Pew pew pew and the operation warp speed…. x President Trump compared the accelerated effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine by January 2021 to the Manhattan Project. Experts have noted that a timeline of even 12 to 18 months is optimistic.https://t.co/Bb1ibQwfcs — All Things Considered (@npratc) May 15, 2020 x A costless lie. It will…
Category: spaceforce
George Takei weighs in on new Star Trek-esque Space Force logo
You probably heard that Evil Fat Kirk from the “Mirror, Mirror” universe unveiled the new Space Force logo today, and you’ve likely noticed that it looks somewhat — let’s just say “familiar.” x After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force,…
Trump: U.S. is 'now NUMBER ONE in the Universe, by FAR!!'
And yet we still haven’t mastered appropriate capitalization and economy of punctuation. x Heading to Davos, Switzerland, to meet with World and Business Leaders and bring Good Policy and additional Hundreds of Billions of Dollars back to the United States of America! We are now NUMBER ONE in the Universe, by FAR!! — Donald J….
Rand Paul worries about making planet habitable — but not our planet, of course
Rand Paul isn’t too concerned about climate change on Planet Earth, but to his credit he does think we need to start creating livable ecosystems elsewhere. I guess he thinks humanity is on a cosmic pub crawl, and since we’re about to wear out our welcome here, we need to find new and better floating orbs…
Space Force and its Starship Troopers – $2 billion for what
Because global hegemony needed a branding campaign in time for the debut of the latest Star Wars film. And the border wall got some direct funding. But with Space Force, and like other boondoggles, Trump “wanted a favor, though”, and remains a question to be asked in the 2020 campaign. x The GOP figures that if…
Are we winning yet? U.S. posts largest budget deficit on record, thanks to Trump
In 2016, Trump said he would eliminate our national debt. How’s that going? The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record (in February), amid a 20 percent drop in corporate tax revenue and a boost in spending so far this fiscal year. The numbers released last Friday show the effects of both Trump’s corporate giveaway…
