Another TSA worker arrested on suspicion of stealing
Doesn’t this make you feel safer? Another TSA worker has been arrested on suspicion of stealing.
Year: 2011
Vietnam veteran threatened with legal action for the American flag outside his home
A Vietnam veteran has been threatened with legal action for the American flag outside his home.
NASA faces subpoena on heavy-lift rocket work
The space war continues: Several senators are threatening to subpoena NASA over what they perceive as the agency’s foot-dragging in building a heavy-lift rocket.
Idiots. They give NASA less money and less time to build the program-formerly-called-Constellation, and then are surprised when things don’t go well. Of course, it doesn’t help that the Obama administration is trying to sabotage the project anyway.
The faces of Vesta
More money troubles in NASA’s climate and astronomy programs
Other science money troubles: NASA’s climate and astronomy programs face delays due to cost overruns and rocket failures.
Underground Physics Lab to Cost U.S. Energy Department at Least $1.2 Billion
A new report released today says a new underground physics lab will cost the Energy Department from $1.2 to $2.2 billion.
Though I know the science is worthwhile and we should be doing it, I also can’t help ask this question: Where the hell are we going to get the money?
New Texas Giant roller-coaster
An evening pause: Let’s take a ride on a new roller coaster.
Archaeologists begin unburying ancient Egyptian ritual ship
Archaeologists have begun uncovering an ancient Egyptian ritual ship at Giza, buried with the pharaoh Khufu as a ship to carry him to the afterlife.
From a modern Muslim Cleric: “There Is A Beating Etiquette”
From a modern Muslim cleric: “There Is A Beating Etiquette.”
Want to send a probe to another planet? Cut costs!
Want to send a probe to another planet? Do it cheaply, as these scientists did.
TSA Airport Screeners Vote to Join Union
Doesn’t this make you feel safer? TSA airport screeners have picked the union they want to represent them.
Senate Republicans pull out of Biden debt limit negotiations
The Senate Republicans have pulled out of Biden’s debt limit negotiations.
This article strongly suggests to me that the Democrats, who hold a majority in this negotiating group, have refused to take seriously the Republicans’ demand to cut spending, instead focusing on tax increases as a solution. The problem is that you could raise our taxes to 100 percent and you wouldn’t solve the debt problem. The government has got to reduce its spending.