Category Archives: Politics
Stop the Suburbs
From the Economist: Between April 1st 2009 and April 1st 2010, metro Atlanta’s growth rate was at its lowest level since the 1950s. On an aesthetic level, this is no bad thing: the city grew too quickly for its infrastructure. Fewer … Continue reading
NASA Failure?
First we found out that Obama wanted to end NASA’s Constellation project, and have ‘private enterprise’ take care of our man space travels. The we find out according to NASA’s administrator that Obama’s main initiative for NASA is to help … Continue reading
Strange Interview, Stranger Proposed Islamic NASA Initiatives
NASA Administer Charles Bolden, appointed by Obama, had the strangest interview with Al Jazeera News about NASA’s future. You can watch the full strange interview on YouTube, but first here are some comments from various sources. Most media outlets have … Continue reading
Senate to Reverse Obama’s Proposed NASA Policies
From NY Times’ Kenneth Chang: Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation are moving toward an authorization bill that would reverse large swaths of President Obama’s proposed changes to NASA’s human space flight program… … Continue reading
RollingStone, The Runaway Article
RollingStone writes history with article “The Runaway General:” By some accounts, McChrystal’s career should have been over at least two times by now. As Pentagon spokesman during the invasion of Iraq, the general seemed more like a White House mouthpiece … Continue reading
When Coffee Spills
via my good friends’ AMAZING coffee blog, FRSHGRND.
NASA’s Constellation Update
Update from NYTimes by Kenneth Chang Since 2005, NASA has spent about $10 billion on an effort to return astronauts to the moon. The Obama administration wants to cancel Constellation, arguing it is too expensive, but Congress has so far … Continue reading
Funny
For more from Steven Weissman check on my review on his last book.
Continuing NASA Constellation Controversy
NASA’s Constellation controversy continues, partly because no clear solution has been given to replace Constellation, and congress has yet to approve Obama’s proposal. It’s against the law for NASA to start acting out Obama’s proposed changes unless congress approves them. … Continue reading
Absurd Antitrust: FTC and Adobe Sitting in a Tree, K. I. S. S. I. N. G.
Why would there be an antitrust probe into Apple if they don’t have a majority of market share in anything? Sure their products together hold 50% of mobile web traffic, but web traffic is open to anyone, and anyone can … Continue reading