Month: March 2012
The X-37B marks one year in orbit
The X-37B marks one year in orbit.
More importantly, the Air Force has indicated that a third X-37B mission will launch this fall.
Pendulum waves
An evening pause:
Play offense
Instead of bowing and scraping to the Islamic supremacists and feebly protesting that we’re not really racists and hatemongers and all the other calumnies and canards they throw at us, we should be taking the fight to them, and standing up and saying, “You are fronting for the most oppressive ideology on the face of the earth. You are fronting for evil. You are carrying water and running interference for the denial of free speech, the denial of the freedom of conscience, the institutionalized oppression of women, the subjugation of non-Muslims, and worse. You’re fronting for stonings, amputations, the murder of apostates, the treatment of women as possessions of men, the madness and senseless violence that we see in this furor over the Quran-burnings, and more. You shout us down on campuses and do everything you can to make sure we are not heard in the public square. And you call us fascists? You are the quintessence of fascism.”
The last transit of Venus across the face of the Sun for the next century is only three months away.
Set your calendar: The last transit of Venus across the face of the Sun for the next century is only three months away.
Boycotting the boycotters.
I’ve said little about the Rush Limbaugh kerfuffle this week, mostly because I consider the whole thing to be a manufactured scandal created by the Democrats to distract everyone from their effort to squelch religious liberty. However, this fake scandal has now morphed into a campaign to destroy Rush Limbaugh, which when you consider it is quite consistent with the Democratic Party’s general lack of respect for freedom and personal liberty. First they came after the church, now they are going after one of the more important commentators in the conservative movement.
It doesn’t matter whether you agree with Limbaugh. What matters is that this effort to destroy him is really an effort to silence any criticism of Obama and the liberal/leftwing agenda. Such attacks cannot be supported under any condition. These cowardly businesses that are fleeing Limbaugh, and thus are supporting a leftwing form of McCarthyism, should be made to suffer for this cowardice.
2011 was the first year since 1984 in which no new banks were chartered in the U.S.
A Democratic triumph: 2011 was the first year since 1984 in which no new banks were chartered in the U.S.
Gagarin was first. Here’s why.
Gagarin was first. Here’s why.
Clouds inside a room.
Clouds inside a room. With pictures.
What next for the X-37B?
Today the second X-37B celebrates the completion of a full year in orbit, with no indication from the Air Force that the mission is to end soon.
Leftwing protesters try to shut down Santorum rally while ripping up the signs of his supporters.
Leftwing civility: Protesters try to silence Rick Santorum while ripping up the signs of his supporters.
One of the many reasons I am no longer in the movie business.
One of the many reasons I am no longer in the movie business.
Mirusia Louwerse and André Rieu – Ave Maria
An evening pause:
How did Jon Corzine’s MF Global company lose $1.2 billion in customer money? This tale of how another investment company misused investor funds might give a clue.
How did Jon Corzine’s MF Global lose $1.2 billion in customer money? This tale of how another investment company misused investor funds might give us a clue.
A massive fireball was seen by countless observers yesterday as it streaked across the United Kingdom.
A massive fireball was seen by countless observers yesterday as it streaked across the United Kingdom. With video.
The Iranian government today executed a Christian pastor because he refused to renounce his religion and convert to Islam.
Updated and bumped: As noted by one of my readers, Pastor Nadarkhani is still alive. The hanging reports are false. Not that this really changes anything. The man is still in prison and threatened with death simply for being Christian.
The tolerance of Islam: The Iranian government today executed a Christian pastor because he refused to renounce his religion and convert to Islam.
We should all cheer SpaceX’s success
Why do cats run the internet?
Under Pressure – David Bowie and Annie Lennox live performance
An evening pause: Yesterday I showed the rehearsal. Here’s their live performance of “Under Pressure” at the Freddie Mercury tribute, April 20, 1992.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops is issuing a flyer to be distributed at Masses over the March 3-4 weekend that asks their congregation to voice their opposition to the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate.
We’ve only just begun: The U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops is issuing a flyer to be distributed at Masses over the March 3-4 weekend that asks congregations to voice their opposition to the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate.