Ace of Spades HQ

March 19, 2012

Date set for first Private-Sector launch to the ISS. [krakatoa]
— Open Blogger

Some non-political, feel-good palate cleansing:

Originally set for February, the Dragon launch date was pushed back for additional testing.

This launch is long over-due, and I'm not talking about SpaceX. I'm talking about escaping the government monopoly on the business of space and letting the free market do what it does better than any government ever has: Picking Winners.

April 30th is now the date that, armed with the finest minds private capital can buy, a little luck, and an unstoppable desire to do what people tell you is impossible, we leave behind the wasteful, moribund albatross of NASA and get the space program back on the fast-track to success.

SpaceX already has commercial launch contracts inked. This is going to happen, people, and if they show a profit, commercial spaceflight will snowball.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:53 AM | Comments (144)
Post contains 151 words, total size 1 kb.

1 Thank God, a new post.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 19, 2012 05:55 AM (3jGS1)

2 Obama sucks cock.

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 19, 2012 05:55 AM (FtdJQ)

3 SpaceX already has commercial launch contracts inked. This is going to happen, people, and if they show a profit, commercial spaceflight will snowball.

Then the SCOAMF will regulate and tax it until it agrees to be put under NASA's control

Can't have muzzies feeling bad about being left out

Posted by: President Rafael Hernandez, 2120 at March 19, 2012 05:57 AM (Y+DPZ)

4 Come to space, Humans.
I wait on a distant world.
Coveting my nuts.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk made a haiku at March 19, 2012 05:58 AM (niW49)

5 He who controls the spice, controls the universe!

Posted by: toby928© at March 19, 2012 05:59 AM (GTbGH)

6 Mars is gay

Posted by: cherry at March 19, 2012 06:01 AM (OhYCU)

7 ?
The private sector is finally getting to the point that the government got to 50 years ago. And the private sector is using the knowledge base built by government scientists and launches.

This launch is interesting, but this post oversells it by a massive margin.

Posted by: Angus at March 19, 2012 06:02 AM (kakwR)

8 Somewhere on the surface of Luna, the spirit of D.D. Harriman is smiling...

Posted by: GuyfromNH at March 19, 2012 06:03 AM (kbOju)

9 ISS, huh? Y'know, that has a nice ring to it. And it just so happens that I'm building a ship at the moment...

Posted by: Miles "Smiley" O'Brien at March 19, 2012 06:04 AM (1yvRq)

10 Will the new spaceship make a "choo-choo" sound?

Posted by: Special Joey Biden at March 19, 2012 06:05 AM (UOM48)

11 How soon before we can probe Uranus?

Posted by: nickless at March 19, 2012 06:06 AM (MMC8r)

12 Yikes! Over at Drudge, directly under a very attractive picture of Ann Romney, is our lovely Sec. of State, Igor. Great oogly googly.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:09 AM (UOM48)

13 Anybody got a spliff up in here?

Posted by: Dick Branson at March 19, 2012 06:10 AM (/ZZCn)

14 Will there be TSA goons to feel us up?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:12 AM (UOM48)

I want to know what designs Richard Branson has already dreamed up for the space attendants suits for Virgin Intergalactic.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 06:13 AM (VtjlW)

16 13 Yikes! Over at Drudge, directly under a very attractive picture of Ann Romney, is our lovely Sec. of State, Igor. Great oogly googly.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 10:09 AM (UOM4

Holy shit that is almost Helen Thomas bad!! Also, gotta love the TSA fondling the kid in the wheelchair. Gawd!

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 19, 2012 06:14 AM (3jGS1)

17 Let me guess: Muslims are building this ship, right?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:17 AM (UOM48)

18 I like Hillary's look. It makes the subtle yet unmistakable statement that she just doesn't care.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 19, 2012 06:17 AM (pVvkk)

19 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 06:18 AM (8y9MW)

20 Happy St Josephs Day! I just had a st joseph's cake from south philly for breakfast - mmmmmmm that TSA story is just heartrending. I couldn't stand by for that. No. Way. seriously I won't take the kids to Disney I'm too worried about this crap!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:19 AM (SB0V2)

21 When will they do their required Muzzie outreach?

Posted by: Vic at March 19, 2012 06:20 AM (YdQQY)

OMG

I feel bad for Hillary

Never thought that would happen.

I think she may be Dorian Grey there at the bitter end.

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:20 AM (u50z0)

23 I am not keen to have google or whoever control space. To me it is key military importance. I prefer having the military (our military) hold supremacy in space.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 19, 2012 06:20 AM (5H6zj)

24 The private sector is finally getting to the point that the government got to 50 years ago.

Nope, the government never made it to cheap space flight. You're confusing physical destinations with economic viability.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (Mtvi5)

25 Frankly, I am offended by the whole phallic looking thing in the picture.

Posted by: Rick Santorum at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (kaOJx)

26 Some non-political...
------
Never.

So launching on a NASA contract is the free market in action? Virgin Galactic would be a better example.

