I don’t care if you don’t want to storm the streets to protest for Israel. But if you go out to celebrate Hamas intentionally murdering civilian men, women and children, celebrating the kidnap, rape, torture of women and children… you and I can’t be friends. There is no place for you out among the stars.…
What he says is interesting… mostly because it’s not what I generally expect to hear from non-sci-fi/non-science types. Most of “those people” look at “2001” with some mix of bafflement and disdain, generally bored out of their minds.
One of these words is not like the others. One of these words doesn’t belong. MA in Magic and Occult Sciences Well, kids, here’s a degree that will surely come in handy in the economy of tomorrow… This is a flexible degree, which provides you the freedom to design you own course of study. Led by…
“Palestinians” decided it would be not only a good idea to launch thousands of rockets into Israel, but to send a large number of invaders into Israel to slaughter civilians. I’m not sure what they thought they’d gain from this; it sure as hell won’t be the overthrow of Israel. Perhaps it will be the…
Grumman won the contract to build the forward-swept-wing X-29. But Grumman was not the only company to go for the contract; Rockwell devoted a fair amount of effort – both engineering and PR – to win the prize. Their concept was similar, though intended to be a wholly new aircraft, and with a notably different…
Why everyone’s phone will alarm at 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday “Everyone” in the US, at any rate, will supposedly receive a text message stating “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” Additionally, some sort of weird alert noise. OK, fine. Here’s the weird bit: The test…
Is it proper to shoot a stranger who follows you around at close distance, behaves menacingly and has his buddies film you? This jury said “yes.” My main question: “Why did this even go to trial?” Jury acquits man of main charge in Virginia mall shooting of YouTube prankster This is a good precedent. Pranksters…
These rumors sound good. Too good, in fact… Rumor: Christopher Nolan Directing Next James Bond? Not just that Nolan will direct the next two or three Bond movies, but that they will be based on the original Ian Flemming novels, set in the original time periods, and will be faithful to the source material.…
Astute blog readers will have noticed a slight dip in blogging activity of late. Why is this? 1: Some personal/family/veterinary issues. 2: Twitter, now that it’s no longer controlled by whackaloons, has become a more useful platform, and has taken a lot of the load. 3: I now have cyanotype blueprints regularly, commercially available. Check…
