Saturday, February 24, 2024

Replica of Alan Shepard's capsule



26 comments:

  1. The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death [Click] There was a presumably orphan gas well in the gully behind our house in my home town (village, more accurately); our general store was the last building connected to it. In fairness, the whole area has natural gas vents and oil seeps caused by frequent earthquakes.
    ——Alan

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  2. Aleksei Navalny’s Body Returned to His Mother [Click] I assume that the possibility of an independent autopsy is minimal to non-existent, and that Putin's creatures are likely able to keep him from being regarded as a martyr by most Russians.
    ——Alan

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  3. I can't remember the exact quote, something like "A tyrant's reign ends when he dies. A martyr's reign begins when he dies."--Susan

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    1. From the InnerTubes, not from my recollection:
      "The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
      Soren Kierkegaard

      ----Alan

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    2. {listener}

      Excellent!

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    3. {listener}

      At the end of the 6 hr epic Zefferelli movie “Jesus of Nazareth” the Sanhedrin representative stands at the open tomb and says quietly and concernedly, “Now it begins. Now it all begins.”

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    4. Another golden oldie: Huey Long: Share the Wealth [Click]
      ——Alan

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    5. ^^^^^ two above are videos.
      ----Alan

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  4. Quantum physics makes small leap with microscopic gravity measurement [Click] A step toward understanding the relationship between quantum mechanics and general relativity.
    —Alan

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  5. Mike Johnson Now Claims to Support In Vitro Fertilization [Click] “. . . despite previously supporting legislation that could put those treatments at risk”
    Radical though it may be, I figure it would be a good idea to limit the practice of medicine to physicians.
    —Alan

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    1. That was the third attempt and it's still not clickable

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    2. Seems to work. I deleted the question mark and everything that followed it in the link.
      ----Alan

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    3. Thanks W.A. and Alan! Yes, I also find it helps to delete everything from the ?-mark onward. The latter part is only used to redirect the link to a specific place.

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    4. Glad to help, and thanks to Bill for volunteering.
      --Alan

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    1. Link near end of previous thread about TrumpForce One. If in fact Trump actually owns it, that would be a dandy thing for E.Jean Carroll to grab. Well, we shall see; I am willing to be entertained.
      ----Alan

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  8. The paint job on trump's plane looks like something out of a badly written supervillain movie. --Susan

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    1. I presume that a discount for the paint job will be figured into the winning bid.
      ----Alan

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    1. Oops--trying again:
      [Video] Pretty good analysis [IMO] of the South Carolina GOP primary election results. [Click] Haley is staying in, as I figured she would. Trump is not getting incumbent-quality results in any of the primaries so far, and there is a half-billion dollar plus juggernaut bearing down on him.
      —Alan

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    2. At this point I would bet a nickel nut bar (current price probably a dollar) that TFG can't post the appeal bond for E. Jean Carrol II.
      ----Alan

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