Continuing…
Two of Cutler Marina
Thatcher, looking east towards the Wasatch Mountains
May 022019
May 012019
Gentlemen, behold: grievance studies experts hold court on human exploration of Mars. It is every bit as awful as you might imagine. The banality of evil is on full display as they demonstrate their willingness and desire to kneecap humanity by demanding that space flight take into consideration their intersectioncl BS. if you watch nothing else here, make sure to check out the end when an audience member finally puts to the panel the obvious question: what exactly are the characteristics you want from the first generation of people sent to colonize Mars?
These idiots actually think the useless garbage they’ve decided to focus their lives around will actually survive first contact with the vacuum of space.
May 012019
I have repeatedly brought up my concept for transcontinental pipelines to take water from where it’s excess to where it’s deficient. And does the government enact my entirely reasonable and in no way expensive plan? Nope. So this sort of thing keeps happening:
This just happened right across the Mississippi river from where I grew up. One of my all-time favorite used book stores is within a street or two of that mess. Bookstores and floods: not a good mix.