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  1. Thanks for keeping the home firs burning while your wife is away. You like to stir the pot too…I like that.

  2. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/21-new-numbers-that-show-that-the-global-economy-is-absolutely-imploding
    21 New Numbers That Show That The Global Economy Is Absolutely Imploding
    By Michael Snyder, on February 16th, 2016
    #1 Chinese exports fell by 11.2 percent year over year in January.
    #2 Chinese imports were even worse in January. On a year over year basis, they declined a whopping 18.8 percent.
    #3 It may be hard to believe, but Chinese imports have now plunged for 15 months in a row.
    #4 In India, exports were down 13.6 percent on a year over year basis in January.
    #5 In Japan, exports declined 8 percent in December on a year over year basis, while imports plummeted 18 percent.
    etc….

  5. I remember when the fire occurred. The incident came close to scuttling America’s plans for going to the moon.
    However, the Soviet Union had a comparable setback in April of that year. The first manned flight of a Soyuz ended in failure as well when its parachute failed to deploy properly, causing the spacecraft to slam into the ground, killing its pilot, Vladimir Komarov.
    Four good men died that year. I heard that items in memory of them were left on the lunar surface by Armstrong and Aldrin.

  6. By the way, the second episode of the HBO mini-series “From The Earth To The Moon” is about the fire, its aftermath, and how people were affected by it.

  7. ?
    is this like another one of those ‘laws’ of economics I have made reference to? kinda like if our politishuns cater to the big big money boys and set in motion the wholesale migration of jobs to foreign lands, the unintended but guaranteed consequence will be big drops in earnings to the point the former workers in the nation losing the jobs, *can’t afford the now cheap, abundant and really CRAPPY goods they used to make*.
    any chance some economist has covered this phenomenon, or is it too dangerous to broach?

  8. so what Gus Grissom lost his ship. is he the one cut the cable and let it drop? these were single use craft anyway. fcuk. learn some lessons and keep going.
    bloody macho ego strutting peacocks like little children in a sand box boasting who has the biggest shovel, and ridiculing the one that lost his.
    I wonder if any way that has any bearing on the fact the American space program resembles a carnival ride instead of meaningful scientific investigation. the 100s of billions spent on the ISS could have put THOUSANDS of cookie cutter assembly line satellites poking around every corner of the solar system and especially the moon, THEN when technology improves, THEN put people back in space.
    bloody revolving publicity stunt right now. a farce and waste of resources. sooooo many missions related to ‘resupply’ and ‘maintenance’ instead of science. where are the countless ever improving unmanned craft able to withstand really harsh but really interesting places for years? a system of relay satellites, launched in a staggered time line sending back much higher quality data. in orbits laid out so if there is a major failure, just readjust one of them to fill the breach.
    but noooo, we get whatsisname plunking a guitar. whoopdiedoo.

  10. …or is it too dangerous to broach?
    Heh, Probably too dangerous…but the whole thing was set up to fail from the beginning. Can’t have a one world order without killing what went before. Order out of chaos…

  11. No, the capsule flooded when the hatch was opened early and was lost because a helicopter couldn’t lift it flooded. There was the accusation that Grissom panicked and opened it early and this has been reinforced by the portrayal of the incident in the movie The Right Stuff. He said he hadn’t touched it, the automatic safety mechanism blew it open. A study of the mechanism suggested it was possible that it could have been triggered by jarring on impact.
    Of course those who design and build the machine are tempted to blame the operator and operators are likely to believe it’s a machine fault. No one knows for sure in this case.

