WATCH LIVE: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars (Hopefully)
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First image from Perseverance! pic.twitter.com/blewmg4Pqo
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 18, 2021
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I find myself talking out loud to the TV, “Come on, baby, you can do it…” and anxiously counting the minutes.
Parachute deployed.
Trust me, that’s a good feeling…lol
re: #3 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Parachute deployed.
Trust me, that’s a good feeling…lol
Not crashing and burning is a good thing. I might have cheered out loud.
They found a landing zone.
It takes light about 12 minutes to get to Earth from Mars, so whatever’s going to happen may have already happened.
descending on rockets now
re: #10 Charles Johnson
It takes light about 12 minutes to get to Earth from Mars, so whatever’s going to happen may have already happened.
Correction - has already happened. We’re along for the ride.
NASA still has a 100% success rate for landing rovers on Mars
I hope the NASA guy tucked a nitro tab under his tongue. I wasn’t sure he was going to survive.
I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.
#CountdownToMars— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 18, 2021
And meanwhile in Texas, the Libertarian Dream is being shown in all it’s glory.
I used to joke in bad times that “We put a man on the moon, and now look at us.”
Some things never change.
I was driving to work during this. You can not believe how beautiful this thread was to see once I got logged in here.
Just beautiful.
Just got home from getting my first vaccine shot! Woo Hoo!
First image from Perseverance! pic.twitter.com/blewmg4Pqo
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 18, 2021
If someone from 2005 got to see the video from the future of all those people in masks doing fist-bumps, they might think Obama had ascended to the throne in a more literal way than they could previously imagine. Then, they find out Biden is President…and we’re on Mars….
re: #33 William Lewis
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‘nuff said.
We’re still the best in the business. We don’t miss.
Del Rio, TX, where Laughlin AFB is located, has received 9.7” of snow today, shattering its old records.
NASA just landed a rover the size of my Mini Cooper on Mars. How fucking cool is that?
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 18, 2021
And another look behind me. Welcome to Jezero Crater. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dbU3dhm6VZ
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 18, 2021
re: #38 TarHellion
America. Eff Yeah!
Maybe, someday, Texas will join this modern country with its fancy technology.
Just goes to show that, IMHO, we should focus on unmanned missions to Mars. Manned missions are dangerous, extremely expensive, and pointless for now.
This is her normal utility bill from the gas company. It’s usually less than $20. How many people are getting bills like this and worrying about going bankrupt now??
— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) February 18, 2021
Good thing the gummit is not involved regulating things….
When your frozen pipes thaw, if your in-house water shut-off isn’t working, here’s how to turn the water off outside. Here in DM, Iowa, the shutoff has a blue “lid” on it. Yours will have something to keep people from breaking ankles. These are usu’ly at the curb. https://t.co/G9BUQMG3Ai
— Dr. Lee in Iowa #TeamPelosi (@Lee_in_Iowa) February 18, 2021
re: #41 No Malarkey!
Just goes to show that, IMHO, we should focus on unmanned missions to Mars. Manned missions are dangerous, extremely expensive, and pointless for now.
I disagree. The unmanned missions are important but there comes a time when we need someone on the ground looking at the telemetry and saying. “Huh, that’s odd… “
re: #41 No Malarkey!
Just goes to show that, IMHO, we should focus on unmanned missions to Mars. Manned missions are dangerous, extremely expensive, and pointless for now.
Millions have proved that working from home is legitimate. No commute necessary.
I definitely cheered when they confirmed touchdown. Mrs. Fish actually came into my office when she heard me.
From an airport in southeast Mexico, Ted Cruz claims he’s “continuing to work to try to get the power on” in Texas. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so pathetic. pic.twitter.com/4ythCWsJsU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
re: #41 No Malarkey!
Just goes to show that, IMHO, we should focus on unmanned missions to Mars. Manned missions are dangerous, extremely expensive, and pointless for now.
Elon Musk can go to Mars…
Another #MarsLanding, this time in the 15th century!
Dante and Beatrice ascending to the Heaven of Mars, from Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia (Italy, between 1444 and c. 1450)
Yates Thompson MS 36, f. 160rhttps://t.co/LKyDMhV3Rs#CountdownToMars #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 pic.twitter.com/0BZ3FEW9aq— Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) February 18, 2021
re: #42 Dr. Matt
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Good thing the gummit is not involved regulating things….
According to my sister the person she spoke with at the gas company referred to this as a scam, possibly a hack. I’m not sure that’s accurate but that’s what she was told by the rep she spoke to.
— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) February 18, 2021
re: #10 Charles Johnson
It takes light about 12 minutes to get to Earth from Mars, so whatever’s going to happen may have already happened.
Not sure that is correct on light speed. Transmission speed maybe?
It sounded way too long and this is what I found.
Therefore, a light shining from the surface of Mars would take the following amount of time to reach Earth (or vice versa): Closest possible approach: 182 seconds, or 3.03 minutes. Closest recorded approach: 187 seconds, or 3.11 minutes. Farthest approach: 1,342 seconds, or 22.4 minutes. Nov 14, 2017
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
he already sent a car…
Will it be waiting for him? Hope he remembered the keys….
