Iowahawk should be named comic laureate by the next President. Go, read You Didn’t Build That.
One Small Step for Man
On this day at 02:56 UTC 43 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to leave one of these on the surface of another astronomical body. Three years and five months later, Eugene Cernan became the last man to do so, so far.
The last Space Shuttle touched down for the last time on this day one year ago.
Elon Musk of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX fame has said that the impetus behind the development of SpaceX came when his son asked him, “is it really true that they used to fly to the moon when you were a boy?”
Now there are two-dozen or more private space ventures around the world. There is a plan to capture and retrieve an asteroid for commercial purposes. Two companies want to mine the moon.
If we can just hold it together for a couple more decades, humanity might get off this rock, and we might do it in my lifetime.
But it’s not looking too good.
I Like His Foreign Policy…
…of “kill everyone and destroy everything,” but I don’t like his domestic policy of “kill everyone and destroy everything.”
You can buy it here.
I think it ought to be printed on the back side of this shirt.
Quote of the Day – Jerry Pournell Edition
It is certainly possible to have too little government. That is not America’s problem. For more than half my life people have laughed at the suggestion that “Aren’t you glad you are not getting all the government you pay for?” Now Mr. Obama wants us to pay for more. — Jerry Pournelle, Chaos Manor, You Didn’t Do That!
Why
I took my grandson to see Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter on its opening weekend. When we got to the theater, I took my Kel-Tec PF9 out of the center console (in a pocket holster) and put it in my pants pocket. He saw. “You carry a gun in the theater?” he asked. “It’s my job to protect you,” I replied.
Now I have to practice head-shots with the thing. Maybe I ought to get the laser…
This, too Gets Added to the Once-a-Month Queue
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXEoQJ7ZMZs?rel=0]
In Relation to
Stupid Human Tricks
This might get to be its own category.
Last month there was this specimen, today by way of Jay G. we have another:
http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf
And again, Captain Mal comments:
He Didn’t Build That, Either
First there was
Now there’s
Own it, Barry. OWN IT.
Quote of the Day – Dependency Edition
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured…
But not everyone must prove they are a citizen. — Anonymous