduce transportation costs to maximize value.

Their “political agenda” is to expand the nation’s capabilities and industrial base, while creating new industries. Partnership of space and industry not new — citing a 1961 article in which it was recommended that this be done — that Soviet model woudn’t work, and that we should use competition to maximize effectiveness. Warned of the dangers of too much government control. Could end up with nationalized space program. [Note: author was prescient]. Certain percentage, at best five percent, should be done by government. Warned that industry could become dependent on political winds if too concentrated in government. At its best competitive economy has vigor, creativity and efficiency that government can’t offer. So NASA’s “new” plan is not new at all.

One wonders how Garver can say this with a straight face. The proposed commercial contract by NASA retains pretty much total control over the design and operation of "commercial" space craft by NASA. The only difference is the method by which the control is exerted,

ISS positioned to help make things happen by acting as a customer for new industry.

Have two-phase project, COTS and CRS, for cargo delivery to ISS. $3.5B committed for competitive efforts.

CCDev has completed first round, and CCDev currently being executed with $338M. In the 1990s, Alternate Access never got as much as $15M.

One should not forget who was president then. Not to mention a certain Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans

Using Commercial Crew Program to develop at least one provider by mid decade.

How does competition enter into having just one provider?

New approach threatens status quo, and many have been resisting and fighting. We are the furry mammals, and the dinosaurs probably fought bitterly against the imminent demise. Uses computer industry as example, in transition from mainframe to PCs. “Moneyball” is another example she gives, by using new statistical strategy to win games with lower-paid baseball players. Not well received by supporters of the status quo. “A trail-blazer, a first man through the gap, always gets blamed, whether in business or politics, and people will fight for their lives.” Every team uses this now to some degree, but early adopters had competitives advantage for long time.

Besides Garver's imperfect knowledge of paleontology, I have a hard time imagining her as Brad Pitt

Top ten ways we’ll know we’re successful.

Instead of occupying Wall Street, we’ll be occupying space stations (and won back 80% of launch market).

Considering that law breaking and mayhem going on at Occupy Wall Street, perhaps not the best analogy to have made.

US astronauts are leading an international expedition to an asteroid.

What happened to the moon?

Discovery of a blue planet around a distant stary.

One-day travel to ISPCS from anywhere.

ISPCS has outgrown ranch, and we stay at the Whitesides Hotel with a meeting in the hangar.

Branson Hotel more likely.

98% of earth-crossing asteroids are being tracked and cataloged by crowdsourcing.

Private enterprise is establishing outposts on the moon and utilizing resources, and tourists planning visits to historical landing sites.

Ah, here we go. But how are these private enterprises going to operate without some sort of government infrastructure to provide law and order? Oh, I think I see. That will be outsourced to the Chinese.

New industries worth trillion have spun off from space.

President of the United States will give keynote at ISPCS, and she will also be wearing fabulous boots.

Garver better be careful what she wishes for. I hear Sarah Palin has some pretty cool boots.

At 'Occupy Baltimore' Rapists Will Be Counseled Rather Than Arrested

The Baltimore Sun has reported on a pamphlet being distributed by the Occupy Baltimore protestors that discourages women from reporting a sexual assault to the police. They are encouraged instead to report it to the local Security Committee.

Vice President Joe Biden's Apocalyptic Language Reveals Desperation

Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Propose a Federal Flat Tax

'South Park,' Season 15, Episode 10, 'Bass to Mouth'

"South Park," Season 15, Episode 10, "Bass to Mouth" covers Internet gossip websites, school suicides, school mass poisonings, and the exotic sexual practices of imaginary beings who manifest in the shape of animals.

Occupy Wall Street Feasts on Haut Cuisine

Republican Debate was a Lovely, Unedifying Brawl

First Reported Rape at Occupy Cleveland Shows Deteriorating Conditions at Protest Sites

Commercial Space Companies Chaff at NASA Requirements for Commercial Crew Spacecraft

Teleprompter of the United States Stolen, Recovered

Texas Dream Act Provides In-State Tuition to Children of Illegal Immigrants

Ewing Oil is Going Green: What Would J.R. Think?

Big Hollywood is reporting that a subplot in the revival of the iconic 1980s show "Dallas" will be a struggle between the scions of the new generation of Ewings over creating a division of Ewing Oil devoted to green energy.

