that last sentence sounds favorable compared to what the republicans want to do to the world.

I like the tweet of Nov 18 2010, 1123am.

one vote for Pet Sematary, odd spelling and all.

on that topic, what’s Piazza up to these days?

oh hey it’s the New Kids on the Block

yeah, I bet we’ve got Soyuz version 12.5 or something by now.  solid-state electronics (yes I can see the original design calling for vacuum tubes in the early 60s!) and whatnot.

sounds like one of those hindsight things. 

I think in this case the Soyuz’s safety record, as normalized for the circumstances of its operation, are equivalent to a trusty old Winchester.

I think in this case the Soyuz’s safety record, as normalized for the circumstances of its operation, are equivalent to a trusty old Winchester.

you can’t stuff a box full of necessary consumables into the empty space where the personnel usually sit, and then have someone on the space station fill the tanks?

the strain of military expenditure, which includes much of space exploration in this case, was well known by the Brezhnev economic stagnation era that started in the early- to mid-70s.

something designed in the 1960s but maintained correctly may not be technologically advanced, but it should still continue to function. look at 747s, or hell, classic Mustangs and Model As, or even Winchester rifles from the last century.

it sounds like Postmortem/Raining Blood but cheery

we should start doing this to the Charlottesville types here in the US.

14.6%

wait, isn’t that precisely what you get?

> Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

dude.  it doesn’t need a name.

> I have reached out to Rep. Quam’s office for comment on the incident

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