Author Archives: Richard Fernandez
SpaceX Starship’s First Orbital Test Flight will Happen in January, Confirmed by Elon Musk – SpaceNews
Getting closer to happening.
Oops
The doctors owe him another amputation for free
But will the effect last?
The ‘stash theory’ of economics
Taiwan is existential to Japan
Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. CNN
China’s Mysterious Hypersonic Weapon Can Stay In Orbit According To Space Force General
Cold War 2 is well underway https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43312/chinas-mysterious-hypersonic-weapon-can-stay-in-orbit-according-to-space-force-general
Passing the Spending Bill Could Doom Biden’s Presidency
Political suicide by inflation https://reason.com/2021/11/30/passing-the-spending-bill-could-doom-bidens-presidency/
Our Times
New at the Belmont Club. To what epic period will our times be compared?
Yemen
New at the Belmont Club. The best society doesn’t care for fossil fuels from Arabia but the phone book people do.
European protests against Covid-19 curbs spread to Brussels
https://www.ft.com/content/c6604c89-9352-4cc6-81bd-8ce671f4cd8f
‘I lost everything’: Guadeloupe riots overtake COVID protest – ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/french-special-forces-guadeloupe-amid-covid-pass-riots-81311438
Elite soldiers called in to quell Covid riot
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/france-sends-special-forces-to-its-caribbean-region-of-guadeloupe-after-covid-riots/news-story/db54e7f07a7a27702b5104db0024b171
Biden in Mexican standoff with China
But the highly anticipated summit yielded no major breakthroughs — none were expected ahead of time — and officials dismissed the notion the summit was intended to ease what has become an increasingly tense relationship. CNN
The future comes at you fast
International Space Station crew sheltered in escape pods for two hours Monday after Russia blew up satellite Audio captures the moment Houston Mission Control woke up the crew and ordered them to get to safety Russia has confirmed the satellite was destroyed during a test, but denied that debris ever threatened the ISS NATO has …
The recrimination administration
New at the Belmont Club. Win and the world laughs with you but losing is a lonely place to be.
The Scorpion King
On Friday, Aswan’s governor Ashraf Attia temporarily barred ships on the River Nile and Lake Nasser from travelling too close to the city. He also ordered the temporary closure of some roads due to reports of reduced vision caused by the storms. Road and vessel traffic resumed on Saturday.
Selling a lemon
New at the Belmont Club. What do you do if you’ve disappointed your supporters and are unwelcome among your foes?
Democratic party shattererd by divisive ghost of Trump
Thus has the political center been hollowed out … Democrats barely have a majority in the House—but within that narrow majority, progressives have outsize power… The same dynamic holds on the Republican side. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has outraged even other Republicans with her divisive stands. WSJ
High winds hit one airline
“American Airlines cancels thousands of flights” https://twitter.com/i/events/1455244276338728966
The planet will thank us
New at the Belmont Club. Saving the newly impoverished ingrates despite themselves.