(AAA probably doesn’t have a tow contractor on Mars….)
re: #52 nines09
Not sure that is correct on light speed. Transmission speed maybe?
It sounded way too long and this is what I found.Therefore, a light shining from the surface of Mars would take the following amount of time to reach Earth (or vice versa): Closest possible approach: 182 seconds, or 3.03 minutes. Closest recorded approach: 187 seconds, or 3.11 minutes. Farthest approach: 1,342 seconds, or 22.4 minutes. Nov 14, 2017
It depends on Mars’s relative position. From here to the Sun is about 8 light-minutes, so if Mars is on the far side of the Sun from us, it can take quite a while.
re: #53 Jay C
Will it be waiting for him? Hope he remembered the keys….
hope he can find it in the orbiting parking lot…
re: #44 William Lewis
I disagree. The unmanned missions are important but there comes a time when we need someone on the ground looking at the telemetry and saying. “Huh, that’s odd… “
I agree, unmanned missions are great for setting the stage, but a human being can do in minutes what it could take a rover weeks to accomplish. Also, as exciting as robotic missions can be, there is nothing like a manned mission to inspire whole generations of people into science and exploration.
re: #54 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
It depends on Mars’s relative position. From here to the Sun is about 8 light-minutes, so if Mars is on the far side of the Sun from us, it can take quite a while.
the lady on NASA-TV said 11 minutes each way for messages.
re: #56 danarchy
I agree, unmanned missions are great for setting the stage, but a human being can do in minutes what it could take a rover weeks to accomplish. Also, as exciting as robotic missions can be, there is nothing like a manned mission to inspire whole generations of people into science and exploration.
We are made to explore.
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
the lady on NASA-TV said 11 minutes each way for messages.
So it sounds as if Mars is about 90 degrees ahead or behind in orbit from us right now, with some quick back of the napkin math.
re: #54 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I may be mistaken. Charles has it in the middle there, so I may be off.
But it would be transmission of signal, right?
WE LANDED ON MARS!
heh
FIRST IMAGE FROM MARS BY @NASAPersevere!!
THE GROUND IS LEVEL! AND THE ROVER IS THE RIGHT WAY UP!!!!! pic.twitter.com/3jHFk3GBUb— Prof. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) February 18, 2021
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
No energy since Monday, but came back yesterday: $1,850!!!! pic.twitter.com/sm89SHP0lc
— Ale Fregoso (@alefregoso) February 18, 2021
re: #56 danarchy
I agree, unmanned missions are great for setting the stage, but a human being can do in minutes what it could take a rover weeks to accomplish. Also, as exciting as robotic missions can be, there is nothing like a manned mission to inspire whole generations of people into science and exploration.
Unless it ends in tragedy. The Moon is one thing, sending people to Mars, months of space travel away from earth, is an order of magnitude more difficult and dangerous.
re: #52 nines09
They actually mentioned this earlier in the video.
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
That seems likely, just by the fragment of the email address that is visible, it doesn’t really look legitimate. Possibly a phishing attack trying to get someone to click the link and enter account details.
re: #54 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
The current relative position of Mars puts it 11 minutes, 22 seconds of light speed from us. So not the farthest away but certainly far from the closest.
As for a manned mission to Mars, we are still so very, very, very far away from that. Aside from the logistics of feeding a crew for such a long journey, there would be concerns about the effects of such a long period in zero gravity and the prolonged radiation exposure.
re: #65 Charles Johnson
They actually mentioned this earlier in the video.
Then I stand corrected. I thought transmission lag.
Was not watching video.
re: #52 nines09
Not sure that is correct on light speed. Transmission speed maybe?
It sounded way too long and this is what I found.Therefore, a light shining from the surface of Mars would take the following amount of time to reach Earth (or vice versa): Closest possible approach: 182 seconds, or 3.03 minutes. Closest recorded approach: 187 seconds, or 3.11 minutes. Farthest approach: 1,342 seconds, or 22.4 minutes. Nov 14, 2017
Doesn’t the rover first transmit to the orbiter and then the orbiter collects the message and then transmit?
That can explain the extended time reply.
re: #69 🌹UOJB!
Doesn’t the rover first transmit to the orbiter and then the orbiter collects the message and then transmit?
That can explain the extended time reply.
While that is true, the uplink between the rover and the orbiter is a fairly high-speed connection. The delay is in two things: The aforementioned discussion of speed-of-light travel, plus a little bit due to the low bandwidth of shouting across the interplanetary void at the top of one’s lungs. The bit rate on Mars leaves a little bit to be desired.
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
the lady on NASA-TV said 11 minutes each way for messages.
mars is currently about 127 million miles away.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
Unless it ends in tragedy. The Moon is one thing, sending people to Mars, months of space travel away from earth, is an order of magnitude more difficult and dangerous.
If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
Virgil “Gus” Grissom
re: #67 TarHellion
The current relative position of Mars puts it 11 minutes, 22 seconds of light speed from us. So not the farthest away but certainly far from the closest.