SpaceX commercial launch contracts are hardly anything new under or around the sun.

The only people to manage space flight are Nazis or Communists.

Posted by: RioBravo at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (eEfYn)

27 So, I've been away for a while. Is "DOOM" on a break, or gone for good?

Posted by: jjmurphy at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (xjEAl)

28 Looks like her cankles are spreading, all the way up to her scalp.

Posted by: nickless at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (MMC8r)

Are those crescents?

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:21 AM (u50z0)

30 Did you guys hear that Scott Brown joked that when Santorum got secret service that it was the first time that he had used protection?

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:23 AM (u50z0)

31 DOOM......it's gone.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 19, 2012 06:23 AM (C8hzL)

32 I heard that joke, Dagny. Thought it was really funny. I know, I'm a sekret Dem plant and all

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:25 AM (SB0V2)

33 Don't get why the father of the wheelchair bound kid did not flat go nuclear. No one in this world would be allowed to do that to one of my children---period.

I love to fly, but it looks like that isn't going to happen until some sanity is restored to the process. Someone attempting to fondle my junk in public WOULD result in a very dramatic scene. Good thing I like driving even better than flying, I guess.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 19, 2012 06:25 AM (SAMxH)

34 Bastards better not be charging black, drug addict, gay, single mothers on probation with no high school diploma as much for space rides as 1%ers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2012 06:25 AM (Hx5uv)

35 33 I thought it was funny too. I lol-ed when the radio guy said it this morning.

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:26 AM (u50z0)

36 If private enterprise runs space missions, how can we be sure that crews will have the correct mix of gender, ethnicity, and sexual practices?

Posted by: edj at March 19, 2012 06:27 AM (+QKfp)

37 What happens if you grab their junk? Do you get arrested?

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:27 AM (u50z0)

38 Zeppoli. I had a zeppoli. I couldn't remember the name because . . . not enough coffee yet I guess amazing! from not-Terminis (Potitos)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:28 AM (SB0V2)

39 I think she may be Dorian Grey there at the bitter end.

***

She may be Dorian Grey's picture that reveals all of Obama's sins. I knew she was ugly but DAMN!

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2012 06:28 AM (Hx5uv)

40 What happens if you grab their junk? Do you get arrested?

You get a "thorough exam" in one of the "private rooms."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 06:28 AM (8y9MW)

41 What happens if you grab their junk? Do you get arrested? You're damn straight you do. I'm surprised they let the dad video it. They usually don't. My husband got pulled over for the groping recently (went thru radiation-box! did not opt out) and his coworker got in BIG trouble for taking a quick photo of it on his phone

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:29 AM (SB0V2)

42 I'm surprised they let the dad video it. They usually don't. My husband got pulled over for the groping recently (went thru radiation-box! did not opt out) and his coworker got in BIG trouble for taking a quick photo of it on his phone

Most transparent administration ever.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 06:30 AM (8y9MW)

43 Flying to Vegas for a convention next week.

I can hardly wait to go through the TSA screening. I'm especially looking forward to the four hour layover in Charlotte.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:30 AM (UOM48)

44 I have to admit, it must suck to be Hillary. Could you imagine being the Secretary of State to this clusterfuck of a naive narcissistic apoligist?

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 19, 2012 06:31 AM (niW49)

45 14 Anybody got a spliff up in here?

Posted by: Dick Branson at March 19, 2012 10:10 AM (/ZZCn)

You billionaire lefties are such class acts. How would this world survive with out you??

Posted by: dananjcon at March 19, 2012 06:34 AM (8ieXv)

46 I know why the father didn't go nuclear. Odds are this family has been planning this Disney trip for months and is spending a lot of hard-earned cash to go and have some fun family time. The father knows if he complains, even a little bit, all that planning and money is lost. It is one thing to think he should have gone nuclear, it is another to lose a family vacation to make a statement, even a good one.

The TSA knows they have people by the short hairs. "Complain and we'll ruin your trip".

It is the soft tyranny that grows every day in this country.

Posted by: jjmurphy at March 19, 2012 06:34 AM (xjEAl)

47 45 But they both share a love of Saul Alinsky!! Seriously, it's almost like some greek tragedy where she leaves Goldwater to take up with the left and is abandoned by her admirers as her flesh dissolves from the years of evil associations.

