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Here's a sure fire way to get an Instalanche (even if you're Mother Jones, and probably don't need one): completely mischaracterize a Reynolds post. Oh, and don't forget to preface your piece with a "...this is going to get shrill."...

The Best Army We Can Buy

Firstly, a BIG H/T to Blackfive for this one. This NYT OpEd has got to be about the biggest load of crapola that the Chief has seen in quite a while, and that's saying a lot!

Not only is the assertion that we have turned our forces into a bunch of mercenaries patently and plainly WRONG according to a simple dictionary definition, but this educated clueless wonder shows a profound misunderstanding or intentional ignoringsome interesting and important history

Just a bit to illustrate:

I hate to pick on old Clean Cut Kid as he had some nice things to say about my Lance Armstrong post, but today I think he makes an error with comments about John Roberts' Catholicism. The impetus behind this...

Interesting juxtaposition of spaceflight-related stories here. Private enterprise vs. government bureaucracy?

NASA to Ground Shuttle Program Over Foam Debris

More trouble with the fuel tank foam has caused the grounding of the shuttle fleet (again), pending some resolution of the problem. They KNOW how to fix it...but...when they changed the foam due to new environmental requirements, they started having trouble with it. 'nuff said. In this decadant age bureaucracy trumps good engineering every time.

Richard Branson and Burt Rutan Form Spacecraft Building Company

British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has teamed up with aerospace designer, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites to form a new aerospace production company. The new firm will build a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft. Called The Spaceship Company, the new entity will manufacture launch aircraft, various spacecraft and support equipment and market those products to spaceliner operators. Clients include launch customer, Virgin Galactic?formed by Branson to handle space tourist flights.

These guys will do it themselves, do it right, and make money at the same time!

If NASA is to maintain any credibility, they had better get off their keisters and get going on building something a bit more state-of-the-art than the 50-year old shuttle technology.

Another tip to NoLeftTurns, this from the New York Times. But the career that began in a Helsinki hospital has brought [Dr. Maria Siemionow] and her profession, to an extraordinary moment. A team led by Dr. Siemionow is planning to...

So-called "Millenium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam, the man who was arrested with explosives on his way to try to blow up Los Angeles International Airport, was sentenced to a mere 22-years in prison. So I guess we're not really taking this...

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