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by Joe Wooten
Tue, 17 Aug 21, 01:08 am
Forum: Politics As Usual
Topic: The Fall of Afghanistan
Replies: 3
Views: 4591

Re: The Fall of Afghanistan

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by Joe Wooten
Tue, 17 Aug 21, 01:07 am
Forum: Politics As Usual
Topic: The Fall of Afghanistan
Replies: 3
Views: 4591

The Fall of Afghanistan

Well, looks like ol' Joe done screwed up again. It was way past time to get out of there, but he took a semi-stable situation and made it a disaster. Like RObert Gates and his old boss Obummer said, don't underestimate his ability to screw things up. He has been wrong about almost everything in the ...
by Joe Wooten
Sun, 08 Aug 21, 13:43 pm
Forum: Heard around the Starport
Topic: EV's has anyone given this a thought?
Replies: 4
Views: 4860

Re: EV's has anyone given this a thought?

Total conversion of our trtansportation system to electric will NEVER happen. I took the 2019 American usage of diesel and gasoline in gallons, multiplied each by the heat content of the respective fuels to get the total transport usage in BTU. YOu can then convert this into electric megawatt ...
by Joe Wooten
Sun, 08 Aug 21, 13:14 pm
Forum: Politics As Usual
Topic: Corporations starting to become political...
Replies: 3
Views: 4531

Re: Corporations starting to become political...


I think *decent* people are FINALLY starting to have enough... I've seen a lot of "pushback" against Coke and people deciding to vote with their dollars and BOYCOTT them and other businesses that foolishly decide to push their own agenda rather than try to sell their product to the broadest set of ...
by Joe Wooten
Sun, 08 Aug 21, 13:10 pm
Forum: General Rocketry
Topic: Timelapse of ISS/NAUKA incident, ISS doing a FLIP
Replies: 9
Views: 10105

Re: Timelapse of ISS/NAUKA incident, ISS doing a FLIP

Good old Russian quality control........
by Joe Wooten
Thu, 06 May 21, 22:11 pm
Forum: NASA News
Topic: Vice President Harris Swears in NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson
Replies: 4
Views: 7726

Re: Vice President Harris Swears in NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson

bernomatic wrote: Thu, 06 May 21, 01:57 am Boy, there is a lot to unpack here, not least of which is why does Kamala Harris always have that "damn, I really got away with it" smirk on her face?
-How did "Congressman Ballast" weasel his way further into NASA?
Because that is the only expression she knows
by Joe Wooten
Thu, 06 May 21, 22:09 pm
Forum: Model Rocketry
Topic: NARCON 2021
Replies: 5
Views: 9312

Re: NARCON 2021

That is total BS.
by Joe Wooten
Sun, 17 Jan 21, 04:16 am
Forum: I'm from the government, We're here to help...
Topic: Pool on when the Shooting Starts
Replies: 2
Views: 4586

Pool on when the Shooting Starts

I say by the end of March
by Joe Wooten
Mon, 11 Jan 21, 03:24 am
Forum: I'm from the government, We're here to help...
Topic: Four Months of Unprecedented Government Malfeasance
Replies: 4
Views: 6416

Re: Four Months of Unprecedented Government Malfeasance

bernomatic wrote: Tue, 05 Jan 21, 05:17 am
Joe Wooten wrote: Sat, 02 Jan 21, 16:08 pm Now we are going on 9 months of " 2 weeks to flatten the curve"........
With no end in site. I think the pols like the "power" they have found and are reluctant to give it back.
We are probably gonna end up shooting our way out of it.
by Joe Wooten
Mon, 11 Jan 21, 03:23 am
Forum: Politics As Usual
Topic: It's just the way politics is in Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 4857

Re: It's just the way politics is in Chicago


Interesting site Joe, I just gave it a glance but it looks like someone could spend hours going down a windy city tell all.

BTW, just an aside here. Cleveland, Ohio actually has more windy days than Chicago, however the nickname is said to come from all the blow hards in the the city politics ...