As with many people, I have been bombarded over the last couple of days with “last minute” projects and requests by folks who suddenly realized on Monday that there were only 3 work days this week. Well, really only 2½ since most people take off early today. In the midst of all of that, I [...]
A Washington Post article this week talks about the incoming Obama administration’s possible move to pull FEMA out of the Homeland Security Department and stand it up on its own again. The Federal Emergency Management Administration, a tragicomic disaster since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 — and even before then — looks to be getting [...]
Well, I’ve left the poll up for around a week and it appears that Ken Cuccinelli is supported 2-to-1 in his VA Attorney General bid by the readers here. More to come.
Remember that toolbag lost in space by one of our spacewalking astronauts last week? Well, an amateur astronomer has located it: Fetter used an orbital calculator on the astronomy Web site SpaceWeather.com to determine exactly when the lost bag, estimated to cost about $100,000 once the specialized tools are factored in, would be passing overhead. [...]
