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Here we go. The battle lines are forming.

Frank Borman died on Tuesday November 7 at 95. He was the commander of Apollo 8, which was the first time human beings left the planet Earth and traveled around the Moon.

Heather explains pretty much everything in the first 20 minutes.

A democracy will always vote to redistribute wealth in some way and that is why the right will always in some way try to end democracy. The left (the have nots) seeks to redistribute while the right (the haves) seeks to concentrate. It follows that regulation, that is, the rule of law, especially election law,Continue reading “Heather on Republicans”

Einstein wrote an essay titled “Why Socialism?” for the first issue of the independent socialist magazine “Monthly Review.” Published in May 1949, the piece included the following paragraph that said (sentences bolded for emphasis): Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and theContinue reading “Albert was always right”

Garbage elections on the way and that may well end America

The “old” era of heavy launch was the Saturn V and this supposed “new” era is predicated on a vehicle much like the N-1, the failed Soviet counterpart of the U.S. Moon rocket. There were three primary features of the Saturn V that made it successful, the first being the F-1 engine, second the useContinue reading “Musing”

From Chauncey DeVega on Salon: One of the Republican Party’s most effective weapons in its campaign to end America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy is a media propaganda machine that functions as a closed episteme and echo chamber. Anchored by Fox News, the feedback loop exerts a powerful if not almost omnipotent level of control over itsContinue reading “Chauncey Nails It”

(From the Guardian) Robert Reich wrote about Trump: (he) is often described as ‘authoritarian’. But that doesn’t really capture the more alarming aspects of his movement. The Washington Post calls Donald Trump’s vision for a second term “authoritarian”. That vision includes mandatory stop-and-frisk. Deploying the military to fight street crime, break up gangs and deport immigrants. PurgingContinue reading “Robert Nails It”

Market Fundamentalism Comment: I am a proponent of Space Solar Power by way of lunar resources as the solution to Climate Change, which, trust me, is not as crazy as it sounds. If you want to find people demonizing government, the perfect example of this is, sadly, popular space exploration forums, which have largely beenContinue reading “Naomi Nails It”