We now have two American launch companies that are recovering boosters (well, three, if we count Rocketlab).
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Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
Michelle Bachman
…has resigned from the Heritage Foundation over its refusal to sanction Kevin Roberts for his own refusal to criticize Tucker Carlson’s descent into anti-Semitism.
She attended my trial for several days and stood by Mark and I. She struck me as a very good woman.
Dear Google
Your AI is garbage.
Not surprising.
Nothing New Under The Sun
I was digging through the archives looking for my first Veteran’s Day post in 2001, and I ran across this fisking of an op-ed on space policy from The Economist. It holds up pretty well, I think. I wish that they had followed my advice then. We’d be a lot further ahead.
Veterans
…you should remember today.
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At precisely 11:11 a.m. on Veterans Day, November 11, the sun shines in perfect alignment with the Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona. pic.twitter.com/88E80aSkTG
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) November 11, 2025
Both my parents were veterans of WW II. Very few of that generation remain with us, and that war, the greatest one in history, is passing from living memory.
Less Warming
When it means “more fear.”
I think/hope that the climate grift is on its last legs.
Tooth Enamel
They may have come up with a way to regrow it.
Now let’s get on with regrowing teeth themselves.
Where Groypers Come From
I despise the Groyper movement, but if you want to understand where Fuentes gets purchase with young men I will tell you how it happened by telling you about my experience at the orientation night when my son joined elementary school band:
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) November 11, 2025
My 11 year old son son joined the… https://t.co/1ixiAQJwos pic.twitter.com/0tvRrtVUVI
A Fifty-Year Mortgage?
In this scenario, which is basically almost an interest-only loan, you don’t really own your home; you’re just renting it from the bank.
The Armed Awakening
…of America’s radical left.
The Cold Civil War is defrosting, and I don’t think the left will ultimately be happy with the results.