As for a manned mission to Mars, we are still so very, very, very far away from that. Aside from the logistics of feeding a crew for such a long journey, there would be concerns about the effects of such a long period in zero gravity and the prolonged radiation exposure.
The great thing about robots is that they don’t need air, water, food, sleep, exercise, living space, room temperatures, and minimal radiation protection, and they can’t die horrible deaths.
re: #60 GlutenFreeJesus
Hope the drone flight goes well!!
I want to see the video of it being attacked by a raptor.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
Unless it ends in tragedy. The Moon is one thing, sending people to Mars, months of space travel away from earth, is an order of magnitude more difficult and dangerous.
The Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia tragedies didn’t stop us. Space will be dangerous for the foreseeable future, but that shouldn’t deter our exploration.
re: #72 William Lewis
Virgil “Gus” Grissom
I spent a few summer weekends at Virgil I. Grissom Air Force Base (now Air Reserve Base), where they would have an air show. Took me a few years to learn his story.
re: #73 BlueSpotinAL
Let’s give credit where credit is due:
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Damn, you beat me to it!
re: #67 TarHellion
The current relative position of Mars puts it 11 minutes, 22 seconds of light speed from us. So not the farthest away but certainly far from the closest.
As for a manned mission to Mars, we are still so very, very, very far away from that. Aside from the logistics of feeding a crew for such a long journey, there would be concerns about the effects of such a long period in zero gravity and the prolonged radiation exposure.
In the early XVth Cent, a Spanish crewman setting out on a trading voyage to the Philippines had almost 2 chances in 3 of returning.
re: #42 Dr. Matt
Ok, good news, the website has the correct amount due. False alarm. So stressful though! pic.twitter.com/JzUwFtp5dg
— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) February 18, 2021
re: #76 DesertDenizen
The Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia tragedies didn’t stop us. Space will be dangerous for the foreseeable future, but that shouldn’t deter our exploration.
And I am all for space exploration. Loved it since I was a kid. But we can explore Mars safely with robots at a fraction of the cost of a single manned mission. It probably doesn’t make sense to send people there until our technology is much more advanced.
re: #67 TarHellion
The current relative position of Mars puts it 11 minutes, 22 seconds of light speed from us. So not the farthest away but certainly far from the closest.
As for a manned mission to Mars, we are still so very, very, very far away from that. Aside from the logistics of feeding a crew for such a long journey, there would be concerns about the effects of such a long period in zero gravity and the prolonged radiation exposure.
This is why I’d like to see a lot more money spent on developing things like VASIMR to hopefully drastically cut the travel time.
re: #80 Patricia Kayden
Yes. That can be very stressful.
Today I’ve Babelised one of the very earliest Edwardian autochromes, taken 114 years ago in the year of their commercial release in 1907. It’s a self portrait of photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) with his daughter Kitty (1898-1971). It is original colour (not colourised). pic.twitter.com/5y1a16cf7S
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) February 18, 2021
I digitally enhance the photos I tweet. This is the original file pic.twitter.com/Z0OeyQzyqd
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) February 18, 2021
re: #79 Decatur Deb
In the early XVth Cent, a Spanish crewman setting out on a trading voyage to the Philippines had almost 2 chances in 3 of returning.
Volunteer crew?
re: #81 No Malarkey!
And I am all for space exploration. Loved it since I was a kid. But we can explore Mars safely with robots at a fraction of the cost of a single manned mission. It probably doesn’t make sense to send people there until our technology is much more advanced.
By that theory we shouldn’t have sent men to the moon in a tiny capsule with less computing power than a modern calculator. But we did, because we could. And because we needed to. I believe that exploration, along with story telling, are needed to make us human.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
Unless it ends in tragedy. The Moon is one thing, sending people to Mars, months of space travel away from earth, is an order of magnitude more difficult and dangerous.
A granddaughter was inspired by her grandmother’s death due to bad water on Mars. //
Death generally does the exact opposite of discouraging exolorers.
re: #86 DesertDenizen
By that theory we shouldn’t have sent men to the moon in a tiny capsule with less computing power than a modern calculator. But we did, because we could. And because we needed to. I believe that exploration, along with story telling, are needed to make us human.
I respect everyone’s takes, and I think it would be extremely cool to see people on Mars in my lifetime.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
For a while, I wanted to grow up to be Steiglitz.
re: #89 No Malarkey!
I respect everyone’s takes, and I think it would be extremely cool to see people on Mars in my lifetime.
A good friend is has applied to the Astronaut Program with that goal explicitly in mind. He’s 31, so I think he’s plenty young enough for it to be a possibility.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
These photos are gorgeous, and really bring the world of over a century ago to life!
re: #89 No Malarkey!
I want an unambiguous extraterrestrial signal.
re: #86 DesertDenizen
One day we will have the technological and logistical capabilities for a manned mission. Even at its closest point, Mars would be a 9-month journey to get there. Then you would have to stay there about 16 months to open up the 9-month window again to return. Contrast that with Apollo 11, which took just over 8 days for the roundtrip.
re: #81 No Malarkey!