Taurus II, Vega, Falcon Heavy -- Commercial Space Launch Vehicles Coming Soon

Humble, Texas, Company to Build Electric Version of the DeLorean

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson Opens Spaceport America

Occupy Wall Street's Obsession with Diversity May Be Its Undoing

'House M.D.,' Season 8, Episode 3, 'Charity Case'

"House M.D.," Season 8, Episode 3, "Charity Case" begins with one Benjamin Byrd, who collapses in the street for unknown reasons. He is also a software mogul who had become very generous with his money.

Recap: 'Terra Nova,' Season 1, Episode 4, 'The Runaway'

"Terra Nova," Season 1, Episode 4, "The Runaway" starts with the sudden arrival of Leah, a young girl who has been living among the "Sixers" and who has decided to run away to Terra Nova, having lost both parents.

Gilad Schalit Has Come Home to Israel, but at a Terrible Price

Herman Cain's Electrified Fence 'Joke' Has Hurt the Candidate Among Hispanics

Outbreak of Theft at 'Occupy Wall Street' -- The Beginning of the End?

I'm going to be on the Allman in the Morning show at KFTK 97.1 St. Louis talking about Commies, Nazis, and Occupiers.

Addendum: They bumped me twice, but I did manage to get on after the news at 8AM to chat with the host about how silly the occupiers are.

Ron Paul's Plan Would Balance Budget by Fiscal Year 2015

Obama to Try to Revive Collapsed CLASS Program

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Can Herman Cain Beat President Obama?

Martin Luther King Memorial Dedicated Amid Controversy

Recap: 'Homeland,' Season 1, Episode 2, 'Clean Skin'

In "Homeland," Season 1, Episode 2, "Clean Skin," the Brody family prepares for its television interview with Lawrence O'Donnell. In the meantime, Carrie and company close in on an Al Qaida plot involving a Saudi prince.

Recap: 'The Walking Dead,' Season 2, Episode 1, 'What Lies Ahead'

"The Walking Dead," Season 2, Episode 1, "What Lies Ahead" begins with a journey as our intrepid survivors leave the ruins of the CDC and Atlanta behind for Fort Benning. It will end in death and horror.

Recap: 'Dexter,' Season 6, Episode 3, 'Smokey and the Bandit'

In "Dexter," Season 6, Episode 3, "Smokey and the Bandit," Dexter comes upon a murder that resembles a series of killings that took place 25 years before. The killer is called "The Tooth Fairy" because he extracts a tooth from his victims.

Would Martin Luther King Have Approved of 'Occupy Wall Street?'

Clint Eastwood as Vice President? Not Likely

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Why Nazis and Communists Like Occupy Wall Street

Herman Cain's Foreign Policy Would Be Based on Rational Exerting of American Power

Former NASA Scientist: Titan, Enceladus, Europa Better Candidates for Life Than Mars

Actor Steven Seagal to Become Deputy Sheriff in Hudspeth County, Texas

The Collapse of CLASS Shows the Folly of Obamacare

Ted Cruz, Rising Republican Hispanic Star, is Running for Senate

Timeline of James Webb Space Telescope

'Horse Soldiers' Equestrian Monument to Be Erected Near Ground Zero

During the upcoming Veteran's Day Parade in New York on Nov. 11, the first equestrian monument of America's servicemen in a while will be borne down Fifth Avenue to its final place of honor near Ground Zero, according to the Daily Caller.

'Taken 2,' Starring Liam Neeson, to Have More Mayhem, Torture, and Death

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NYPD's Capitulation to 'Occupy Wall Street' Law-Breakers Maintains Anarchy

'Occupy Boston' Spitting Incident Shows Lack of Common Decency

Scientists Propose NASA Probe to Uranus

Perry Presents His Energy Plan, Heavily Weighted Toward Oil and Gas

Obama's Sending 100 Troops to Fight Lord's Resistance Army a Righteous Act

Did Columbus Cause the Little Ice Age?

Christopher Columbus has been blamed for many things, including genocide, environmental devastation, and the destruction of Native American cultures. Now the Genovese explorer is being blamed for the Little Ice Age.

Boeing Contemplates Cargo, Crewed Version of X-37B Space Plane

There May Not Be Much Hope Left for Texas Gov. Rick Perry

Why Raiding NASA's Space Launch System's Funding to Pay for the James Webb Space Telescope is a Bad Idea

Space News has a remarkable idea to save the James Webb Space Telescope. The aerospace industry periodical suggests that NASA stretch out the development of the Space Launch System by a year to accommodate the JW telescope.

