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- 21 books for the beach.

- President Trump waiver on Jones Act shows how it harms trade. Don't be surprised if waiver is made permanent.

- NASA provides some details about Artemis III.

- Modern slang and lingo.

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- Russell Roberts on Patience. An update on the Iran war from a perspective inside Israel.

- You don't think there's a plan? Really? Amen!

- Jonathan Turley: The chilling jurisprudent of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. A year old but could have been written today.

- What astronauts eat on a  trip to the moon. Why quiche but not steak, bacon, or eggs?

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- How the Raiders-Ravens trade of Maxx Crosby fell apart. Still say Baltimore acted sketchy here.

- A somber Royal Navy update.

- NASA plans a permanent base on the moon.

- Everything you need to know about Gin.

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- This may be the clearest sign yet the Obama's marriage is a total lie. Not one to dwell on the marriage of others but this is strange.

- Jared Isaacman: Introducing NASA Force.

- Evils apologists are always out there.

- What Dostoevsky understands about political rage. I admit that Russian literature has been a blind spot for me.

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- Two decades in the swamp. (HT Execupundit)

- Why is everyone obsessed with Hyrox? Think if you saw a race and how good a shape and how difficult just a single event is - you'd understand,

- US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race.

- Meme Theme Till They Cry

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- VDH: Why exactly did they destroy the border?

- Jonathan Turley: Mamdani and other people's money. "The greatest exodus since the Red Sea crossing."

- Steven Spielberg becomes latest billionaire to flee California. Well he is a well-known conservative - oh wait.

- NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap. Isaacman wants to fix the problem - not the blame but does not hide from taking responsibility.

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- Sebastian Junger: The loss of the Lily Jean. As the snow was falling during that storm I thought of The Perfect Storm and hoped there were no boats caught on the ocean in this weather. Sadly my fears were true.

- NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room about the SLS rocket. Slow and expensive is no way to go through life.

- Elon Musk getting serious about orbital data centers in space.

- Making any writing clear and concise is a skill.  A skill that should be appreciated.

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- Trump was right about tariffs. Agree 100% - reciprocal tariffs work!

- The Artemis II launch date has been pushed off till March at the earliest. This was the sort of bad publicity I was talking about. 

- A story that will stick with you.

- What is the discombobulator?

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- RIP Apollo 13's Jim Lovell. He was 97.

- Steven Pressfield on Empathy. He's not wrong.

- Denver airport considers using using a small form nuclear reactor. Good!

- The occult power of the phoenix. Think the phoenix was also key in Harry beating the basilisk. 

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- If you really want first hand information - here is the 397 page report on Foreign Trade Barriers. That's a very uneven international playing field - that got a little fairer today.

- Val Kilmer in Tombstone. One of my favorite movies.

- Major companies are investing in the US. Reminder they are doing this both because Donald Trump is President and they hope to make money doing it.

- Starliners flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought. Scary!

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- Some interesting thoughts on how to improve the US military Navy.

- Should NPR refuse to take federal funds? Is this the new "you can't fire me I quit?" 

- Could accomplishments at NASA be one of Trump's biggest legacies? JFK is remember as the President who said we'd go to the moon - could Trump be remembered by history as the one who said we'd go to Mars?

- On the other side of the debate: Are we spending too much on the military? I'd argue the opposite is true - that if you want peace you prepare for war and that much of the world is safe from bullying because of our military might.

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- I'd support moving NASA HQ to Florida instead of DC. 100%! Also move the FBI HQ, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy too,

- LA Mayor Karen Bass cut firefighting by $17.6 million just months before the wildfires.

- Even LA's DEI hire Fire Chief knew budget cuts to the fire department could lead to catastrophe and tried to warn the mayor.

- Hard to argue that Adam Carolla is wrong here. The fire is bad but what comes next may be payback.

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- Leadership lessons from Steve Jobs and Simon Sinek.

- Tim Ferriss on the 80/20 rule.

- Jonathan Turley on the Biden pardon. You can't argue that he's wrong.

- Voyager 1 regains its voice and NASA restores communications.47 years old and 15.4 billion miles and counting.

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- NASA looks to be moving away from Boeing and going with SpaceX

- VDH on Election 2024: Those who lecture vs those tired of being lectured

- Gallup poll shows public trust in media matches record low.

- Countries ranked by GDP by hour worked. This skewers towards European counties because thei work fewer hours. Could also be an argument to work smarter not longer.

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- Reminder.

- This should be as famous (or infamous) as Nixon's missing 18 minutes of tape

- Reminder

- Lost in Space: NASA has learned the hard lessons of experience.

More Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Heh Heh

- Always makes me chuckle.

- Scarily true!

- Even more scarily true

More About that Solar Storm

Thank God for our magnetosphere. If there ever is a mass extinction that cause is much more likely to come from outer space than be man-made.

- Some background on this geomagnetic storm.

- NASA on the 2 solar flares that caused the storms

At least we're getting some great Northern Lights pictures for social media out of the deal.

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-  Javier Milei announces Argentina's first budget surplus in 16-years. Queue the meme that says. "Lord I saw what you did for them and I want it for myself."

- Harvard announces reversal and WILL require standardized test results in order to gain admittance.

- Good news! NASA announces Voyager 1 back online. 

- Why a housing shortage exists despite more houses per person. (HT Steve Landry)

The Kranz Dictum

Words to live by. (Via)

51-years Ago Today

Hard to believe its been 51-years since man has walked on the moon. (Via)