And I am all for space exploration. Loved it since I was a kid. But we can explore Mars safely with robots at a fraction of the cost of a single manned mission. It probably doesn’t make sense to send people there until our technology is much more advanced.
I turn 40 this year. I do hope to see a Mars landing before I die.
re: #58 Sherlock Hound
We are made to explore.
if i were doing it, I’d have an entire collection of pods already there, waiting, and duplicate pods in orbit, ready to come down if something goes wrong with a pod on the ground. then we bring the humans in….none of this shit where everybody gets there and something goes catastrophically wrong. I read a book on antarctic exploration years ago that mentioned the reason Amundsen succeeded and Scott died is because Amundsen took the time to learn that the sled dogs were the way to go, what types of clothing eskimos found success with, so that the expedition could wear that kind of stuff rather than stuff made by some firm in London, etc. So Scott starved to death, and Amundsen made it look almost routine. We need to do the same with Mars.
re: #95 TarHellion
One day we will have the technological and logistical capabilities for a manned mission. Even at its closest point, Mars would be a 9-month journey to get there. Then you would have to stay there about 16 months to open up the 9-month window again to return. Contrast that with Apollo 11, which took just over 8 days for the roundtrip.
I think at this point the first manned mission might very likely be a one way trip.
I’ve already seen the pics of Bernie on Mars, I’d upload one but I never know how to do it.
re: #95 TarHellion
One day we will have the technological and logistical capabilities for a manned mission. Even at its closest point, Mars would be a 9-month journey to get there. Then you would have to stay there about 16 months to open up the 9-month window again to return. Contrast that with Apollo 11, which took just over 8 days for the roundtrip.
I believe we have most of that capability already, if we focused out attention on it the same way we focused on Apollo. We have half a century of technology and experience since we first walked on the moon. We have things that weren’t even dreamed of yet, and better technology in out back pockets than was available to all of NASA. Ionic propulsion may be the only missing piece, but I believe we already have all the pieces if we decide we have the will.
re: #104 DesertDenizen
Ion propulsion is a thing. The Dawn spacecraft used it to visit Vesta and Ceres, a mission impossible using chemical means. However, I hope you like a s l o w trip!
Let’s call this what it is - a political stunt.
I never stacked guns on a bookshelf when at war, let alone on a zoom in my living room.
Unless you’re on patrol in Afghanistan, this is the right way to store a gun. https://t.co/77pGRegK1e pic.twitter.com/D69VpETaB5— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) February 18, 2021
Dear god…she posed in front of her guns for a House hearing?
FYI the video and word salad that go along with this picture are even more detached from reality -> https://t.co/KMbBtKLOsL
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 18, 2021
Curiosity Rover Frantically Driving Around Mars To Make It Look Like It’s Been Busy Before New Spacecraft Arrives https://t.co/6JzKTR753D pic.twitter.com/OX2YtZDjLf
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 18, 2021
re: #107 darthstar
Dear god…she posed in front of her guns for a House hearing?
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Pushin’ the Palin-Lite.
Opinion | Sen. Cruz’s winter getaway https://t.co/vCkevj83Dz pic.twitter.com/uEpzWq6Wky
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) February 18, 2021
re: #79 Decatur Deb
In the early XVth Cent, a Spanish crewman setting out on a trading voyage to the Philippines had almost 2 chances in 3 of returning.
re: #104 DesertDenizen
I believe we have most of that capability already, if we focused out attention on it the same way we focused on Apollo. We have half a century of technology and experience since we first walked on the moon. We have things that weren’t even dreamed of yet, and better technology in out back pockets than was available to all of NASA. Ionic propulsion may be the only missing piece, but I believe we already have all the pieces if we decide we have the will.
That is the thing about it, if you keep saying when we have the technology then we can talk about it, you’ll never get the tech. You need to make it a goal and then develop the tech needed to make it happen. ION drives already exist but they accelerate so slowly they may not be the right fit for a Mars mission, more outer solar system. NTP engines on the other hand could be built now and could drastically cut mars travel time if the proper resources were devoted.
re: #102 PhillyPretzel
There were two other pix floating around that time: One of a McDonald’s and one of a WalMart.
And that base shot was 20+ years ago.
It’s Blame Your Daughter At Work Day.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 18, 2021
I wonder what Ted Cruz said when he realized he would have to cut his Cancun vacation short because he was buuusted.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 18, 2021
re: #40 Belafon
Maybe, someday, Texas will join this modern country with its fancy technology.
Not as long as those with power there prefer to keep the people they are responsible for in the 19th Century.
And a majority of the people in Texas are willing to be kept there.
re: #115 Charles Johnson
“Oh, fuck….REALLY?!?!”
re: #41 No Malarkey!
Just goes to show that, IMHO, we should focus on unmanned missions to Mars. Manned missions are dangerous, extremely expensive, and pointless for now.
Until there is something like the Epstein Drive from The Expanse available I agree.
Or even a low but constant thrust engine.