Addendum: Rand Simberg really should get out more often and read more than just the latest press release from "Tea Party in Space." Mind, SLS could still be tripped up, by funding short falls or unexpected technical issues, but as of right now, it is on track.

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Addendum 2: I sometimes feel really bad about getting under Rand's skin. His appeal to his own authority, which roughly means "SLS sucks because I say it does," is laughable on his face. And the idea that he is an adviser to the Tea Party in Space explains quite a lot, IMHO.

And, just to refresh memory, the Augustine Committee, which had battalions of aerospace engineers who had not yet recovered on call, concluded that fuel depots, while an interesting idea, should not be put in the critical path before being studied further. The SLS approach is simply a version of what that body advised. I'm really puzzled why this seems hard for some people to understand. People I talk to and whom I read in public literature suggest that breaking down--say--three missions to NEAs into 27 launches is crazy.

Why Did Nancy Pelosi Say Republicans Want Women to 'Die on the Floor'?

House Republicans are attempting to pass a bill called the Protect Life Act, which states that no money appropriated under Obamacare would be used to pay for abortions or abortion coverage. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Minority Leader, is not pleased.

There has been a lot of hyperventilation about this study that is suppose to "prove" that using commercially available rockets (or some that may be available at some point) and propellant depots is cheaper and faster than building a heavy lift vehicle.

Color me a little skeptical. A careful reading of the document shows a lot of vaguely worded assumptions that do not seem to be backed up by any real data. There is a lot of new technology that has to be developed and problems that need to be overcome. Inherent within that is the potential of all sorts of technical problems that could stretch out the schedule and explode the cost of such an undertaking.

The number of launches required for each mission should also give one pause. This is especially true for near earth asteroids, the launch windows to which are few and far between.

All in all, while propellant depots could be a force multiplier down the road, putting them in the critical path strikes me to be asking for trouble.

The Problem with Cain's '9-9-9' Plan and How to Fix It

The 'Autumn of Anxiety' -- Why Democrats Embrace Occupy Wall Street at Their Peril

Does Opposing the Obama Jobs Bill Mean Supporting Murder and Rape?

ice President Joe Biden was in Flint, Michigan, recently, touting the Obama jobs bill. Biden, always creative in the way he deploys rhetoric, suggested that not passing the bill would create more violent crime, something Flint has in abundance.

'South Park: The Last of the Meheecans' Solves the Illegal Immigration Issue

In "South Park," Season 15, Episode 9, "The Last of the Meheecans," the boys get involved in one of America's great, burning issue, that being illegal immigration. However, the South Park twist is applied.

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Discovers Mountain on Asteroid Vesta 'Higher Than Mount Everest

Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher on 'Occupy Wall Street' Show Cluelessness

Rand Simberg makes an amazing admission. Where launch vehicles are concerned, bigger can be better.

The Bloomberg/Washington Post Debate: How Did the Candidates Do?

Manssor Arbabsiar, Alleged Terrorist Plotter, Lived in Texas for Decades

Evolving Strategies Study Show Voters Unimpressed with Obama Economic Policies

Which of the three top-tier Republican candidates for president -- Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, or Herman Cain -- would beat President Obama? According to an Evolving Strategies poll, any one of them will defeat the president in the general election.

Obama Shows Disdain for His Country, Ignorance of History in Planned Apology to Japan

The Japan Times has reported, thanks to a Wikileaks-leaked diplomatic cable, that President Barack Obama wanted to apologize to Japan for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II.

Addendum: John Hayward suggests that there is less than meets the eye. And, of course, the White House is denying.

Obama Should Treat Attempted Iranian Bombing as Act of War

FBI and DEA agents have foiled a plot, conducted by what is described as a "faction of the Iranian government," to blow up the Saudi ambassador to the United States and the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington D.C.

The irrepressible James O'Keefe comes to Occupy Wall Street in the guise of a banker and finds people interested in--making money

Harris County Prepared to Deny Life-Saving Treatment in Event of Pandemic

Story that Romney Advisers Worked on Obamacare Designed to Harm Romney

In Seoul Speech, Sarah Palin Continues to Show Command of Issues

Shell and X Prize Foundation Announce New Exploration Prize

Recap: 'Terra Nova,'Season 1, 'Episode 4, 'What Remains'

"Terra Nova," Season 1, Episode 4, "What Remains" depicted a nice twist on a well used science fiction plot device. An isolated science station suddenly goes radio silent and Taylor and Elisabeth go to investigate.

