Four-Link Salad
Rotary day, and snowy to boot, so links in lieu of content.
1) I routinely bust chops at Simberg's Flying Circus, but the proprietor does know the space industry. At any rate, he attended the roll-out for Space Ship Two, the world's first commercial manned spacecraft. All I can say is, "kick the tires and light the fires!"
2) jimchines is in a feisty mood this morning. As evidence, I note his hilarious satire of the year's 7 most notable publishing fails. Go read it - but finish your beverage first.
3) On a more serious note, here's a little reflection entitled Obama to Define the Just War. Apparently, Obama plans to defend his escalation in Afghanistan at his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. The money quote: "For a difficult world, peace is not a tenable option in all our interactions. Our job as Americans isn’t to keep peace at all costs, but to secure peace, by blood and iron if necessary."
4) Presented without comment: Americans have come to believe that spending government revenues on U.S. citizens here at home is usually a bad thing and should be viewed with suspicion, but spending billions on vast social engineering projects overseas is the hallmark of patriotism and should never be questioned.
1) I routinely bust chops at Simberg's Flying Circus, but the proprietor does know the space industry. At any rate, he attended the roll-out for Space Ship Two, the world's first commercial manned spacecraft. All I can say is, "kick the tires and light the fires!"
2) jimchines is in a feisty mood this morning. As evidence, I note his hilarious satire of the year's 7 most notable publishing fails. Go read it - but finish your beverage first.
3) On a more serious note, here's a little reflection entitled Obama to Define the Just War. Apparently, Obama plans to defend his escalation in Afghanistan at his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. The money quote: "For a difficult world, peace is not a tenable option in all our interactions. Our job as Americans isn’t to keep peace at all costs, but to secure peace, by blood and iron if necessary."
4) Presented without comment: Americans have come to believe that spending government revenues on U.S. citizens here at home is usually a bad thing and should be viewed with suspicion, but spending billions on vast social engineering projects overseas is the hallmark of patriotism and should never be questioned.