I’ve seen some poorly aged tweets… but holy shit. https://t.co/0PWzGTG5qD
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) February 18, 2021
re: #90 Decatur Deb
For a while, I wanted to grow up to be Steiglitz.
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He was a great and is almost as big an influence on me as Adams and Weston. I love that image you posted. Here’s another.
@SenTedCruz This U bro? pic.twitter.com/4MxBhFFqRu
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 18, 2021
Ted came back early from Cancun, because when you’ve seen one tourist cantina, you’ve seen ‘em all. pic.twitter.com/VUNlRYaF84
— Doktor “Incitement To Resurrection” Zoom (@DoktorZoom) February 18, 2021
MSNBC now reporting that Ted Cruz has decided he will not run for re-election when his current term ends.
Gee, Ted. Why? WHY?!!
🙄— Nick A 🇨🇭🇺🇸 (@Nickyboy63) February 18, 2021
re: #125 No Malarkey!
CANCEL CULTURE!
re: #125 No Malarkey!
Great! Does that mean Beto can get his seat?
re: #111 sagehen
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I’m gonna guess that 25 bucks a week was a shit ton of money at the time, and frankly, I would have found that an attractive gig at 18, as lots of teenagers would, which is one of the main reasons we draft kids to fight wars traditionally, because we reach an age where we no longer want to be heroic, just alive.
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
Great! Does that mean Beto can get his seat?
With no incumbent in 2024, Beto would have a good shot at picking that seat up.
re: #125 No Malarkey!
When I see it then I will believe it.
re: #122 William Lewis
He was a great and is almost as big an influence on me as Adams and Weston. I love that image you posted. Here’s another.
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Adams is my personal favorite. The out-of-this-world nature photographs, shot large format while hiking around the wilderness, or set up on a platform on the top of his station wagon. Then, what disciples state was hours upon hours of development for each plate, achieving divine perfection, throwing out hundreds of rejects.
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
Great! Does that mean Beto can get his seat?
Beto’s going to unseat Abbott.
re: #128 Decatur Deb
Four years remaining.
Which gives the asshole about 3+ years to think about changing his mind, and maybe deciding to run again to save the country from the EEEEVIL!!! scourge of competent government…..
re: #76 DesertDenizen
The Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia tragedies didn’t stop us. Space will be dangerous for the foreseeable future, but that shouldn’t deter our exploration.
Remember Ferdinand Magellan?
Left Spain with 5 ships and 270 men. One ship made it home and 19 survivors.
Didn’t stop other explorers.
I’m thinking that this interest in exploring is exaggerated in European cultures. Probably has something to do with the intense competition during the Renaissance. Every city-state and nation was trying to one up on the others.
China tried once, to my knowledge. But internal politics killed that.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and Merrick Garland’s DOJ will indict Rafael and Hee Hawley.
re: #135 Jay C
Which gives the asshole about 3+ years to think about changing his mind, and maybe deciding to run again to save the country from the EEEEVIL!!! scourge of competent government…..
Bingo.
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh, that would be amazing.
You think he’s not going to run for President again?
I think Texas might see a massively upscaled version of the “Brownback effect,” businesses fleeing the state because of the collapse of vital services. The winter storm will soon pass, but it is obvious that deeply embedded political structures are the problem and those won’t go away any time soon. Who cares if there is no state income tax if your employees might suddenly face a $2000 gas bill or your multi-billion dollar tech facility might be left without power for a week? If this can happen, what else might happen?
One would think that this might get the attention of even the most obtuse of the soul-dead libertarians who run this gerrymandered third world shithole, given that they worship business and profess to put it above every other consideration. Immoral and depraved as those values are, though, the reality is even worse. It is not business and money in general they worship, it is the specific business interest of their partners and contributors.
The departure of Cruz, Abbott, and Paxton, either to prison or retirement, would be a good start.
What’s the difference between these two?
One is a flaming Nazi gasbag. The other is the Hindenburg. pic.twitter.com/p1LjijUIJl— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) February 18, 2021
YOUR PACKAGE WAS SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED AT 12:55 PM. PACKAGE WAS LEFT IN A SECURE LOCATION IN JEZERO CRATER. pic.twitter.com/9G5EEt021k
— Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) February 18, 2021
re: #143 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Again Harry Turtledove is on the mark.
re: #125 No Malarkey!
I’ll believe it when 2025 rolls around and Ted is still saying that.
re: #147 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’ll believe it when 2025 rolls around and Ted is still saying that.
Yup. Lyin’ Ted is a liar.
Profiles In Courage Republican Version.
Welcome back Ted. You ready? https://t.co/JVF1mJjHgK
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 18, 2021
re: #142 retired cynic
Isn’t the governor in TX a rather weak office?
From what I’ve heard, yes. Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission is considered the most powerful office in the state (according to my brother.)
re: #144 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
We have been trying to reach you about extending your vehicle warranty!
re: #151 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
We have been trying to reach you about extending your vehicle warranty!
No thanks. After Curiosity, I don’t think they make a warranty long enough.
re: #142 retired cynic
Isn’t the governor in TX a rather weak office?