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:35 AM (u50z0)

48 I wonder what US Government hoops they have to do to get 'PERMISSION' to launch?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 19, 2012 06:35 AM (lZBBB)

49 Of course now can't you video stuff on your phone without looking like you're videoing it?

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:36 AM (u50z0)

50 I refuse to fly anywhere until the TSA is no more.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 19, 2012 06:36 AM (O3R/2)

51 Not only did I have a delicious zeppoli this morning, but I also just saw on the sidebar that Apple is going to start paying dividends?!?! Sorry this is LIKE THE BEST DAY EVER! Thank you St. Joseph!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:36 AM (SB0V2)

52 Uh right, "private company". Every venture Elon Must does from solar power to electric cars is heavily funded by Mr President...including Spacex. It turns out that NASA never makes anything...it was always private companies in the same sense that spacex is. Great PR by Mr Musk though. He's managed to convince you otherwise.

Posted by: robtron at March 19, 2012 06:36 AM (gue+Q)

53 #8: Nice RAH ref.

Posted by: speedster1 at March 19, 2012 06:37 AM (v40Bj)

54 I wonder what US Government hoops they have to do to get 'PERMISSION' to launch?

I'm sure that Mathematicians know the number, but general people would just round of a "a gajillion." Some of them (like making sure you have a clear launch window and a few others) even make some sense.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 06:37 AM (8y9MW)

55
Haven't the desire to subject my family to the embarrassment of causing a major scene at an airport, so flying is out.

But if you DO grab someone's nuts, remember to squeeze hard, pull and twist simultaneously. Takes their mind off you immediately.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 19, 2012 06:37 AM (SAMxH)

56 Of course now can't you video stuff on your phone without looking like you're videoing it? Yeah but it's risky. I do it at First Holy Communions but the worst that can happen then is a nun bops you on the head. I did it at an American Girl fashion show too. The Women's Auxiliary had a talk with me.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:38 AM (SB0V2)

57 That looks like my butt plug!

Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 19, 2012 06:39 AM (nZvGM)

58 58 LOL you're such a rule breaker Black Orchid. Way to mix it up.

Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 19, 2012 06:41 AM (u50z0)

59 Netanyahu on France shooting: Where's UN condemnation? Published: 03.19.12, 15:42 / Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse France and said that "it is too early to determine what the background of the murderous act was but it is impossible to reject the possibility that this act was driven by violent and murderous anti-Semitism. "I have yet to hear any condemnation of the heinous murder from the UN, what I heard is that the UN Human Rights Council on this of all days, played host to a Hamas representative," the prime minister added. (Moran Azulay) That's a rhetorical question

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 19, 2012 06:41 AM (i6RpT)

60 All this means is that Barky and the lunatics on the Hill might start pushing the Outer Space Treaty (the UN's Communism in Space Manifesto) for ratification, here. Then again, Barky might just declare the treaty operative and carry on from there. That's how he does stuff and he constantly gets away with it - thanks to lots of inside help on the right.

Posted by: really ... at March 19, 2012 06:42 AM (iOOXO)

61 Does travel insurance pay out if "beaten down and dragged off by the TSA" causes you to miss your flights, cruise, etc.

Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2012 06:43 AM (WkuV6)

62 Does travel insurance pay out if "beaten down and dragged off by the TSA" causes you to miss your flights, cruise, etc that is an EXCELLENT question! I'm going to ask my agent

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:44 AM (SB0V2)

63 Oh and non-political? Elon Musk is the most politically driven CEO out there. You should have seen his blog during the health care debate...he loves to bash anyone and everything that opposes the president. There is a reason he gets so much government money. Sorry guys. If he succeeds this will be one case where the government venture capitol money got it right.

Posted by: robtron at March 19, 2012 06:44 AM (gue+Q)

64 I can hardly wait to go through the TSA screening. I'm especially looking forward to the four hour layover in Charlotte.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 10:30 AM (UOM4

Just grab one of the rocking chairs and browse AOSHQ while in Charlotte.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 19, 2012 06:45 AM (3jGS1)

65 Netanyahu on France shooting: Where's UN condemnation?
Published: 03.19.12, 15:42 / Israel News

Who cares what the UN says about this? Honestly. Israel's biggest problem is that they've too stupid to understand that they are not served by being in the UN, at all, and have to leave that disgusting, fetid, repulsive organization. Staying in that Israel-hating, Jew-despising org doesn't serve Israel and doesn't serve the world, either.

Bibi is very, very, very wrong on this. He should be pulling Israel out of the UN, not begging the UN to stick their noses into new places. The less UN on the Earth, the better. Period.

Posted by: really ... at March 19, 2012 06:46 AM (iOOXO)

66 Works for me. NASA has been an unwieldy bureaucracy since the beginning and it hasn't improved with time.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at March 19, 2012 06:49 AM (RD7QR)

67 @7 The private sector is finally getting to the point that the government got to 50 years ago. And the private sector is using the knowledge base built by government scientists and launches.

