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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Starship 12 failure analysis
This video is from Alpha Tech. It is probably a bit too long, or I'm too impatient. Take your pick!
In my opinion (which nobody asked for), I think it is obvious even to a non-steely-eyed rocket man that it couldn't have been SpaceX's intent to have its Starship's plume hit the grid fin of the booster! Therefore, the booster was out of its expected position.
If the booster is out of position, then obviously something went wrong with the hot staging. Everything else follows from this important fact.
You don't need a twenty plus minute video to explain that.
I don't want to be too critical ( even though I am anyway ), it is mostly an informative video.
Blogging burnout?
6/10/26:
Another moldy-oldy to respond to... Well, sure seemed like a low-point back in 2014 as far as the good 'ol USA was concerned.
Trump came along and there was some hope. He's still around, and the left is more insane than ever. Well, look at it this way. If the left ain't going nutso, we must be doing something wrong...
Sep 24, 2014:
At the moment, I can't get really excited about anything. If I am not excited, I am not motivated. If I am not motivated, I probably won't write anything.
Update: That last sentence reminded me of the Austin Power's movie. But people won't die if I don't write. Or maybe they won't. Bwah hah hah!
Take the Climate March for instance. It is hard for me to believe that this is a serious thing. People there do not practice what they are preaching. If they were, they'd give up all their possessions and move out to a homestead in the country. Will Al Gore and the rest of these celebrities give up their rich lifestyles? Doubtful.
That they are serious about something, there's little doubt. These people want something. But to do anything about "climate change", no they aren't serious. This isn't about the climate, I suspect.
"War on Women"? Not serious, folks. Why would any society make a war on its women? To commit suicide, perhaps? If there's a real war on women, it is from the people claiming to be against the war on women. For to wage a war on women is to kill off a society, and that is what these people are doing in the name of protecting women. The reality is that they are destroying the futures of young women.
As for the GOP, who can they not succeed in running against insanity like this? It should be as easy as taking candy from a baby, but these guys are flummoxed. Well, they are supposedly flummoxed.
Limbaugh tried to explain why the GOP can't do anything. It struck me as excuse making.
Incidently, there's supposedly some plot to destroy Limbaugh. If only. Limbaugh isn't a big help these days. Conservatism can probably live without him. He is a non-entity as far as I can tell. He's the best thing the libs have going for them.
Conservatives had better find themselves some real leadership.
Dick Morris talked about how Obama wants to change America. Well, duh. That's so obvious. What isn't obvious is why isn't anything being done about it? A horrible thought then occurred to me. Morris is just another mercenary making money off the misery of the land. There's nothing serious about the man just as there is nothing serious about the people in this land. Conservatism? What conservatism! Nothing is being done and nothing will be done because nobody intends to do anything at all.
All this and the Climate March marches on. The left is winning by default. Hard to get excited about a bunch of people who stand by and do nothing while their country is being stolen from them.
Another moldy-oldy to respond to... Well, sure seemed like a low-point back in 2014 as far as the good 'ol USA was concerned.
Trump came along and there was some hope. He's still around, and the left is more insane than ever. Well, look at it this way. If the left ain't going nutso, we must be doing something wrong...
Sep 24, 2014:
At the moment, I can't get really excited about anything. If I am not excited, I am not motivated. If I am not motivated, I probably won't write anything.
Update: That last sentence reminded me of the Austin Power's movie. But people won't die if I don't write. Or maybe they won't. Bwah hah hah!
Take the Climate March for instance. It is hard for me to believe that this is a serious thing. People there do not practice what they are preaching. If they were, they'd give up all their possessions and move out to a homestead in the country. Will Al Gore and the rest of these celebrities give up their rich lifestyles? Doubtful.
That they are serious about something, there's little doubt. These people want something. But to do anything about "climate change", no they aren't serious. This isn't about the climate, I suspect.
"War on Women"? Not serious, folks. Why would any society make a war on its women? To commit suicide, perhaps? If there's a real war on women, it is from the people claiming to be against the war on women. For to wage a war on women is to kill off a society, and that is what these people are doing in the name of protecting women. The reality is that they are destroying the futures of young women.