And you just KNOW that the minute a Democrat gets in there, the GOP-dominated Lege will go into full-bore “coup” mode to make sure it gets even weaker.
If Beto O’Rourke gets elected Governor, he’ll probably find himself needing special Legislative authorization to cut the ribbon opening a shopping mall…..
re: #142 retired cynic
Isn’t the governor in TX a rather weak office?
It is pretty weak, designed to be mostly a figure-head (chief of state, not head of state). The only strong power the gov has is the veto. Real power is held by the head of various executive departments (which are elected, not appointed) and the House leader.
re: #142 retired cynic
Isn’t the governor in TX a rather weak office?
at least one texas governor went to the White House
re: #136 Romantic Heretic
Remember Ferdinand Magellan?
Left Spain with 5 ships and 270 men. One ship made it home and 19 survivors.
Didn’t stop other explorers.
I’m thinking that this interest in exploring is exaggerated in European cultures. Probably has something to do with the intense competition during the Renaissance. Every city-state and nation was trying to one up on the others.
China tried once, to my knowledge. But internal politics killed that.
I’m pretty sure man wasn’t formed on the Hawaiin islands.
re: #125 No Malarkey!
So I haven’t seen any other sources for the claim he’s not rerunning for reelection. Anyone have any other source?
Bless these fine Texans. https://t.co/M3lLmpWnYK
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) February 18, 2021
As my wife said, he’s probably gearing up to run for president as the next Trump. Which he won’t be able to pull off either.
re: #158 aatharuv
I have not seen anything on that at WaPo.
re: #136 Romantic Heretic
Remember Ferdinand Magellan?
Left Spain with 5 ships and 270 men. One ship made it home and 19 survivors.
Didn’t stop other explorers.
I’m thinking that this interest in exploring is exaggerated in European cultures. Probably has something to do with the intense competition during the Renaissance. Every city-state and nation was trying to one up on the others.
China tried once, to my knowledge. But internal politics killed that.
The European Roman Catholic Church also played a large role in the rise of European exploration as many of the journeys were seen as essentially missions trips to not only discover new land but convert any of the locals who may be present.
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
The European Roman Catholic Church also played a large role in the rise of European exploration as many of the journeys were seen as essentially missions trips to not only discover new land but convert any of the locals who may be present.
I think the order is variable, but something like “God, gold, and guns.”
Ted Cruz will never resign. None of these asshole Republicans will ever resign.
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A 48-page voter suppression bill was released by GA House Republicans at 1:53 PM today before 3 pm hearing. Democracy dying in the dark https://t.co/79QMLG85Uk
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 18, 2021
For lent this year I’ve given up standing…
(Photo @PoliticalPics) pic.twitter.com/q1qB4mZleM— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 17, 2021
Another touchdown almost fifty-two years ago. I took this last December 20th.
Apollo 11 landing site at center of image. Field of view = 6 arc minutes ( 1/5 lunar diameter) 1/150 sec. exp. at a focal length of 10 meters.
We have thousands of meals now going out to people in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin areas! Thanks to our amazing @WCKitchen restaurant partners jumping into action…They have been serving the community during Covid & now again during this power disaster! #ChefsForTexas https://t.co/qhOhOsjuql
— Please wear a mask! Do it for the World please… (@chefjoseandres) February 18, 2021
re: #167 HypnoToad
Another touchdown almost fifty-two years ago. I took this last December 20th.
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Pon Pon having a moment 😂 #Thursday #Thursdayvibes pic.twitter.com/AMz10bZwGS
— M_Crouton (@m_crouton) February 18, 2021
You dont have magazines in them, Rambo. This is purely performative and you know it.
— WAIVE THE BLOODY SHIRT (@rockrichard) February 18, 2021
Bitch, please. I live in Alaska. I have guns. Because they are tools. It’s not who I am. Just such a poser - a literal fluffer for the mouth breathers. Also you’re super gross. https://t.co/LYvHYrpWW4
— 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 (@shannynmoore) February 18, 2021
Dunking on Cruz is my new favourite pastime. pic.twitter.com/VmKomPLj7M
— 🏴Lorraine Bell🏴 (@rainie1410) February 18, 2021
BREAKING: “Six US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation,” for their actions and/or inactions in Trump’s failed January 6th insurrection. https://t.co/aPWVZFCcHU
— Christopher C. Alberto (@ChrisAlbertoLaw) February 18, 2021
oh my god. the amount of work trying to convince my cat the litter box is clean. she has to watch me throw out the previous poop. then I must pour in some additional litter so that she feels like I’m keeping up my end of things. it’s like getting her to eat all the food in the bowl. I have to take a fork and stir the same food around so she thinks I just did something important with it, and then she’ll consent. (or else she has to be really hungry).
re: #170 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I made the comment to a cow-orker during the pre-entry mission presentation, when they were describing the radar- and visually-guided landing automation, “I guess we’ll find out if a computer is smarter than Neil Armstrong.” Smarter, maybe not… but it did the job just fine.
