The federal government, as I’m sure you all know by now, was forced to shut down today, over conflicts arising from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better know as Obamacare. All government services deemed “non-essential” in accordance with the Antideficiency Act, were suspended, and more than 818,000 federal workers were furloughed, meaning that […]
Tag Archives: NASA funding
You say Shutdown. I say Treason.
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged big government, Bill Clinton, call Congress, compromise, Congress, debt limit, economic recovery, federal budget, government is never the answer, government shutdown, health care reform, hostage tactics, hostage taking, insanity, Iraq war, John Boehner, Mars, monkey brains, NASA, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, prion disease, Ronald Reagan, sequester, tea party, Ted Cruz 34 Comments
On exploring space, drinking beer from my enemy’s skull, and the art of sweding
Is it just me, or does it seem as though every time there’s talk of cutting NASA’s budget, the space agency issues a press release saying that they’ve found some new, Earth-like planet? I’m not faulting them for it. I’d probably do the same thing. I just think that it’s interesting. (I bet they’re sitting […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Science, Uncategorized Also tagged Earth-like planets, Hugo, Kepler 20F, Kepler space telescope, Kim Jong Il, manned space flight, Mark as Kim Jong Il, Martin Scorsese, Maynardtown, Michel Gondry, Michelangelo, NASA, PBR, space exploration, supreme leader, Taxi Driver, the end of the earth, Twilight Zone, Water Street 11 Comments