The point is not how we got her - it's whether we could have gotten here sooner without less govt clusterbuggery, and whether we'll go forward faster without it.

I have no doubts that we'll end up getting pretty far based on private enterprise.

Posted by: RightWingProf at March 19, 2012 06:49 AM (IC6Er)

68 Get yourself a log home in the woods with a dish and internet like I did. I've been in space for a while now.

Posted by: ontherocks at March 19, 2012 06:49 AM (ZJCDy)

69 Can't do the damned linky thingy, but over at The Blaze they had video of Eric "Chinless Wonder" Holder talking back in 1995 about banning guns.

Paging Daryl Issa. Please pick up the f*cking white courtesy phone.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:52 AM (UOM48)

70 @54 "Every venture Elon Must does from solar power to electric cars is heavily funded by Mr President...including Spacex"

So we have a pResident hell-bent on nationalizing damn near everything who turns around and "privatizes" space exploration.

Does not compute.

Posted by: creeper at March 19, 2012 06:53 AM (gre5a)

71 Hooray! Now we can dedicate ourselves fully to the "science" of Mann-Made Global Warming!

Posted by: NASA at March 19, 2012 06:54 AM (q/kmn)

72 Paging Daryl Issa. Please pick up the f*cking white courtesy phone.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 10:52 AM (UOM4

Don't bother with Issa. He's totally useless. Let him enjoy his playtime by the pool. It's about as productive as he gets, anyway.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 06:54 AM (iOOXO)

73 Drudge took pity on us and change that jarring Hillary pic . . . to something just plain ugly. and Carville has a brain made of mush if he thinking Hill is going to be MORE appealing to voters in 2016 that is hilarious!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 06:58 AM (SB0V2)

74 Can we please send Rosie O'Donnell to Iran? Apparently she was a nightmare to work with on her talker at Orca's network.

This is my "shocked" face:

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 06:59 AM (UOM48)

75 Tesla Gets a 500 million government loan to start building its cars in NUMMI...which is coincidentally about twenty feet from both Solyndra buildings.

Posted by: robtron at March 19, 2012 06:59 AM (gue+Q)

76 Where's the Walking Dead thread, you pussies?

Posted by: mike at March 19, 2012 07:00 AM (kqXHe)

77 It turns out that NASA never makes anything...it was always private companies in the same sense that spacex is

Well, no. Normally NASA is heavily involved in the designs it contracts out to private companies. But NASA had nothing to do with the development of the Falcon 9 at all, which is why it cost so little (NASA's own estimates were that it would have cost NASA 15 times what SpaceX spent to develop Falcon 9 if NASA had used its normal procedures). And the Commercial Crew Development contracts that helped pay for Dragon are also entirely different - far more hands-off, and thus far cheaper (and not cost-plus) - from NASA's regular sclerotic methods.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 19, 2012 07:00 AM (Mtvi5)

78 Tesla has done pioneering work in bricking expensive electric cars. I can't wait until SpaceX goes up and bricks the space station. That's going to be pretty cool.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 07:01 AM (iOOXO)

79 77 Drudge took pity on us and change that jarring Hillary pic . . . to something just plain ugly.

Good grief. All the money in the world, and she won't hire a stylist or wash her hair.

No words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 07:01 AM (UOM48)

@73 When it was Grumman, Boeing, Lockheed, JPL et al. making stuff for NASA Obama only owned the unions and not the management, now he owns both at Spacex.

Posted by: robtron at March 19, 2012 07:04 AM (gue+Q)

81 YOU FOOLS! This is just a backdoor way to set the world record for highest "drivers meeting" ever.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 19, 2012 07:04 AM (mZ+XA)

82 Look, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 19, 2012 07:04 AM (xUnPJ)

83 First step in creating my empire on the moon. Newtonistan.

Posted by: Emperor Gingrich founder of the moon colony empire at March 19, 2012 07:06 AM (TIlqH)

Don't bother with Issa. He's totally useless. Let him enjoy his playtime by the pool. It's about as productive as he gets, anyway.

I'm always fascinated by this criticism. What, specifically, do you believe that Issa has not done that is within his power to do? That's a serious question. Those who make this and similar statements clearly have something else specific in mind and I am interested to hear what that is.