'House M.D.,' Season 8, Episode 2, 'Transplant'

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Tea Party Gibson Guitar Protest a Pleasant Contrast to 'Occupy Wall Street'

Al Qaida Agrees with Ron Paul Killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki Contrary to American Law

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Cain Enhances His Standing by Giving the Back of His Hand to 'Occupy Wall Street'

Will Anti Romneycare Ad Help Perry or Just Hurt Romney?

The Rick Perry for president campaign has released a commercial that hits Mitt Romney, one of the Texas governor's rivals for the Republican nomination for president, for his own version of health care reform, called Romneycare.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Confirms Titanium on the Moon

Recap: 'Dexter,' Season 6, Episode 2, 'Once Upon a Time'

In "Dexter," Season 6, Episode 2, "Once Upon a Time," Dexter believes that he has found his next victim in the person of Brother Sam, a recently released murderer who was freed from death row when a judge hearing his case died, resulting in a mistrial.

Solar Power Industry in Texas

Recap: 'Homeland,' Season 1, Episode 2, 'Grace'

The mystery deepens in "Homeland," Episode 2, Season 2, "Grace." We and Carrie, through electronic surveillance, witness Brody dealing with the trauma of his eight years in an Al Qaida prison. And there may be more.

Texas Drought Could Result in Financing of Innovative Water Projects

Who was Steve Jobs?

Would a President Romney Deploy Space Weapons?

Air and Space Museum Clash Shows Anti-Social Nature of 'Occupy' Movement

Perry Supporter Claims Romney's Mormon Faith is a 'Cult'

Rep. Smith Demands Investigation of 'Politicization' of NASA

Is a Cure for Diabetes at Hand?

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Reports of Palin's Political Demise Exaggerated

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'The Ides of March': A Movie About Liberals Behaving Badly

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2012 Could See Beginning of Commercial Space Flights to the ISS

Texas Lawsuit Claims 'Torture by Rush Limbaugh'

'Touch,' Starring Keifer Southerland, About a Mute, Gifted Child to Premiere Next Spring

Starting in the spring of 2012, Kiefer Sutherland, lately the star of the thriller series "24," will star in another, very different series on Fox called "Touch." The series comes from Tim Kring, who produced "Heroes."

Are We Ready for Another 10 Years of Fighting in Afghanistan?

Ten years ago Oct. 7, the United States answered the attacks on 9/11 with airstrikes against Taliban positions around the small corner of Afghanistan still held by the pro-Western Northern Alliance. Ten years later, the war grinds on.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Tells Herman Cain How to Be Black

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Romney Citadel Speech Shows He Would Lead from the Front

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'Space or Suicide: Yes We Can' Suggests Mars as a Tonic

'Occupy Wall Street' Brings Its Outrage to Texas

Sarah Palin Has Time Enough to Make More History

Steve Jobs Changed the World -- Twice

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Sarah Palin's 'Hotness' Not What Her Enemies Think It Is

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Allen West Schools Samuel L. Jackson on Nature of the Tea Party

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'South Park: Ass Burgers' Examines Perception, Fast Food Through Eyes of Grossness

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Sarah Palin is not running for president. Too bad. She might have made a great one.

Van Jones: 'Occupy Wall Street' to Be American Version of 'Arab Spring'

ESA to Launch Euclid Space Telescope to Study Dark Energy

Questions Remain About Amanda Knox and the Murder of Meredith Kercher

In Praise of Fox News at Age 15

NASA to Choose First Class of Post Shuttle Program Astronauts

Perry $17.1 Million Third Quarter Fundraising Could Overcome Debate Problems

Would a 'Mister Ed' Movie Be Worthwhile?

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Roseanne Barr to Wall Street Bankers -- 'Off with Their Heads!'

NASA Researches Future Space Habitats

Is Palin Finally Preparing to Jump Into the Presidential Race?

Is former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin finally preparing to jump into the presidential race? A story in Politico reports that a law firm which employs Sarah Pac lawyer Mark Braden has started to make inquires about state filing deadlines.

What Now for Amanda Knox?

Will Obama Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Holder?

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, has requested that President Barack Obama appoint a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself in testimony concerning "Fast and Furious."

Can Herman Cain Keep Surging?

'Occupy Wall Street' is Not the Left Wing Tea Party

Also

Occupy Wall Street Protests -- Why Are They Mad and What Do They Want?