Actually, NASA, realizing what a resource they had had his mind taped and turned into an AI in their Cray 4 supercomputer at NASA’s Ames Research Center and he’s been in a little black box on every probe since. That’s the real reason we’re at 100% on landing the rovers…
Of course he can’t help when someone else confuses Imperial and metric!
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re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
And some of you guys thought I was wrong when I said a lot of them were in on it.
re: #177 William Lewis
OUCH. Too soon, man.
re: #178 Ace Rothstein
And some of you guys thought I was wrong when I said a lot of them were in on it.
I did, and I’ll eat my words. You were right. And that just sucks.
Well well well, what have we here?
Hypocrisy. Complete and utter hypocrisy.
There really is a tweet for every occasion.
After bailing on millions of his constituents in a crisis, @TedCruz the #CancunCoward has no place in public office, & should resign today.#TedCruzRESIGN https://t.co/0rNjJdmlBD— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 18, 2021
re: #178 Ace Rothstein
And some of you guys thought I was wrong when I said a lot of them were in on it.
I’ve had bad cop happen to me far too many times to think there are no bad cops.
re: #179 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
OUCH. Too soon, man.
Oh, I think they could do it non-destructivly around 1995…
So playing catch-up, I see I was right on both points: Ted tried to use his family as a shield and he tried to claim that he was just escorting them down there before returning back home.
Now I see if I can pull off the hat trick by hearing the same wingnuts who defended him this morning insist tonight that there’s no point getting upset because “He’s back, it’s over, there’s nothing to get upset over!”
Intelligent Design apologist keeps pushing bad ideas in service to spreading their fundamentalism:
You won’t find much about Marvin The Martian in physics journals, nor will you find much about Orcs in paleontology.
Made-up things are fine for art, not so much for the real world.
“Coincidences” are the fuel for fantasy.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 18, 2021
re: #185 Targetpractice
I can’t help but think there are a lot of Texas state officials who are extremely glad that Ted Cruz is getting a lot of attention while they are being mostly ignored.
what did i miss?
was it this?
Ted Cruz Asked Houston Cops to Escort Him to Cancun Flight as They Dealt With Storm Crisis
that’s TO -Cancun, NOT after arriving back
this i think was already posted:
Cruz suggested in a statement that he was only accompanying his daughters to Cancun “to be a good dad” before he returned, NBC News reports he booked his return ticket from to Texas at 6 a.m. today.
maybe it was this
“As the Manhattan district attorney’s office steps up the criminal investigation of Donald Trump, it has reached outside its ranks to enlist a prominent former federal prosecutor to help scrutinize financial dealings at the former president’s company,” the New York Times reports.
or possibly, what a president does
“The White House is throwing its support behind a global push to distribute coronavirus vaccines equitably, pledging $4 billion dollars to a multilateral effort the Trump administration spurned,” the Washington Post reports.
makes this kinda small potatoes:
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) will face misdemeanor charges for his role in a crash that killed a man more than five months ago, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports.
Ravnsborg faces the following three counts: operating a vehicle while using a mobile or electronic device, a lane driving violation for driving outside of his lane and careless driving.
We ought to remember that Trump was just the symptom.
The biggest driver of crazy-in-America is the dominance of Fundamentalists here and there.
Sure, here on the left coast we’ve pretty much decided to work to leave such things behind, but because the US is under an archaic system of government those locations which are still wanting to live in the 18th century have outsized influence in our country.
And at the center of the back-to-the-past movement is to “put God back in the schools”. Between that and treating women as property, those are their goals.
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
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BREAKING: “Six US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation,” for their actions and/or inactions in Trump’s failed January 6th insurrection. https://t.co/aPWVZFCcHU
— Christopher C. Alberto (@ChrisAlbertoLaw) February 18, 2021
Though vastly out-numbered and weakened by traitors, the loyal officers of the Capitol Police STILL kicked terrorist ass and literally took names.
Has anyone compared this to Thermopylae yet?
On a different note, GRU managers are probably wondering if they bet on the wrong horse after seeing the actual fighting capability of their terrorist-militia proxies.
Ted will need stitches…..
NYT has texts messages Heidi Cruz sent to friends and Houston neighbors.
Their house was “FREEZING” — and she proposed a Sunday return. Cruz invited others to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún ($309 per night), where they had stayed “many times.”https://t.co/Kzg5PZVpoG— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 18, 2021
re: #191 nines09
Ted will need stitches…..
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Daughters of “man of the common people” have friends who can afford to pay more per night than a minimum wage worker in Texas makes in a week.
re: #186 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Intelligent Design apologist keeps pushing bad ideas in service to spreading their fundamentalism:
One of my pet theories is that 21st century Republicans learned much of their love of blatant lying and willful stupidity from the creationist cranks they invited to their festering ‘big tent’ late in the 20th century.
re: #147 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’ll believe it when 2025 rolls around and Ted is still saying that.
Ted is running for President in 2024.
re: #190 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
On a different note, GRU managers are probably wondering if they bet on the wrong horse after seeing the actual fighting capability of their terrorist-militia proxies.
Destabilizing the US by fostering Republican treason basically costs Russia nothing. So I can’t see any reason why they would be second guessing themselves just because Jan 6 was a (deadly) clown show.