That's not a defense of Issa, btw, I simply want to ensure that my presumption of the criticism matches the criticism being made.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 07:07 AM (VtjlW)

85 Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 19, 2012 10:20 AM (5H6zj)

If the cocksucker in chief has his way, the military will have a tough time holding on to its bases in the U.S., much less controlling space.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 19, 2012 07:07 AM (nEUpB)

86 All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Leave Europa alone!

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 19, 2012 07:08 AM (xUnPJ)

87 NASA didn't let Orbital Sciences succeed, why should Spacex?

Posted by: KF at March 19, 2012 07:08 AM (M7sDR)

88 Good grief. All the money in the world, and she won't hire a stylist or wash her hair.

No words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2012 11:01 AM (UOM4

Shrillary washes her hair. She just read the instructions where it said to "reset the conditioner" and she went "overcharge with conditioner", instead. Typical mistake for a retard like Hillary.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 07:09 AM (iOOXO)

89 Looking forward to being a member of the 12 mile high club.

Posted by: polynikes at March 19, 2012 07:09 AM (TIlqH)

90 Will the ISS be able to find Klingons on Uranus?

Posted by: Pete at March 19, 2012 07:09 AM (V8Vnt)

91 Spam in a can!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 19, 2012 07:09 AM (f9c2L)

I don't know what is wrong with all of you mysoginistic right-wingers.

Hillary Clinton is a beacon of beauty, class, and composure, second only to Our First Lady.

Only on my very best of days do I feel that I have attained the level of visual perfection that Hillary seems to claim, effortlessly...

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz at March 19, 2012 07:10 AM (V40IZ)

>>I know, I'm a sekret Dem plant and all

You're a lovely shade of green, dahling.

>>Good grief. All the money in the world, and she won't hire a stylist or wash her hair.

And yet some people keep thinking she might run for office again. Um, no, I think she's making it really really clear she won't.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 19, 2012 07:10 AM (XdlcF)

94 Boring morning threads. Waiting for Ace's coke-fueled insanity from noon-to-four-thirty.

Posted by: nickless at March 19, 2012 07:11 AM (MMC8r)

95 My God, it's full of....Czars!

Posted by: David Bowman, peering into the Obamalith at March 19, 2012 07:13 AM (V40IZ)

96 In 2006, NASA awards SpaceX a contract under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program to develop the capability to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station as represented by the image shown here. --------------- Thats par for the course that I'm one of the last to hear about this. Considering the date of the contract, I'd be willing to bet these people are seen in a poor light by the socialists?

Posted by: Jimmah at March 19, 2012 07:16 AM (mZ+XA)

97 It's only a matter of time before Jerry McNasty's Saloon and Orbital Fuckhouse becomes a reality. Because you just know there are plenty of Japanese businessmen willing to pay top dollar to have their diaper changed and be bottle fed by a Hello Kitty furry in space.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2012 07:17 AM (eJkKU)

98 Bibi is very, very, very wrong on this. He should be pulling Israel out of the UN, not begging the UN to stick their noses into new places. The less UN on the Earth, the better. Period. Posted by: really ... at March 19, 2012 10:46 AM (iOOXO) You missunderstand. Bibi is not begging the UN to do anything. He is just making a sarcastic point to embarrass the UN.

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 19, 2012 07:18 AM (i6RpT)

99 Speaking if private space venture companies, I just watched Gattaca for the first time this weekend. I give it an eh.

Posted by: polynikes at March 19, 2012 07:19 AM (TIlqH)

100 The only people to manage space flight are Nazis or Communists.

And we beat the Commies by a good 10 years.

Posted by: Space Nazis at March 19, 2012 07:19 AM (VE1KN)

101 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at March 19, 2012 07:21 AM (7W3wI)

102 Imagine that. According to FOX news, the pride and joy of automated robbery devices (red light cams) is embroiled in a pay to play scam in Illinois.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 19, 2012 07:21 AM (mZ+XA)

103 I'm always fascinated by this criticism. What, specifically, do you believe that Issa has not done that is within his power to do? That's a serious question. Those who make this and similar statements clearly have something else specific in mind and I am interested to hear what that is.

Two volumes of clearly impeachable acts by Barky, along with another tome detailing impeachable acts by Barky's junta ... and Issa can't even get around to doing a serious investigation about even one of them. Issa has done nothing.

I guess the question for you is, "What is it that you think Issa is doing, and how do you think that relates to his position while the most lawless, anti-American, insane administration does whatever the f#ck it wants and continues to get away with everything?"

I don't recall Issa even mentioning anything about the clearly illegal campaign financing (and this is an open and shut case with the AVS being turned off) and he hasn't said one word about the illegality of an American politician holding political campaigns and rallies in foreign nations ... for foreigners.

But, maybe all that is too far in the past for Issa ... and too easy. Issa wants something that he can look like he's doing something about but never ends up doing jack. That is Issa's strategy, you know.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 07:21 AM (iOOXO)

104 Posted by: nevergiveup at March 19, 2012 11:18 AM (i6RpT)

I agree that Bibi was speaking sarcastically, but I am not sure that the UN as an organization can be embarrassed.