  12. Bohemian Grove connection:
    “When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died 12 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.
    After Scalia’s death Feb. 13, the names of the 35 other guests at the remote resort, along with details about Scalia’s connection to the hunters, have remained largely unknown. A review of public records shows that some of the men who were with Scalia at the ranch are connected through the International Order of St. Hubertus, whose members gathered at least once before at the same ranch for a celebratory weekend.
    Members of the worldwide, male-only society wear dark-green robes emblazoned with a large cross and the motto ‘Deum Diligite Animalia Diligentes,’ which means ‘Honoring God by honoring His creatures,’ according to the group’s website. Some hold titles, such as Grand Master, Prior and Knight Grand Officer. The Order’s name is in honor of Hubert, the patron saint of hunters and fishermen.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-scalia-spent-his-last-hours-with-members-of-this-secretive-society-of-elite-hunters/2016/02/24/1d77af38-db20-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html

  14. Meanwhile, back to US politics, Christie backs Trump. Does he see the writing on the wall?
    While the DEmocrats are trying to make hay with Trump’s idea of building a wall to the South, he has stated he has no intention of doing so to the North!

  16. There’s an irony to what happened with Liberty Bell 7. The investigation showed that the hatch could have blown by itself, just like Grissom claimed. (That shouldn’t have been surprising. After all, each flight in those days was, in essence, a test of new hardware and failures did occur.)
    The Apollo 1 Command Module hatch opened inwards. The cabin pressure helped seal it shut and it allowed for a lower oxygen pressure to be used–*pure* oxygen. When the fire occurred, it spread, in part, because of that same oxygen. The internal pressure increased because of the combustion gases, making it difficult for anyone to open the hatch.
    Grissom, White, and Chaffee didn’t have a chance.
    When North American Aviation, the prime contractor, re-designed the spacecraft, it changed the hatch. It opened outwards and could do so within seconds. The internal environment was changed to an oxygen-nitrogen mix, closer to atmospheric composition.
    No other Apollo crews were lost.

  18. Don’t forget the real reason for the space program. It was a competition between the U. S. and the Soviet Union to show which had the superior technology and, consequently, the ideology that produced it.
    The Soviets embarrassed the Americans for putting the first artificial satellite into orbit and putting the first man in space. Going to the moon was a way of showing that the Americans could do something similar, but also better and bolder.

  20. AGW RIP.
    The Oxscar for best hacker goes to …
    …-
    “Are the Oscars Hacker-Proof?” (bloomberg)
    …-
    “Nissan shutters Leaf electric car app after cross-continent hacking vulnerability discovered”
    “Nissan made its Leaf app unavailable after Australian researcher Troy Hunt demonstrated an ability to hack into a friend’s Leaf in the U.K. and access information about the battery status and climate controls.”
    http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/personal-tech/nissan-shutters-leaf-electric-car-app-after-cross-continent-hacking-vulnerability-discovered

  21. So it begins? Is this where the stand is taken. When is a little more way more than enough? Brad, please get re-elected and help save us from these crony creeps.
    “Over the Wall: Federal government says some form of carbon pricing is coming.”
    Wall, who faces the Saskatchewan electorate on April 4, has already publicly denounced the plan. After the Globe and Mail published a story citing a potential $15-per-tonne minimum carbon price, Wall said it would “kneecap” the economy and would not be part of his province’s climate policy mix.”
    ”
    Six other provinces, meanwhile, have already adopted carbon pricing, are in the process of doing so, or have announced their intention to pursue the policy. Catherine McKenna, the federal environment minister, said Friday in an interview that setting a carbon price is just one climate measure among many, but called it “really important.”
    “It’s interesting that large businesses are calling for a price on carbon because they see that as the most efficient way to reduce emissions, to foster innovation and also to provide certainty,” said McKenna. “Most big energy companies have an internal price on carbon (already), because they know this is going to happen.”
    That’s like saying companies are hiring accountants because they know taxation is going to happen. They’re not doing it voluntarily because, except for the rent seekers and plutocrats, it’s not good for business; it’s an unproductive venture.
    http://ipolitics.ca/2016/02/26/over-the-wall-federal-government-says-some-form-of-carbon-pricing-is-coming/

  24. Another one was Harrison “Stormy” Storms, Shea’s counterpart at North American:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Storms
    http://www.astronautix.com/astros/storms.htm
    He was involved with a number of well-known aircraft and related programs, including the P-51 Mustang, X-15, F-86 Sabre, and F-100 Super Sabre.
    As a result of the fire, Storms was moved to a different division inside North American. It was a sad end for what was a distinguished career in aviation and spaceflight.

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