The former Marine facing a show trial for restraining a subway loonie has a GiveSendGo to fund his defense. It’s currently more than $1.3 million which tends to make one think that there are a lot of people on his side. Daniel Penny’s Legal Defense Fund
Strange New Worlds’ Upgraded Tech Has a Canon Explanation As readers of this blog are doubtless aware, I am unimpressed with Kelvin-timeline Trek and *especially* “Discovery” Trek. STD sucks on a whole multitude of levels, from bad writing and terrible characters, terrible politics and worse ideology; not a lot can fix that. But one thing…
Your government, ladies and gentlemen. Priorities: not you. Homeless vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates Suggestion: give the homeless vets jobs. On the border. Repelling the invasion.
This fan-made prop is damned impressive. Had something like this been available *and* *affordable* back when Next Generation was still on, it would have some like Furbies that distribute crack.
Anti-paramilitary training laws the next threat to private shooting ranges After municipal and environmental laws failed, town officials approached Vermont State Senator Phillip Baruth for help. He quickly sponsored a bill making it a felony to operate a “paramilitary training camp” within the state. Baruth, a liberal Democrat from Burlington, admitted he introduced the bill…
Back in the Good Old Days of above-ground nuclear testing, a series of solid propellant smokey-trailed rockets would be launched just before detonation. They would leave vertical trails in the sky near the detonation. The video below explains just what they were for, as well as some of the physics of the detonation itself… the…
A new Supreme Court case seeks to legalize assault weapons in all 50 states The Supreme Court could hand down a decision any day now in National Association for Gun Rights v. City of Naperville, a case that could legalize assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in all 50 states. “Assault weapons:” Normal semi-automatic rifles “High-capacity…
The James Webb Space Telescope recently took a shot of deep space, showing a multitude of galaxies lensed *spectacularly.* Full-rez version at the link. https://esawebb.org/images/potm2303a/ That view is *littered* with lensing, especially on the right.
Every now and then I see posts, tweets, comments, etc. mentioning that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a net worth over a billion dollars. For a comedian to be that rich, especially when his nation is gettign bombed into gravel, is suspicious to say the least. The implication, of course, is that there is financial…
