Richard M: Apology accepted. Please note that my reasons for these rules are not simply to keep my website clean, but to keep it civilized. Cursing definitely has a proper time and place, but not in normal discourse. To use curse words (or insults) disconnects you from the thinking half of your brain, and connects you to the savage and childish emotional half. By outlawing such things on BtB, it has definitely forced the discourse to become more thoughtful and educational.

That is not only to my readers’ benefit, I gain from it as well.

Now, if only I could convince people to do the same in normal conversation. The desire to routinely curse, as you did, is not beneficial to society or the future. We are teaching our kids the worst possible behavior.

Please accept my sincere apologies. I will compose my future comments more carefully with your warning in mind!

Richard M: I should add that I sympathize with your feelings, but it seems to me that since I provide the contact information of these CCC thugs, you might have better spent your anger directly at them.

Anyway, after reconsidering things, I’ve decided to take you off suspension and instead make this a firm warning instead. Comment away!

Richard M: No, the asterisks are not enough. You are clearly posting an obscenity, in clear violation of my rules.

I have deleted the words. And as much as I very much appreciate your comments here, I am suspending you for the next week. Too many seem to think they can do this without consequences.

It’s like this entire state commission has now been staffed by Reddit moderators.

“Yes, but John Galt’s lecture is a long slog for high school, although i did read it at 16. (Given to me by my older sister who turned out to be far left.)”

Galt’s speech was nicely abbreviated for the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN6JV2GXyvg (5 minutes)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchenkinneynewsom

https://obrag.org/2015/10/new-president-of-ob-town-council-gretchen-newsom-loves-obs-uniqueness/

Would it come as a surprise to anyone that she spent 6 months (circa 2004-ish) “studying” in china and learning to speak chinese. (Her husband spent a year; he speaks fluent chinese.)

“I have long thought that reading(or at least teaching) Atlas Shrugged should be part of high school curriculums”

Yes, but John Galt’s lecture is a long slog for high school, although i did read it at 16. (Given to me by my older sister who turned out to be far left.)

The Fountain Head and We The Living are more accessible.

We The Living was not at all what i expected. i expected a semi-dry lecture on the evils of communism, what i got was a very human love-triangle drama that showed, not told, how communism destroyed three engaging and sympathetic characters.

i have all three (plus Anthem) in hard copy in case Amazon decides to edit or remove them from my Kindle, which they can do without notice.

“We’re dealing with a company, the head of which has aggressively injected himself into the presidential race,” commission Chair Caryl Hart said.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/spacex-launch-elon-musk-us-election-california-b2628129.html

The fascists in Kalifonia do recognize the existence of the First Amendment

Fortunately,they have admitted it in public.

1962 – 58
1963 – 91
1964 – 105
1965 – 101
1966 – 122
1967 – 115
1968 – 78
1969 – 95
1970 – 87
1971 – 84
1972 – 65
1973 – 44
1974 – 49
1975 – 47
1976 – 41

(These totals include suborbital launches.)

Maybe this would cut no ice with the Coastal Commission. But again, it’s far from unprecedented. And the local wildlife does not seem to have been compromised by it.

With the new law against people making Memes (which will kill the late night industry of all their jokes) Elon will be arrested the moment he steps in California.

https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1843375397024485778

Oh, she’ll be a very unpopular president. KHive supporters will be falling back on “Well, at least we kept Trump’s Fourth Reich out of power” self-therapy line at light speed. That won’t matter much to the elite circles behind her, of course.

Hello Rich,

Well, lets see. How about launching out of Texas or Nevada or any other damn state? F-California.

Part of the problem is the orbits Vandy can reach, not so easily replicated at the Cape — orbits that matter especially for their DoD contracts. Also, they have one (SLC-4), soon to be two (SLC-6) pads out there, the second to be configured for Falcon Heavy, and replacing those pads will take time – and they will lose a lot of cadence in the meanwhile.

Still, it might be time for Elon to start thinking about alternatives, if he hasn’t already. (I assume he has!) It’s a good thing all of his Starship infrastructure is going into Texas and Florida, which is bad enough as it is for regulatory compliance.

That point may depend in part, among other things, on whether Republicans win one or both houses of Congress.

Look, the hard reality is that the current polling shows basically a dead heat, with maybe a very slight Kamala advantage. Her internals are said to be slightly worse, but they might be off, too. In short, it is quite possible that she *will* win. People need to be planning for that possibility — people especially like Elon.

Unfortunately, he can’t do without Vandenberg. Fortunately for him, the Space Force cannot do without SpaceX, but they can do without the California Coastal Commission, and they will. Even if Kamala gets elected. (Her coterie has other tools at hand with which to persecute Elon.)

Imagine what a few petty functionaries could do from a higher office in Washington.(FAA)

Even a field inspector could hold up a launch if they just wait to submit paperwork.

When Ohio originally passed their CCW licensing rules they let the local sheriff have 90 days to hold the paperwork. Even if it was good and everything passed. It would sit on his desk for 90 days.
I was actually told by my instructor(who was a sheriffs deputy) to go to the neighboring county and have them do the paperwork because it would only take a week.