As for the GOP, who can they not succeed in running against insanity like this? It should be as easy as taking candy from a baby, but these guys are flummoxed. Well, they are supposedly flummoxed.
Limbaugh tried to explain why the GOP can't do anything. It struck me as excuse making.
Incidently, there's supposedly some plot to destroy Limbaugh. If only. Limbaugh isn't a big help these days. Conservatism can probably live without him. He is a non-entity as far as I can tell. He's the best thing the libs have going for them.
Conservatives had better find themselves some real leadership.
Dick Morris talked about how Obama wants to change America. Well, duh. That's so obvious. What isn't obvious is why isn't anything being done about it? A horrible thought then occurred to me. Morris is just another mercenary making money off the misery of the land. There's nothing serious about the man just as there is nothing serious about the people in this land. Conservatism? What conservatism! Nothing is being done and nothing will be done because nobody intends to do anything at all.
All this and the Climate March marches on. The left is winning by default. Hard to get excited about a bunch of people who stand by and do nothing while their country is being stolen from them.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Announcement: Medical issues
6/9/26:
It is interesting to go back and read a post like this from the past... This was the first manifestation of symptoms of which would later be diagosed as cancer. The tests came short of what would have been necessary in order to discover it at that time. The test? An MRI was necessary. X-rays were simply inadequate. The X-rays did discover something unusual about my tailbone. I was asked if I had broken it at one time. To my knowledge, I had not.
The nature of chordomas is that they grow slowly and do not go metastatic like many other cancers. For that reason, it went undiagonosed for nearly five years! How would've things gone if I had gotten an MRI? Hard to say, but I thought about that. Five years earlier would've have meant no ObamaCare. It would've likely meant that surgery would've been prescribed, and from what I've heard, a wheelchair in my future.
The cancer grew bigger and more dangerous all the time. Yet things worked in my favor. I have pondered over that many times.
Sometimes there are no answers for why things happen the way they do.
May 4, 2012:
I've been dealing with a medical problem for the last few days that has kept me from my job. It now appears that it may do more than that. I thought it was manageable, but evidently it is not. There is a likelihood of a lot of tests to determine what the problem is, and depending upon that, a possible hospital stay of an uncertain duration.
So this is a bit of a notification that there will be light posting until the situation plays out.
With respect to all my writing about political matters, and Obamacare, no matter what happens, I am content with my decisions. I never expected a handout from anyone and have always did my best to give value for value. I have lived my life in accordance with that. I would have liked to have done better, but that may not have been in the cards.
I don't want to sound morbid here, but my condition may be serious. If I am fortunate and it is not all that serious, I will be back soon.
One further thing. I feel my latest work has been my best. The bit about Seinfeld really does describe what is happening and it has a medical ( psychological) side to it, in Dr. Sanity's opinion ( and obviously I agree). Frankly, I think the entire country and world is sick in spirit. There needs to be a renewal. But like my own situation, until one recognizes a problem, one can't begin to deal with it. Hopefully a problem will be recognized and dealt with in time before it becomes too late to deal with it.
Breitbart died and some people seem to find satisfaction in it. That is what I mean by a spiritual sickness. By the way, I don't compare myself to Breitbart, but I have something in common with him. Hopefully, I haven't made the same mistake he did.
Update:
I went to the doctor and at the moment, things do not appear to be as bad as I may have feared. It appears though that the situation has still not completely resolved, as to cause and so forth, so more visits are likely in the near future. I thought I might be in a hospital tonight, you see.
Blogging should resume on a light schedule over the weekend.
It is interesting to go back and read a post like this from the past... This was the first manifestation of symptoms of which would later be diagosed as cancer. The tests came short of what would have been necessary in order to discover it at that time. The test? An MRI was necessary. X-rays were simply inadequate. The X-rays did discover something unusual about my tailbone. I was asked if I had broken it at one time. To my knowledge, I had not.
