Ancient pyramids have been discovered in…wait for it…Uzbekistan.
Not necessarily that surprising, and it implies nothing about cross fertilization of cultures. The pyramid is one of the most basic structures capable of being built, and it wouldn’t be surprising that it was reinvented repeatedly in parallel.
This is sad. Apparently in response to bad publicity from the civil rights extortionists, they’ve changed their policy and will now do business with the federal government. Expect your home improvement costs to go up accordingly.
Some people in the New York Jewish community no longer take Ray Kelly’s laughable word that the NYPD will protect them. In defiance of New York’s draconian gun control laws, they’re packing heat.
Jane Galt has a very lucid and entertaining exposition on airline economics (which is or, if we’re lucky in the future, will be relevant to spaceline economics as well.)