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Startling Meanness WatchWashington Post:FBI Investigates Democrats on Steele's Credit Report Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two Democratic Party researchers in Washington illegally obtained the credit report of Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele as they conducted opposition research on the likely Republican...Space Elevator Concept Starts to Buzz
The Grassroots Come to MitchellGoing Up?...all the way to Geosychronous Orbit
A couple of articles on a concept found in science fiction from Arthur C. Clarke and others: a tethered orbital elevator system! At first glance if one is unfamiliar with the concept it sounds like something from a hallucination - but the physics works, and with recent new developments in materials technology, the means are also now available.
The big advantage: CHEAP cost to orbit, especially compared to rocketry. Check these articles out: one from this weeks Sunday (London) Telegraph, and the other from none other than the big gorilla of the blogosphere hisself: Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds writing on Tech Central Station.
Click on image to enlarge. (Image from liftport.com)The race is on to build the first "space elevator' - long dismissed as science fiction - to carry people and materials into orbit along a cable thousands of miles long.In a significant step, American aviation regulators have just given permission for the opening trials of a prototype, while a competition to be launched next month follows in the wake of the $10 million (£5.6 million) "X Prize'', which led to the first privately developed craft leaving the Earth's atmosphere, briefly, last year.Folks, this isn't pie in the sky conceptualizing - it's going into the engineering phase - that's about as concrete as it gets!
I've written here in the past about NASA's work on space elevators, and on the new leaner, meaner, prize-oriented approach favored by NASA Administrator Mike Griffin. Now there are some signs of real progress on a number of fronts. As I noted earlier, NASA was offering prizes for space elevator research. That's still going on, but there are some new studies suggesting that space elevators may be closer to practicality than previously thought.Indeed!
Mitchell Daily Republic:A new billboard in Mitchell is raising debates as well as eyebrows. The billboard, located on North Sanborn, reads: ?Jesus cares for the poor - So Do We.? At the bottom, the billboard states, ?Democrats Make America Stronger.?...Daschle Gets QUOTE OF THE DAY in Hotline
From today's Hotline:President Bush has produced a nominee that probably qualifies, and I would support him. -- Tom Daschle on Roberts, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 9/22...Drats, Foiled Again!
More hate from the leftBetter Living through Metallurgy?
Important scientific breakthrough linked above, er.... or is that scientific breakdown? Whatever.
This is especially for those who are alarmed about HAARP or some other secret device causing the hurricanes.If you don't think this is true, just check it out on Google. There's LOTS of discussion from the Keepers Of Odd Knowledge Society (KOOKS) secret members.
H/T to the minions of The Rottweiler Empire.
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If you are amused by the conspiracy theories, there's a great one here. This guy also got a write-up in USA Today, which based on this seems to be considering affiliation with Weekly World News. The black helicopters are close behind!
From NewsMax: Yesterday's anti-war rally in Washington, D.C., is being hailed as the biggest since the halcyon protest days of the Vietnam war - a claim that seems to surface every time the anti-war left gets together en-masse. Leaving the...Captain's Quarters on Daschle's Ambitions
Just When South Dakota Looked Safe appears on the very prominent blog, Captain's Quarters. It covers the story that SDP has been following closely. It seems clear that Daschle wants to be a player in politics, and he may well...A Dog
This is something you dog lovers will get a kick out of: LauraW posts the details of washing her dog after he rolled in shee-it, but in Bible speak....
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