Their "peacekeeping" troops regularly rape and murder.

They have the world's worst human-rights violators on their human rights commissions.

They have officially condemned Israel dozens of times, but have never officially condemned Communist China, the biggest human-rights violator on the planet.

The institutional anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is unbelievable (just ask anyone who has ever worked for any UN entity).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 19, 2012 07:23 AM (nEUpB)

105 What could Issa have done? Probably investigate the Walperin firing.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 19, 2012 07:23 AM (iu657)

106 You missunderstand. Bibi is not begging the UN to do anything. He is just making a sarcastic point to embarrass the UN.
Posted by: nevergiveup at March 19, 2012 11:18 AM (i6RpT)

I understood it fully. No matter what Bibi might think are his intentions, the effect of his idiotic words are to lend credibility to an organization that shouldn't even exist.

I lived in Israel for years and used to have this argument with Israelis all the time. They don't even understand how the whole purpose of the UN was to do nothing but try to destroy Israel Just look at the percentage of UN resolutions (GA and UNSC) that were just about beating up Israel. It was a HUGE percentage. The UN would have nothing to do if Israel left.

Bibi does not espouse the notion that Israel should leave the UN, which is why he is crying about the UN's anti-Jew policy, as if anyone should claim surprise.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 07:26 AM (iOOXO)

107 Anybody see John Stossel's exposure of the myriad of abuses of power and railroading of regular people by the EPA last night? The EPA needs to be dissolved more than the Dept. of Indoctrination. They are acting like a dictatorship. Even when they lose in court they just change tactics to ruin the lives of ordinary people. They fucking need to be dissolved, ASAP. The GOP is stupid (yeah, I know) not to use this as a club to hammer da Zero.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2012 07:27 AM (OlN4e)

108 Mr. President, when should I expect your call?

Posted by: Bristol Palin at March 19, 2012 07:28 AM (DATOZ)

109 SPACE TRADERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 19, 2012 07:30 AM (Ho2rs)

110 WHY DO YOU JUDGE ME, EMPIRE OF JEFF?

Posted by: reason at March 19, 2012 07:30 AM (V40IZ)

111 Model Simone Farrow Accused of Heading International Drug Ring Captured http://goo.gl/Qv54i

Posted by: mike at March 19, 2012 07:31 AM (kqXHe)

112

Â“SpaceX wins deal to launch satellites for Asia, Mexico"

I saw a documentary in which the Mexican space agency launched a killer whale to the moon for only $200. I wish those fat cats at NASA would get with the program.

Posted by: CJ at March 19, 2012 07:31 AM (9KqcB)

113 It's no use; no response from Regula I.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 19, 2012 07:31 AM (xUnPJ)

114

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 11:21 AM (iOOXO)

Okay, you (specific you in this case) still haven't responded with specifics. Do you believe that Issa should be drafting and presenting articles of impeachment? Do you believe he should be starting more investigations? If so, what actions do you believe he should take in conducting those hearings? What do you want him to do once the investigation is over? Do you believe that he should be attempting to get Holder held in contempt of Congress? What is it, exactly, that you want him to do? Your response is a bit muddled as you say he isn't doing anything, which implies no investigations, then you glancingly refer to areas that Issa is not investigating, which implies that he is doing some nebulous thing. I am trying to pin down precisely what it is that you want him to do.

I guess the question for you is, "What is it that you think Issa is doing, and how do you think that relates to his position while the most lawless, anti-American, insane administration does whatever the f#ck it wants and continues to get away with everything?"

I'm going off the top of my head here so this is non-exhaustive. He's holding hearing, issuing subpoenas, conducting investigations and ancillary matters affiliated with holding such hearings. I am not saying this is sufficient, by any means, but there's a tenor to the complaints against him (speaking generally not necessarily about your specific comment) that he's doing nothing at all. That is not the case. Again, that's not defending what he's doing or saying such actions are sufficient. I am merely attempting to clarify the parameters of the charge that he isn't doing enough.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 07:32 AM (VtjlW)

115 Walking Dead morons.
In a world infested with zombies, why can't people survive with an overabundance of oil/food/weapons/heavy machinery.All you have to do is detach their zombie brains from their heads.The absurdity gets to me.
1.Build a sturdy cage
2. Fill it with chainsaws and gasoline
3. Kill all zombies when they come for you
4. live happily ever after with Kate Upton in your underground bunker or penthouse suite.

