the part that i find the most amazing about polarization in this country is how much rural voters hate the rest of us and how eager those same voters are to tell us how to live.
So, Trump signed the Jerusalem waiver anyway. Once again showing that he says one thing, and then does pretty much the same as every president before him. I honestly don't think he sees being president as being different from being a reality TV star. It's all about headlines and exposure, and nothing to do with substance or action. His comments about Sean Spicer were very telling to me, when he was asked why he kept someone so useless at his job, he said it's because he gets good ratings.
but but but....he's such a good negotiator. if he was negotiating the iran deal, we would have gotten something better. he's not a liar, everyone else is. all politicians lie, trump keeps his promises and he wins.
Net neutrality vote is going on right now. As a uniquely bipartisan issue I see this, the tax bill, and mainstream support of Roy Moore being albatrosses in 2018 and 2020, but heck, I've been wrong before.
There's only a select few people this benefits; as far as I've seen, the only people supporting it are ideological libertarians and a set of large businesses, while it's facing bipartisan condemnation.
Really interested in this: Really happy if it happens. I bet it's because Elon Musk is pushing for space exploration. Trump is taking advantage of the fact he will have unlimited resources to beat Musk to it. I might be totally wrong though.
That was kind of a scary little speech. It wasn't the common human benefit stuff that you usually hear associated with space programmes, but sounded more like they want to militarise space before anyone else does. NASA made a telling comment: - President Signs New Space Policy Directive So I guess we'll see if he puts his money where his mouth is. He wouldn't be the first president to talk big about space and then stiff NASA for cash.
I don't really see the point of sending astronauts to the moon. Place is a rock. Establishing a moon base isn't any more useful than a space station so...
Strip mine it for Helium 3 to use in fusion generators! Also: - Helium-3 mining on the lunar surface And can't you make concrete with lunar surface material? That would bring costs down for a staging post compared to a space station.
This is Donald Trump's nominee to be a US judge and he can't answer the most basic question How is the nominee allowed when it seems he doesn't fulfill even the slightest requirements?
Sure they could! You can see a space shuttle launch from Pluto if you squint. I thought that was still largely theoretical? I don't really know what that would get you though. Any materials you need for a space ship will still need to land and take off from the moon, wasting delta v. Are you thinking of concrete based spaceships?
it's hard to listen to this. i just can't believe that our president is such a virulent bigot. well....i can because he's been very honest about this for decades. but still, i just can't believe this is the low we've sunk to as a nation. 60 million voted for this piece of work. what does it say about us that he's the president? remember when barack obama was the "most divisive president in history"? full disclosure: i am a child of immigrants. my father has a 4th grade education, my mother high school. father worked in a ball bearing factory for 40 years, mother worked as a waitress for 40 years.