That said, I’m sure Russia is stirring up bottom feeders all across the US political spectrum. It just looks like selective agitprop of right wingers because US bottom feeders are predominantly wingnuts.
re: #194 No Malarkey!
Ted is running for President in 2024.
Indeed. But Trump beat Ted in 2016 like a rented mule. So I have to believe that the most Trumpist of the 2024 deplorables will do the same thing.
re: #176 steve_davis
oh my god. the amount of work trying to convince my cat the litter box is clean. she has to watch me throw out the previous poop. then I must pour in some additional litter so that she feels like I’m keeping up my end of things. it’s like getting her to eat all the food in the bowl. I have to take a fork and stir the same food around so she thinks I just did something important with it, and then she’ll consent. (or else she has to be really hungry).
Staff efficiency test. She is making sure you carry out labor, however trivial, in exchange for allowing you to live there and serve her needs.
re: #195 EPR-radar
Destabilizing the US by fostering Republican treason basically costs Russia nothing. So I can’t see any reason why they would be second guessing themselves just because Jan 6 was a (deadly) clown show.
That said, I’m sure Russia is stirring up bottom feeders all across the US political spectrum. It just looks like selective agitprop of right wingers because US bottom feeders are predominantly wingnuts.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they have Greenwald on the payroll.
re: #196 EPR-radar
Indeed. But Trump beat Ted in 2016 like a rented mule. So I have to believe that the most Trumpist of the 2024 deplorables will do the same thing.
As would Trump, but that’s why Cruz isn’t running for re-election to the Senate.
re: #176 steve_davis
oh my god. the amount of work trying to convince my cat the litter box is clean. she has to watch me throw out the previous poop. then I must pour in some additional litter so that she feels like I’m keeping up my end of things. it’s like getting her to eat all the food in the bowl. I have to take a fork and stir the same food around so she thinks I just did something important with it, and then she’ll consent. (or else she has to be really hungry).
If you never were a parent, you are one now.
re: #200 nines09
If you never were a parent, you are one now.
As I’ve heard the saying go, dogs prepare you for having children, cats prepare you for having teenagers.
While Texas is frozen, Wyoming gets down to important work: Vagina Management, Sex Stuff.
Wyoming City Council Passes ‘Performance Prostitution’ Bill With ‘OnlyFans Amendment’ https://t.co/bliMb0c18N pic.twitter.com/64uYYFBy8q
— XBIZ (@XBIZ) February 18, 2021
re: #194 No Malarkey!
Ted is running for President in 2024.
He has no sense of shame. If he’s saying he won’t run for his senate seat, might as well interpret that as throwing his hat in the ring for President, 2024.
re: #201 Targetpractice
As I’ve heard the saying go, dogs prepare you for having children, cats prepare you for having teenagers.
Our Cooper is referred to as, “My little boy.”
And the son of a gun is.
The Quentin Quarantino Rush Limbaugh Memorial Planned Parenthood Fundraiser has raised $200,000 in 24 hours 🙏 pic.twitter.com/4tDomVhcWl
— IG: @quentin.quarantino (@quentquarantino) February 19, 2021
For those praising my Nostradamus insights, I simply imagined what I’d do if I was utterly shameless, without a spine, incapable of contrition and bravery, lacking in any conviction except willing to do anything to advance my worldly ambitions…and that’s what I predicted.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 18, 2021
hi
I just got home after my hand surgery.
My Covid test came back negative the day before, but I’m really not a fan of shoving a bottle brush up my nostrils for a lobotomy.
When I woke up post-op, my wife told me that I would be pleased to learn that Rush Limbaugh died while I was in surgery. Perhaps I should do that more often.
The same evening we went out to dinner, where a covidiot anitmasker in the men’s roon threatened to “destroy me” because I was wearing a mask. Ignoring him only made him angrier, and after a tense couple of minutes he allowed me to leave the restroom.
It’s amazing how fearful a six-foot+ 300 pound guy is afraid of a 120 pound guy in a mask. With my right hand wrapped up from surgery only a few hours before and still recovering from the aftereffects of anesthaesia and Fentanyl, I would have been at a real disadvantage defending myself (probably punch to the nuts and run like hell).
I’m just going to read for a few minutes and not type (too difficult), then hit the rack.
TL;DR, I lived and I’m home.
This entire Cruz episode will be forgotten by noon tomorrow, that’s how fucking stupid people are in my state. Republican politics is such a hustle, I actually admire it (in a very cynical way, of course).
re: #198 No Malarkey!
Wouldn’t be surprised if they have Greenwald on the payroll.
Tara Reade IS on their payroll, working for RT.
re: #142 retired cynic
Isn’t the governor in TX a rather weak office?
Yes, the Guv appoints unelected members of Boards and Commissions, some quite important.
He has the power of the veto which will kill a bill for two years (which is how often little towns across the State send their idiots to Austin).
And he has the bully pulpit, which is no mean thing, here.
The power lies in the Light Guv, who controls and sets the Legislative agenda.
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