Posted by: befuddled at March 19, 2012 07:35 AM (xJU23)

116 Your agonizer, Mr Chekov

Posted by: Bearded Spock, ISS Enterprise at March 19, 2012 07:36 AM (Y+DPZ)

117 A post over on WUWT that includes no math, that morons will love: http://preview.tinyurl.com/75gcyct

Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2012 07:36 AM (WkuV6)

118 >>Some non-political, feel-good palate cleansing:

Fuck. That. Shit.
Blood boiling film by Alexandra Pelosi....yes, that's Nancy Pelosi's own daughter.

And Alexandra Pelosi showed this video on Bill Maher's Show.

Go figure, huh? Watch and decide for yourselves as Alexandra Pelosi interviews Welfare People going after Obama Bucks. http://tinyurl.com/6stynut

Posted by: sickinmass at March 19, 2012 07:37 AM (bcNec)

119 Reuters now white washing Islamic radicals by calling them "Asians".

Good thing English has such a large number of words to choose from.

It makes it so much easier to obfuscate and lie while being able to claim one has told the "truth".

SFW == http://tinyurl.com/6p3zcpp "Honor code supported by young Asians poll says"

Honor code means "Honor" Killings of young women by their brothers and fathers for supposed infractions of "honor".

Posted by: The SMOD has been temporarily delayed until 2013. Please stand by. at March 19, 2012 07:37 AM (CP+yl)

120 There is another world war coming. Mark my words. That is what it always takes for people to clean the shit out of their heads.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2012 07:38 AM (OlN4e)

121

In a world infested with zombies, why can't people survive with an overabundance of oil/food/weapons/heavy machinery

Do not even get me started. "Oh noes! This crappy RV keeps breaking down! Let's stop here and try to scavenge parts to fix it and siphon gas to run it instead of just TAKING THAT NEW ONE THAT WORKS RIGHT OVER THERE!" "Oh noes! We are running out of water! Whatever shall we do other than taking this delivery truck that's loaded with huge bottles of water!" "Oh noes! We are running out of ammo and weapons! My God, it's like we are stuck in midtown Manhattan and not Georgia where there's bound to be a gun store right around that corner."

Darryl should have crossbowed them all due to utter, utter stupidity.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 19, 2012 07:39 AM (VtjlW)

122 121
I can't link for some reason but I am all for making winning easier.

Posted by: RioBravo at March 19, 2012 07:40 AM (eEfYn)

123 Issa should have issued a Contempt citation for every document he received that was completely black, just for wasting toner, let alone the flagrant thumb in the eye of his investigative authority.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 19, 2012 07:41 AM (UU0OF)

124 Reuters now white washing Islamic radicals by calling them "Asians".

They're picking up the British appeasement in that. To them, "Asian" means "Paskistani". To Americans, of course, Asian means what we used to call "oriental", before it was decided that PC no longer allowed any label for Orientals - they had to mixed in with all the other Asians to confuse the issue.

Personally, I loved it when the idiot Brits started trying to call suicide bombings "anti-muslim bombings", since the bombing of civilized people by priomitive muslims cast a bad light on all primitive muslims ... ergo, the suicide bombing of kuffars was an act against muslims. Yep. I'm not making this up, either.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2012 07:42 AM (iOOXO)

125 125 Alex, I loved the scene where Daryl is sitting on his hog just looking over the destruction/zombie horde hitting the farm . . kind of you could see him thinking "to hell with these people" and just driving off . . WTF that was a farm with no heavy equipment?!?! No combines no plows no tractors? That dumb dude had to get out of the beater RV for some unknown reason?!?! it all happened fast but there was way too much stupid in that finale

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 19, 2012 07:42 AM (SB0V2)

126 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 19, 2012 11:23 AM (nEUpB) Ah I'm just in a piss poor mood today. My oldest daughter got into an accident on the way back from DC yesterday. She was at a dead stop in traffic on I95 and some guy rear ended her and she and her friend panicked and didn't get his name or insurance info and the license plate doesn't check out. This kid calls us for everything and THIS she doesn't call us for. She "Thought" it was only minor damage to her car? Yeah minor my ass I bet at least 2000$

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 19, 2012 07:43 AM (i6RpT)

127 Off to the ER w/mr. creeper. Damn this bug, anyway.

Posted by: creeper at March 19, 2012 07:44 AM (gre5a)

128 NASA is the only government agency to ever pay for itself.

As the late Robert Heinlein pointed out in testimony before congress the tax money raised from the sales of NASA created miniaturized electrical motors has more than paid for the entire space program - including the Apollo moon landings.

Nevertheless - I see the emergence of Space X and others as a very good thing.

