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  1. Always a good sign, amirite?

    https://www.space.com/nasa-shakes-up-exploration-leadership.html

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     In a move that took most people in the space industry by surprise, NASA has reassigned two top officials in its exploration program, including Bill Gerstenmaier, the longtime head of NASA's human spaceflight programs.

    In a memo to NASA employees issued late July 10, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for human exploration and operations, had been reassigned to serve as a special assistant to NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. The reassignment was effectively immediately. Bridenstine said that Ken Bowersox, a former astronaut who rejoined the agency earlier this year as Gerstenmaier's deputy, would take over as acting associate administrator.

    Also reassigned was Bill Hill, who had been deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, who will now be a special advisor to Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk. Tom Whitmeyer will take over as deputy associate administrator on an acting basis.

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    Bridenstine's memo gave few specifics about why he was replacing Gerstenmaier and Hill. "As you know, NASA has been given a bold challenge to put the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024, with a focus on the ultimate goal of sending humans to Mars," he wrote. "In an effort to meet this challenge, I have decided to make leadership changes to the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate."

    Moving personnel into "special advisor" positions is typically considered a demotion for those who cannot be terminated outright. Those positions have few, if any, responsibilities, and those reassigned as special advisors usually leave the agency shortly thereafter.

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    Some have speculated that the reassignments are the result of displeasure by agency leadership, and possibly the White House, at the pace of development of the Artemis lunar program and its key elements, the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft.

    Maybe @RamjetFDO can provide a better context.

  2. 34 minutes ago, triplehorn said:

    "Epstein listed 14 phone numbers for Trump; his wife, Melania; his longtime personal assistant, Norma Foerderer; his houseman; and his security officer. Other Trumps in the book include ... the president’s ex-wife Ivana; and their daughter, Ivanka."

    vvv

     “I had a falling out with him a long time ago, I don't think I've spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn't a fan."

    Lying piece of shit sexual predator

    Wonder if somebody will ask him today about any of this stuff.   For once, Trump is really holding his tongue on a major controversy.  

  3. 18 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    So, I'm not sure how anybody came up with an cost estimate.  Has somebody proposed a dollar-per-person amount? 

    This country is full of people that have multi-generational wealth.  If any of that wealth came via slavery, then those motherfuckers need to pay a tax.  A hefty fucking tax. 

    I think the whole idea is ridiculous at this point (see my post asking if I get something for having small amounts of AA and NA blood) because of all of these issues.   I doubt few families have wealth that is in existence thanks to slavery - somebody alive in the first half of the 1800s would easily have several thousand descendants.

    Like others in the thread, I also don't like the idea that it was just about slavery - plenty of governmental institutions (and private) worked for a century after the Civil War to keep minorities oppressed.

    And speaking of Civil War, if we did something like reparations (we won't), it's a good way to get impoverished whites angry, and that's not a group we really want losing their shit.  Plus, plenty of them have been shit on by the same people shitting on minorities.

    The only logical thing I've ever seen on this issue, is improving the education of minorities/poor folks as a whole, and perhaps working on some kind of improved loan system to help those in debt (basically not pay it off, but help them with loans to better manage things).

  4. 18 hours ago, TexArcher said:

    What about the Irish immigrants who were treated like shit? 

    Unless Congress wants to correct its historical record and pass legislation stating that the Irish are human beings, I see no reason for them to get shit.

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  5. 18 hours ago, TexArcher said:

    Secondly, who gets reparations?  All black people?  Even the ones who came here from Europe or Africa in the last decade or two?  Do they only go to black people who can prove their ancestry back past the Civil War, or segregation, or what?  Where's the line?

    And then who's next in line?  Native Americans, sure.  '

    I'm less than 5% black, and less than 5% NA.   I am, in fact, a card-carrying member of the Cherokee Nation (by card-carrying, I mean everything is in a safe-deposit box).  I have the DNA tests to prove both of those, and I have extensive documentation on the Cherokee thing (since DNA is useless in tribal memberships and my family had their allotments awarded based on being able to prove ancestry).

    So do I get something equivalent to my genetic makeup?

    Oh, and is there is a problem with the fact that the African-American part of me is due to the Cherokee side of the family being slaveholders?  Does that cancel out reparations?  

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  6. 46 minutes ago, Brandywine said:

    The Lion King has one thing going for it - Jon Favreau.

    I’ve read where he hired an actual cinematographer to direct the animation angles and lighting to make it have an actual movie look and not an animation feel. After the success of Jungle Book, I’d trust Favreau with this. I think he’s brilliant. Someone who has lost a little of his touch is Tim Burton, IMO.

    The guy who write and starred in this movie?

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  7. 50 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Yeah, gonna have to disagree with you there.  The times have changed from Oreilly and Ailes

    They are still governed by the almighty dollar.  Laura and Tucker got lucky, and they were able to find advertisers willing to cough up the money.

    The real money comes in January of 2021, when FNC goes back to being the opposition.  Assuming Trump doesn’t start his own network.  

  8. 1 hour ago, JimmyJames said:

    Really not news, but trumps mental state is deteriorating significantly. His narcissistic mind simply cannot handle the reality of what’s actually happening and as a result, he’s becoming more and more incoherent. 

    Hope the owners prevent a catastrophe. It is after all in their interest, so I have some confidence. 

    Say whatever happened to al qaeda? 

    I’m waiting on him to really get going on the Epstein stuff.  He probably has a helluva lot to say on the matter.

  9. 2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    The most fucked up thing about our current times is there is nothing Tucker, Hannity, or Ingraham could do to get fired.  They are under the protection of the government now and they are in direct opposition to the population. 

    Over the past few years each of these hosts have engaged in behavior multiple times that would get any anchor on another network immediately fired. 

    It doesn’t matter how many sponsors they lose.  They’re not going anywhere as long as they are blowing the fire hose of hate to get the ratings.

    They aren’t too big to fail.  Just ask Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes.   

    It’s a matter of finding the weak points and just what will make the Murdochs to throw in the towel on them.   Right now, it feels like the Murdochs have a tiger by the tail (Trump fans) and don’t know how to let go, because eventually if enough advertisers bail, they will have to let go of the tail and see what happens.

  10. 1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

    It's notable that Trump hasn't bragged about it, actually.

    It is very notable.  All he's saying is that he had a falling-out with Epstein 15 years ago.  I'm guessing Trump was, for once, smart enough to listen to the people around him, who put together a little timeline for him to follow.

  11. Looking around at the sites that love them some Trump, they want Epstein to go down hard, in the hopes that the Clintons will follow.  But they want Epstein put away for good either way.  And some are questioning Acosta’s role and whether he was compromised, or because he’s a Harvard grad.  

    Basically, they finally got their Pizzagate.  Some are making the case that Trump tried to warn the world with his comments years back, and that he is ultimately the reason Epstein was nailed again   

    If Barr gets involved, I don’t think it would play well among quite a few. For whatever reason, pedophilia is some kind of line for them.   

  12. 8 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    What the actual fuck?  He's a straight up traitor to his country and his sycophants will laud him for it.   Lots of cunts.

    GOP thinks the Russians have their interests at heart, which they do.

    Funny how these guys all grew up and came of age during a time when Congress used to try and root out communists, and when the Russians were seen as the bad guys.  Now they just roll over for them.

  13. Too many to quote, but Trump is pissed at Fox News.  Pissed they are using The NY Times for stories, they hired Donna Brazil’s, pissed at Shep Smith, pissed at the weekend anchors.

    edit: He could be pissed that the Fox News stories about Epstein mention Trump’s ties to him.

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