THE REST SHOULD JUST SHOW UP FOR WORK ON ELECTION DAY ANYWAY:
Breaking News: In Wayne County Michigan, over 700 Republicans applied to be poll watchers and out of the 2,350 poll watchers they hired, only 50 out of the 700+ applicants were Republicans.
— Wendy Patterson (@wendyp4545) August 25, 2024
A LOT OF THINGS DO, THESE DAYS: Why Kamala Harris’ DNC nomination reminds me of the Soviet Union.
OPEN THREAD: It’s there, it’s there for you, it’s what you want.
WOEING:
Wilmore stressed this is a test flight meant to uncover anything amiss.
“Do we expect it to go perfectly? This is the first human flight of the spacecraft,” he told reporters. “I’m sure we’ll find things out. That’s why we do this.”
—AP, April 25th, 2024.
Chaser: Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms:
On Saturday (Aug. 24), NASA announced its final decision regarding the fates of the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station whose original eight-day space jaunt had turned into a nebulous multi-month excursion. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched to the ISS aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule on June 5, will return home no earlier than February of 2025.
Furthermore, NASA and Boeing jointly decided that Williams and Wilmore will not head back to Earth aboard the same Starliner capsule that brought them to the ISS. Rather, they will climb aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule for their descent to our planet, a vessel dedicated to the Crew-9 mission set to launch in September that will be modified to accommodate the Starliner astronauts. That capsule will only launch with two crewmembers in order to create space for Wilmore and Williams when the time comes to return to Earth, and it will also be reconfigured to carry more cargo, personal items and Dragon-specific spacesuits for the Starliner duo.
Meanwhile, NASA and Boeing are going to work on bringing the Starliner capsule back to Earth, crewless, to land in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, sometime in September.
—Space.com, yesterday.
Hangover: The lack of questions Vice President Harris will receive, despite:
The DTs: Vice President Kamala Harris Asks NASA if It Can Track Trees by Race for ‘Environmental Justice.’
Vice President Kamala Harris asked NASA if it could use its satellites to track trees “by race” in various neighborhoods as part of “environmental justice” during a recent display on climate change, leading many to ridicule the vice president online and even giving rise to a “Black Trees Matter” hashtag.
—Breitbart.com, November 7th, 2021.
OFF FOR SUSHI; BACK LATER. Eating Seaweed May Help Prevent Parkinson’s, Study Finds.
TRUMP IS SHOWING AN UNACCUSTOMED LEVEL OF SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT SHOULD WORRY HIS ENEMIES: Donald Trump Sensed a Trap by the Left and Didn’t Fall for It. “During presidential campaigns, candidates are typically briefed by the nation’s security agencies on critical matters they could face if they win the election. However, this week former President Donald Trump announced that he would refuse to take part in these standard intelligence briefings for candidates. And the reason is actually quite genius. He explained his decision by expressing concern that Democrats would leak classified information and then attempt to accuse him of being the source of the leaks. In other words, Trump knew a trap was being set for him.”
THE FOOD ON YOUR TABLE is literally at stake.
ALL TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS USE FOOD AS A WEAPON: ‘Are we not eating tonight?’ Myanmar’s military junta accused of using hunger as a ‘weapon’ by blocking vital food aid.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION: Free COVID-19 tests available for U.S. households in fall.
FALLEN ANGELS IS JUST A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, RIGHT GUYS? RIGHT? GUYS? California experiences rare August snowfall in Sierra Nevada Mountains near Mammoth.
MILE MARKERS ON THE ROAD TO DETROIT: San Francisco officials weigh in on departure of Elon Musk’s X headquarters: ‘Good riddance.’
How many more businesses whose departures will be met by San Fran officials responding with some variation of “good riddance” before voters decide enough is enough? Or as America’s Newspaper of Record reports: Robbers Announce They Will Have To Leave San Francisco Because Everything’s Been Robbed.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Swedish battery maker Northvolt lays off almost 200 in Bay Area as it shuts down subsidiary.
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IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS:
S E V E N T E E N
So that brings us from 296 US Navy ship count down to 279?
China has what? 360 and growing
Dear @USNavyCNO, why have you not been fired yet? https://t.co/kdGAHa5tnY
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) August 24, 2024
It’s because they can’t man the ships because recruiting is going so badly. Some of this is just high workload, poor schedules and the aftereffects of dumb Covid policy. But I think there’s also the overlying effect of a bad leadership attitude in the military in general.
If our leadership class wanted us too weak to resist China, what would they do differently?
Plus: “A Navy official, when contacted by USNI News, acknowledged the service was working on a plan to retask civilian mariners but did not provide details. The new effort, known informally as ‘the great reset’ has yet to be adopted by the Navy and is awaiting approval from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, USNI News understands.” Um.
THEY RALLIED AROUND TEDDY WHEN HE KILLED AN INNOCENT WOMAN, BUT THIS IS BEYOND THE PALE:
Camelot pic.twitter.com/IDgZJdm46x
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) August 24, 2024
UPDATE (From Ed):
For those who don't get the joke.https://t.co/cgGcVqOBda
— Holden (@Holden114) August 23, 2024
JUST THINK OF ABC’S JONATHAN KARL AS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVE WITH A BYLINE, AND HIS DEFENSE OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE: Tom Cotton Demolishes Jonathan Karl After the ‘Journalist’ Gaslights About Kamala Harris.
this is an incredible exchange. Karl has no idea what Cotton is talking about. Once Cotton tells him, he says she disavows. Cotton says she has never disavowed anything, only for Karl to pivot to some point about how the vibes at the convention suggest she's not that left wing https://t.co/asgGQwNuxi
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) August 25, 2024
Flashback: “Why would you trust a campaign?”
NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: A leap forward in nanotechnology: Growing special micro-crystals for better devices.
HOW TO REACT if your electric vehicle catches fire. “Also, you shouldn’t attempt to put out the flame yourself. This is a chemical fire, so a couple buckets of water won’t sufficiently smother the flames. EV battery fires can take first responders around 10 times more water to extinguish than a fire in a gas-powered vehicle. Sometimes the firefighters may decide to let the battery just burn itself out, rather than dousing it with water.”
Water isn’t great for extinguishing a gasoline vehicle fire, either. CO2 or halon or dry chemical extinguishers are better. And can you “turn off the engine” on an electric vehicle?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX shows off Dragon capsules for Polaris Dawn flight.
LEAVING A SINKING SHIP? Democrat Suggests He Would Join GOP Administration: ‘We Failed A Lot of People.’
NEWS YOU CAN USE: A Primer on the Current State of Longevity Research.
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I DUNNO, THEIR STUDENTS SEEM PRETTY GOOD AT THAT STUFF ALREADY: Northwestern to mandate antisemitism, ‘other forms of hate’ training for students.
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