Posted by: An Observation at March 19, 2012 07:44 AM (ylhEn)

129 best wishes creeper...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 19, 2012 07:45 AM (Ho2rs)

130 damn it...i'm out of irish soda bread......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 19, 2012 07:45 AM (Ho2rs)

131 Irish oil discovery. Small to medium yield, but every little bit helps. I guess the size of the find is what has kept Fox, and others in our free press, from bothering to mention this to us. Note to Fox, CNN, etc.: Please, inform us whenever ANYBODY, ANYWHERE, finds any F*ing oil!!

Posted by: And Irresolute at March 19, 2012 07:47 AM (RC3M9)

132 "honor" killing done by mothers, too. Pamela Geller reported recently that a mother made her 16 year old daughter clean the house for two days before killing her in her sleep, so the house would be clean for the mourners. The mother killed her daughter because of a false rumor the neighbors told her maligning her daughter's virtue.

Posted by: Justamom at March 19, 2012 07:48 AM (Sptt8)

133 136
I respect the right of 'those' people to make their own lifestyle and deathstyle choices. We must learn to embrace diversity as that will give us strength (and servitude).

Posted by: RioBravo at March 19, 2012 07:52 AM (eEfYn)

134

Jesus Christ.

Here, clean the house, make the finger food, dig this hole, and go to bed.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 19, 2012 07:53 AM (mZ+XA)

135 I wonder if she had her put a plastic sheet in the bed before going to sleep. No sense having any mess.

Posted by: RioBravo at March 19, 2012 07:55 AM (eEfYn)

136 136 what kind of people do this? oh never mind....the amish///

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 19, 2012 07:56 AM (Ho2rs)

137 <<In a world infested with zombies, why can't people survive with an overabundance of oil/food/weapons/heavy machinery>>

Because if the show weren't about idiots trying to survive the zombie apocalypse it would get boring. Filming me on John Fn Kerrys yacht wouldn't have much drama other than throwing people off if they started any said drama.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 19, 2012 07:58 AM (tf9Ne)

138 124 There is another world war coming. Mark my words. That is what it always takes for people to clean the shit out of their heads. Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2012 11:38 AM

These things gotta happen every 10 years or so, gets rid of all the bad blood

Posted by: Peter Clemenza at March 19, 2012 07:59 AM (Y+DPZ)

139 Darryl is the only sensible redneck in that group. He's the only one I'm rooting for.Perhaps the Samurai girl will be the other one.

My reaction to the season finale:
http://i.minus.com/iZ6JqDMKYDzAF.gif

Posted by: befuddled at March 19, 2012 08:03 AM (xJU23)

140 Obviously, the zombie infection makes you deaf because they never hear them coming from behind them. I would dig a large hole, use sound to lure all the zombies to the hole, and toss in a match. So, what do you think of the ending? Not sure how you can keep zombies in check. They can still bite. And mystery person has boobies. I'm sure of it.

Posted by: mike at March 19, 2012 08:08 AM (kqXHe)

141

Availability of weapons and ammo is one thing that really makes me think that the writers of the Walking Dead haven't got clue one about America between the coasts. I was stationed at Fort Benning, GA for a couple of years. I can tell you that all they would have to do is check out a couple of local houses and they would have more than enough weapons and ammo to outfit a platoon. That is before mentioning all the canned good, fuel, etc. that they would find in these places. This show is a perfect example of people with a complete lack of survival skills and mindset written by people that think milk comes from the grocery store. On the other hand, it does have zombies that get killed once in a while.

Posted by: Assassin6 at March 19, 2012 08:21 AM (FfukH)

142 Late to the thread.....but, I hope this SpaceX launch goes off without a hitch. ....I'm rooting for them, and the other private enterprisers who are working on commercial spaceflight operations.

Posted by: wheatie at March 19, 2012 08:28 AM (Izn98)

143 #132 One problem: It wasn't true. The big driver of such things was DoD procurement, not NASA. The single biggest government sponsored driver of miniaturization of electronics and related items was the need for such in ICBMs. In fact, NASA would never have existed if it wasn't for the military need to deliver a payload to remote parts of the globe. The reaction to Sputnik had far less to do with scientific pride than the knowledge of what sub-orbital delivery and nuclear weapons added up to. I'm a big advocate of space development but virtually nothing attributed to NASA in technological innovation is deserved. If anything, the outright repression of private sector efforts in space access has held back innovation.

Posted by: epobirs at March 19, 2012 08:55 AM (Ncf1Y)

144 Always a little surprised to see this labled a commercial effort since 100% of Falcon 9 money comes from the government. Which is what we used to call government contracting.

Posted by: Dr. Dave at March 19, 2012 01:59 PM (2VWva)

Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top

Comments are disabled. Post is locked.

144kb generated in CPU 0.0381, elapsed 0.2108 seconds.
64 queries taking 0.1825 seconds, 272 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.