Rep. Ron Paul's Impeachment Suggestion Not Likely to Get Far

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"House M.D.," Season Eight, Episode One, "Twenty Vicodin" finds House in prison for driving a car into Cuddy's house and then fleeing the country. It is uncertain why he came back, but it is implied in the episode that he had a need to be punished.

'Terra Nova' Makes Living Among Dinosaurs Seem Boring

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Obama Makes Admission That May Sink His Presidency

According to ABC News, President Obama has admitted America is not better off than it was four years ago. He made this startling admission in an interview conducted by George Stephanopoulos of that network.

NASA Space Exploration is Not 'Crony Capitalism'

George Clooney for President?

George Clooney, who plays a presidential candidate in the upcoming film "Ides of March," could actually run for president and win, according to a story on the "Today" show. It is a question worth examining.

Amanda Knox Acquitted on Appeal and Will Go Home

Picnicking on Rick Perry at 'N Word' Rock

Recap: 'Dexter,' Season 6, Episode 1, 'Those Kinds of Things'

"Dexter," Season 6, Episode 1, "Those Kinds of Things" finds America's favorite serial killer at his work, in this case bushwhacking a pair of EMTs who have developed a side business of selling body parts of some of their patients.

In 'Homeland,' Is Sgt. Brody a Hero or a Traitor?

At the beginning of the pilot episode of "Homeland," a special forces team, having shot up an Al Qaida base, discovers one Sgt. Nicholas Brody, missing in action, in one of the dungeons. An American hero has been rescued.

Or has he?

Recap: 'Archer: Heart of Archness'

"Archer," the FX series about a super spy with a load of issues, returned recently for a three part story arch that involved pirates, as well as the perils of drunken embezzlement. Unfortunately the rest of the new season doesn't air until January.

Can Gov. Perry Create an Adult Stem Cell Therapy Industry in Texas?

An adult stem cell therapy that Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for president, has undergone has highlighted a debate concerning the role of the FDA in the regulation of therapies that use a patient's own stem cells.

Obama Administration Impeding Oil and Gas Revolution

While President Barack Obama's "green jobs" initiative continues to be wracked with controversy and scandal in the wake of the collapse of Solyndra, a revolution is taking place in the oil and gas industry that could make North American energy independent.

Bigelow Almost Halves Workforce, Illustrates Neglected Problem for Commercial Space

Bigelow Aerospace, which is developing a private space station built from inflatable modules, has laid off 40 of its 90-person workforce. The move illustrates a couple of problems facing the nascent commercial space sector.

I know that this is supposed to be a taunt, albeit too subtle for some folks, but really, "America the Beautiful?" To really rub it in, the Chinese should have played "The Blue Danube."



Addendum: A mistake by Chinese television?

Bill Maher Thinks the Republicans 'Stole the Jews'

Bill Maher, the HBO ranter, is apparently put out that a considerable amount of the Jewish vote crossed over in the special election to fill the seat Anthony Weiner vacated in the New York 9th Congressional District.

Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare Lose/Lose for the President

Charles Krauthammer, one of the most brilliant pundits in the business, has suggested the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform, also known as Obamacare, will be a win/win for the president. Krauthammer is mistaken.

Garofalo, Maher Confused About Herman Cain

Herman Cain's sudden rise to popularity has got many of the left very confused indeed. Since Republicans are, in their minds, a bunch of tea partying racists, how is it that so many of them have rallied to a black man?

'Machine Gun Preacher': How a Bad Man Finds Redemption in Southern Sudan

"Machine Gun Preacher" is the real life story of Sam Childers, a thoroughly bad man who found redemption through faith in God and a desire to help the orphans of Southern Sudan and to smite the wicked men who are kidnapping and murdering them.

Van Jones Wants an 'American Autumn' Revolution

Van Jones, President Barack Obama's former "green jobs" czar and 9/11 truther, has a new project in mind. He proposes there should be an "American Autumn" that would greatly resemble the "Arab Spring."

Texas Drought May Last Five to 10 Years; What Can Be Done About It?

As cooler weather finally arrives in Texas, the Texas state climatologist, John Nielson-Gammon, has some bad news. The current drought, which has devastated Texas's agriculture, may last another five to 10 years.

NASA's Next Lunar Voyage May Occur 'Before This Decade is Out'

With the design of the Space Launch System finally approved and the development of the Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle proceeding, NASA officials, in consultation with aerospace contractors, have begun to map pit a test schedule.