Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
The Stakes at Columbia: At least some Democrats are beginning to see that the antisemitic campus protests may harm their election prospects.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Could sending an Israeli and an Arab to the moon spark peace on Earth?
With NASA having selected two Japanese astronauts to fly on Artemis missions to the moon, speculation abounds about which other country will get a ticket to walk on the lunar surface. Recent world events and the technological acumens of countries in the region suggest the next non-American moonwalkers should be from the Middle East.
The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World #CommissionEarned
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle #CommissionEarned
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Japan’s planning its first lunar steps with the Artemis program
According to the White House, in exchange for Japan providing a pressurized vehicle that will greatly expand astronauts’ ability to explore the lunar surface, NASA will include two Japanese astronauts in future Artemis missions to the moon. They will be the first non-Americans to walk on the moon should their Artemis mission happen before a planned Chinese flight.
EXPERTS SUGGEST USING SPACEX'S STARSHIP TO RESCUE STRANDED SAMPLES ON SURFACE OF MARS
Imagine how great minds think alike: NASA can save the Mars Sample Return mission by going commercial
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Scientists make the first single-atom-thick sheet of gold. It’s called ‘goldene’: The new material could revolutionize catalysis and more.
Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption by Dog the Bounty Hunter #CommissionEarned
Monday, April 15, 2024
If you turn the other cheek, you get it in the neck with Iran: John Kennedy
More wit and wisdom from the irreprisble Sen. John Kennedy. No not that one, the other one.
The Trump Trial Spectacle Begins: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case is a legal stretch that should not have been brought.
Scientists discover first algae that can fix nitrogen — thanks to a tiny cell structure: A newly discovered ‘organelle’ that converts nitrogen gas into a useful form could pave the way for engineered plants that require less fertilizer.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Elon Musk, SpaceX and benevolent megalomania
Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed employees at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas and shared his thoughts about the future of the Starship launch vehicle, in which hopes of returning to the moon and going on to Mars are invested.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
America in the Age of O.J. Simpson
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by OJ Simpson
#CommissionEarnedThursday, April 11, 2024
FORMER NFL player OJ Simpson has died after battling cancer Those you who are already consigning him to Hell for getting away with a double murder better remember that Johnny Cochran is already in the afterlife and is ready for his defense.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Tuesday, April 09, 2024
Monday, April 08, 2024
FLY ME TO THE MOON - Official Trailer (HD)
A movie about faking the moon landing? Are they bloody serious?
Semaglutide 2.4 mg Demonstrates Large Reductions in Heart Failure Related Symptoms and Physical Limitations in People with Obesity-Related Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Type 2 Diabetes
Sunday, April 07, 2024
Artemis astronauts should add a Zoom call for the ages to their schedule
I propose that NASA and its Artemis partners create an event on the Artemis III timeline called “Ask the Artemis Astronauts” and make it available to elementary and secondary school students in all the nations that have signed the Artemis Accords.
NASA and the Artemis partners would create a contest inviting students to submit questions to the Artemis moonwalkers. An independent board would select the top 20 or so questions. On the appointed day, NASA would set up the first cislunar Zoom call, made possible by modern telecommunications. The question-and-answer session would be broadcast and livestreamed across the Earth.
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Friday, April 05, 2024
Thursday, April 04, 2024
Ed Dwight, a former Air Force officer who had been pushed by the Kennedys to become the first black astronaut in the early 60s but was ultimately not chosen, will finally fly in space at the age of 90 thanks to a Blue Origin New Shepard flight.
Here is what the press release says: "In 1961, Ed was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to enter training at the Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS), an elite U.S. Air Force flight training program known as a pathway for entering the NASA Astronaut Corps. In 1963, after successfully completing the ARPS program, Ed was recommended by the U.S. Air Force for the NASA Astronaut Corps but ultimately was not among those selected. He entered private life in 1966 and spent a decade as an entrepreneur before dedicating his life’s work to using sculpture as a medium to tell the story of Black history. He’s spent the last five decades creating large-scale monuments of iconic Black figures, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, among many others. His more than 130 public works are installed in museums and public spaces across the U.S. and Canada. Ed was born in 1933 and raised in Kansas City, KS.
More here.
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Monday, April 01, 2024
Some of you no doubt have heard of the plans by Paramount for a “Star Trek origin movie.” I have reached out to some of my spies in the entertainment industry and have gotten the following scenario.
The plan is to hire former President Trump to do a cameo announcing the creation of the United States Space Force to a cheering crowd. They point to the example of hiring Stacy Abrams to play President of Earth in that Star Trek: Discovery episode.
The next scene is of a character who looks remarkably like @ElonMusk hearing the news and then typing into the social media platform: “So Star Fleet begins.”
Fast forward a few decades and we see the future Musk Mars colony. In orbit, we see a SpaceX Starship outfitted with warp nacelles. Zephron Cochrane is at the SpaceX headquarters at the Mars colony getting ready for the first expedition to Alpha Centauri. Exciting adventures ensue.