PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, in Houston. There’s certainly no shortage of available surface water there.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 27, 2023
December 26, 2023
OPEN THREAD: Expatiate as you please.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Lagrange Points Could Become Battlegrounds in a New Space Race.
BOB MCMANUS: Depraved pro-terrorist protesters try to cancel Christmas as politicians coddle them. “When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announces that Jesus was Palestinian, or when a gaggle of city councilors shows up wearing pro-Hamas T-shirts, or when iconic city celebrations are flamboyantly disrupted, you know whose side they are on.”
PROGRESS: Revolutionary Success: NASA’s 3D-Printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Soars. “That kind of sustained burn emulates typical requirements for a lander touchdown or a deep-space burn that could set a spacecraft on course from the Moon to Mars, said Marshall combustion devices engineer Thomas Teasley, who leads the RDRE test effort at the center.”
OH, CANADA: Canadian Health Care Leaves Patients Frozen In Line. “This year, Canadian patients faced a median wait of 27.7 weeks for medically necessary treatment from a specialist after being referred by a general practitioner. That’s over six months—the longest ever recorded.”
THE EV EXPERIENCE IS NOT LIVING UP TO THE HYPE: Our Last Ford F-150 Lightning EV Pickup Road Trip Was a Nightmare.
GUN MEME OF THE YEAR: The package clearly states “from Santa.”
SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars. “In total, Ingenuity has so far spent 125.5 minutes aloft to fly nearly 10.5 miles across the surface at altitudes as high as almost 80 feet. . . . Ingenuity long surpassed its original estimated lifespan, even without taking its latest feats into consideration. When first launched back in 2021, NASA expected the aircraft to only last for 5 flights in order to test avionic capabilities in the thin Martian air (just 1 percent of Earth’s atmosphere), and had no intention of utilizing it as a major component in the overall Perseverance mission.”
THE 21ST CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: FDA warns of scarring, deformities from unapproved ‘fat-dissolving’ injections.
CRISIS BY DESIGN: The US Migrant Invasion Was Carefully Planned. “A network of NGOs, or non-governmental organizations, seems to be playing a powerful role in coordinating the large-scale invasion of illegals at the US southern border.”
The role of unaccountable NGOs needs to be sharply constrained.
WHERE DOES HE GO TO GET HIS CAREER BACK? SDSU punter who lost NFL gig vindicated as accuser drops rape claim against him.
TAKING SIDES: New York Times Publishes Gaza Mayor’s Lament.
ICYMI:
It remains to be seen if they can save their own skins by throwing her to the wolves, but I think it is possible they will try it.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 23, 2023
December 25, 2023
WILL THEY BE HEALTH COACHES, OR WILL THEY BE ROBOTIC NAGS? AI Health Coaches Are Coming Soon to a Device Near You.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE REYNOLDS/SMITH HOUSEHOLD!
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