January 2011
9 posts
“The Pentagon presently spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time...”
– Andrew Bacevich (via azspot)
Check out Andrew Bacevich’s “The Tyranny of Defense, Inc” on the military-industrial complex from the most recent issue of The Atlantic.
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Weird reading this after watching Starship Troopers last night. I wonder if the Pentagon is funding SETI to find an enemy we can...
tranquilizing a Scot(t)
[Scotty volunteers to be a test subject for Spock's improvised tranquillizer grenade]
Scotty: [picks up glass of bourbon] It's to kill the pain. [empties glass]
Spock: But this is painless.
Scotty: [gulps] Well, you should have warned me sooner, Mr. Spock. Fire away!
[Spock activates the grenade, but Scotty shows no reaction to the escaping gas]
McCoy: It should have worked! Did you inhale the gas, Scotty?
Scotty: Aye! Deeply!
McCoy: Do you still feel all right?
Scotty: Never felt better!
Interview with Chris Radcliff | Jed Sundwall →
Jed’s a sweetheart:
As a part of my efforts to show the world what a great city San Diego is, I asked Chris Radcliff to talk to me about his work with the San Diego Space Society, the Space Travelers Emporium, and the wildly successful SpaceUp. He also teaches me what the word unqualified means, we wear out the word awesome, and there’s some talk about drinking coffee in zero gravity.
I...