…and about a hundred million more to go. Liftport had a successful space elevator climber test.
Heresy
Thomas McCabe fires a broadside at Bob Zubrin, with an article about the irrelevance of the Martian frontier.
Good Idea
If Ramesh is right, a couple of Republican senators have come up with a way to turn down the political heat on their big-spending party–by sponsoring a line-item veto amendment. The Supreme Court struck down the line-item veto in the 1990s, but this would get around that by making it Constitutional.
They’d better be careful what they wish for, though–given the current mood of the country, it just might pass. Or maybe, in the case of these two particular senators, they actually hope it will. It could be that its time has finally come.
I Asked You Not To Tell Me That
I’m hearing that Don Adams died yesterday, but I haven’t seen anything yet to link to about it.
[Update in the late afternoon of the east coast]
Dang. I suggest a minute of cone of silence.
[Evening update]
Cathy Seipp remembers him, though I would have thought her too young.
Is The Desktop Computer Dying?
Maybe. Laptops are definitely making inroads into the market, and will continue to do so, but as the article points out, there will always be a place for good, comfortable, cheap machines for people who aren’t road warriors.
I use my laptop a lot when I’m traveling, but it remains a PITA to carry around and continually reboot and renetwork, and I’m always glad to get home to my nineteen-inch screen and ergonomic keyboard. Not to mention my three CPUs and KVM switch. They’ll take away my desktop when they pry my cold, dead fingers off my Logitech.
“This War Sucks”
Apparently Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi is now co-blogging with Iowahawk. He’s disappointed in the weekend “morale booster” from Washington, DC:
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the look of horror in that poor Jordanian kid’s eyes when the camera panned across that fugly forest of hairy vegan Heathers and uberbutch Andrea Dworkin manatees. And can you blame the poor trembling kid? Holy fargin’ Prophet, sometimes I swear the only thing that keeps me motivated is knowing that a restored Caliphate means these hippie bowsers are gonna have their mugs and their bankles safely shielded under a burqqa.
By then the damage was done. I must have spent fifteen minutes trying to calm the boys down, promising them that Paradise is not gonna be a menage-a-72 with a bunch of Unitarian NPR grannies. Luckily, the camera panned to some guy in who was wearing a dynamite belt, which kinda cheered them up momentarily. At that point I didn’t have the heart to tell them it was probably fake.
He also thinks that the “peace protestors” are chickenhawks:
You really want to end the infidel occupation? Put down the ANSWER picket sign and book a group tour to Damascus. Flights leave daily, and Delta is Ready When You Are, Moby. We may be running short of martyrs, but we’ll make sure to have an eastbound bus waiting for you at the airport.
Read the whole thing, though it has some non-family-friendly words in it. But then, consider the source…
“This War Sucks”
Apparently Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi is now co-blogging with Iowahawk. He’s disappointed in the weekend “morale booster” from Washington, DC:
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the look of horror in that poor Jordanian kid’s eyes when the camera panned across that fugly forest of hairy vegan Heathers and uberbutch Andrea Dworkin manatees. And can you blame the poor trembling kid? Holy fargin’ Prophet, sometimes I swear the only thing that keeps me motivated is knowing that a restored Caliphate means these hippie bowsers are gonna have their mugs and their bankles safely shielded under a burqqa.
By then the damage was done. I must have spent fifteen minutes trying to calm the boys down, promising them that Paradise is not gonna be a menage-a-72 with a bunch of Unitarian NPR grannies. Luckily, the camera panned to some guy in who was wearing a dynamite belt, which kinda cheered them up momentarily. At that point I didn’t have the heart to tell them it was probably fake.
He also thinks that the “peace protestors” are chickenhawks:
You really want to end the infidel occupation? Put down the ANSWER picket sign and book a group tour to Damascus. Flights leave daily, and Delta is Ready When You Are, Moby. We may be running short of martyrs, but we’ll make sure to have an eastbound bus waiting for you at the airport.
Read the whole thing, though it has some non-family-friendly words in it. But then, consider the source…
“This War Sucks”
Apparently Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi is now co-blogging with Iowahawk. He’s disappointed in the weekend “morale booster” from Washington, DC:
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the look of horror in that poor Jordanian kid’s eyes when the camera panned across that fugly forest of hairy vegan Heathers and uberbutch Andrea Dworkin manatees. And can you blame the poor trembling kid? Holy fargin’ Prophet, sometimes I swear the only thing that keeps me motivated is knowing that a restored Caliphate means these hippie bowsers are gonna have their mugs and their bankles safely shielded under a burqqa.
By then the damage was done. I must have spent fifteen minutes trying to calm the boys down, promising them that Paradise is not gonna be a menage-a-72 with a bunch of Unitarian NPR grannies. Luckily, the camera panned to some guy in who was wearing a dynamite belt, which kinda cheered them up momentarily. At that point I didn’t have the heart to tell them it was probably fake.
He also thinks that the “peace protestors” are chickenhawks:
You really want to end the infidel occupation? Put down the ANSWER picket sign and book a group tour to Damascus. Flights leave daily, and Delta is Ready When You Are, Moby. We may be running short of martyrs, but we’ll make sure to have an eastbound bus waiting for you at the airport.
Read the whole thing, though it has some non-family-friendly words in it. But then, consider the source…
The Fog Of War
…and of hurricane reporting. To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of the many murder victims in the Superdome were greatly exaggerated:
“I think 99 percent of it is bulls—,” said Sgt. 1st Class Jason Lachney, who played a key role in security and humanitarian work inside the Dome. “Don’t get me wrong, bad things happened, but I didn’t see any killing and raping and cutting of throats or anything. … Ninety-nine percent of the people in the Dome were very well-behaved.”
…Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan said authorities had confirmed only four murders in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina – making it a typical week in a city that anticipated more than 200 homicides this year. Jordan expressed outrage at reports from many national media outlets that suffering flood victims had turned into mobs of unchecked savages.
No-Win Situation
Derek Jeter has gotten hate mail for dating white women, accusing him of being a “traitor to his race.” But he reportedly has a black father and a white mother. So what race is he being a “traitor” to? Who should he date?