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The SLS Disaster

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Eric Berger writes that Congress is forcing NASA to eat its seed corn for the #JourneyToMars.

Yes.

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This is a key point:

Since Tuesday, I have been asking communications officials in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate for clarification on what this extra funding will be used for and whether it’s needed. I haven’t received a response.

Because they don’t have a response. It is programmatic insanity to just throw hundreds of millions of dollars at a manager and expect them to spend it sensibly in a single year.

Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Popular Culture, Social Commentary

Wisconsin Loser

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…issues loser statement on losing.

What a dummy.

As Steve Hayes and others have suggested, every reporter in every interview should demand that he provide evidence that Cruz broke the law.

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Irony:

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Why Carly Fiorina is such a good surrogate.

She’d be an excellent VP pick for Cruz.

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Will Trump learn from Wisconsin?

Magic 8 Ball says, “Outlook not so good.”

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I love this:

As our own John Podhoretz noted, Donald Trump has lowered the bar for himself to such an extent that even displaying the ability to read a prepared text from a teleprompter compels some political analysts to coo over Trump’s “presidential” comportment. It is certainly true that another display of basic literacy may force some columnists to make their peace with Donald Trump as the likely Republican nominee. But that person — the rational, reassuring, policy wonk – is a fabrication. The real Donald Trump, who reveals himself in the candidate’s extemporaneous ramblings, refuses to be stifled. Candidates set the tone for their campaigns; not the other way around. The Trump campaign is a reflection of the reality of their candidate, and the reality is just nuts.

Let’s make him Commander in Chief!