Archive for 2014

WHY EVERYONE STILL HATES THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, in one tweet.

ANTI-GAY SLURS AT DARTMOUTH: “I know you have been very strong on all foreign policy issues, including Somali pirates, but what is your stance on butt pirates?” Really? In 2014? Calling our gay friends “butt pirates?”

I hope this student will be crucified and subjected to the pear of anguish, or whatever they do to Ivy League students who utter anti-gay slurs in public these days. Meanwhile, I don’t know why anyone bothers to speak to these entitled twits. Or maybe they’re just showing the first signs of infection.

UPDATE: Actual photo of a Dartmouth prof. Well, possibly.

WELL, THIS EXPLAINS A LOT: Virus That Makes Humans More Stupid Discovered. “The algae virus, never before observed in healthy people, was found to affect cognitive functions including visual processing and spatial awareness.”

MATH, SMARTS, AND BREEDING: The Neanderthal Correlation. Heh. “I don’t know how you’ll survive when our genes are gone.”

UM: Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free. “So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility. He’s asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” under Title I as telecommunications providers under Title II regulatory guidelines. This is all being done in the name of ‘Net Neutrality,’ keeping the Internet free and open, prohibiting ‘fast lanes’ for certain services and sites, making sure no legal content is blocked, and all other horribles that…have failed to materialize in the absence of increased federal regulation.”

It’s about control. Because everything he does is about control.

SPACE: Now we need a plan for Spaceport America.

Virgin Galactic’s Halloween catastrophe in the Mojave Desert laid bare the vulnerability of Spaceport America’s reliance on a single anchor tenant for success.

The Oct. 31 crash of Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo rocket means the launch of space tourism flights from southern New Mexico won’t happen until at least 2016, even with the company’s determination to restart flight tests with a newly built vehicle in six months.

And the longer it takes for Virgin to launch commercial operations, the more pressure builds on the New Mexico Spaceport Authority to recruit more operators to generate the revenue needed to keep the Spaceport open and assure its long-term economic viability.

That’s the risk of having a single point of failure.

EVERYTHING OBAMA TOUCHES: “When Barack Obama took office, he was hailed as a liberal savior. His presidency, it was believed, would usher in a new era of progressive dominance not seen since Roosevelt. Instead, Republicans have been restored to a position of power across the country they had not known since Al Smith lost 40 states to Herbert Hoover. Far from revitalizing it, Obama has erased generations of the Democratic Party’s progress.”

MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Six Bills The GOP Congress Should Pass.

So, Insta-Readers, how about sharing a copy with your representatives in Congress and the Senate?