The nature of chordomas is that they grow slowly and do not go metastatic like many other cancers. For that reason, it went undiagonosed for nearly five years! How would've things gone if I had gotten an MRI? Hard to say, but I thought about that. Five years earlier would've have meant no ObamaCare. It would've likely meant that surgery would've been prescribed, and from what I've heard, a wheelchair in my future.
The cancer grew bigger and more dangerous all the time. Yet things worked in my favor. I have pondered over that many times.
Sometimes there are no answers for why things happen the way they do.
May 4, 2012:
I've been dealing with a medical problem for the last few days that has kept me from my job. It now appears that it may do more than that. I thought it was manageable, but evidently it is not. There is a likelihood of a lot of tests to determine what the problem is, and depending upon that, a possible hospital stay of an uncertain duration.
So this is a bit of a notification that there will be light posting until the situation plays out.
With respect to all my writing about political matters, and Obamacare, no matter what happens, I am content with my decisions. I never expected a handout from anyone and have always did my best to give value for value. I have lived my life in accordance with that. I would have liked to have done better, but that may not have been in the cards.
I don't want to sound morbid here, but my condition may be serious. If I am fortunate and it is not all that serious, I will be back soon.
One further thing. I feel my latest work has been my best. The bit about Seinfeld really does describe what is happening and it has a medical ( psychological) side to it, in Dr. Sanity's opinion ( and obviously I agree). Frankly, I think the entire country and world is sick in spirit. There needs to be a renewal. But like my own situation, until one recognizes a problem, one can't begin to deal with it. Hopefully a problem will be recognized and dealt with in time before it becomes too late to deal with it.
Breitbart died and some people seem to find satisfaction in it. That is what I mean by a spiritual sickness. By the way, I don't compare myself to Breitbart, but I have something in common with him. Hopefully, I haven't made the same mistake he did.
Update:
I went to the doctor and at the moment, things do not appear to be as bad as I may have feared. It appears though that the situation has still not completely resolved, as to cause and so forth, so more visits are likely in the near future. I thought I might be in a hospital tonight, you see.
Blogging should resume on a light schedule over the weekend.
Understanding the PetroDollar
6/9/26:
There's a lot of fearmongering of inflation. If there's inflation, it isn't because of oil prices. The inflation bogeyman won't show up as badly as they say, or maybe not at all.
The stats are showing that prices are not increasing at that rate---yet. Some more stats are due soon. If it shows higher inflation, I'll call it out as bull hockey, anyway. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics".
4/13/26:
The thought about high oil prices and inflation does not jibe with Milton Friedman's theories about money. That is, it doesn't until you consider the petrodollar. Then it starts to make more sense.
That means the current high prices for oil won't cause inflation. It will cause the reverse. Less money means high "interest" rates. The price of oil works like interest rates. If interest rates are high, economic output drops. That means recession.
The statistics show a higher rate of inflation, but not all of the stats showed that. If you count "core" inflation, the prices didn't go up. That means aside from oil prices, the inflation rate did not go up. Eventually, the rest of the price structure will fall even while oil prices stay relatively high.
That would be true if oil is acting like a currency. Check back later to see if that is true.
There's a lot of fearmongering of inflation. If there's inflation, it isn't because of oil prices. The inflation bogeyman won't show up as badly as they say, or maybe not at all.
The stats are showing that prices are not increasing at that rate---yet. Some more stats are due soon. If it shows higher inflation, I'll call it out as bull hockey, anyway. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics".
4/13/26:
The thought about high oil prices and inflation does not jibe with Milton Friedman's theories about money. That is, it doesn't until you consider the petrodollar. Then it starts to make more sense.
That means the current high prices for oil won't cause inflation. It will cause the reverse. Less money means high "interest" rates. The price of oil works like interest rates. If interest rates are high, economic output drops. That means recession.
The statistics show a higher rate of inflation, but not all of the stats showed that. If you count "core" inflation, the prices didn't go up. That means aside from oil prices, the inflation rate did not go up. Eventually, the rest of the price structure will fall even while oil prices stay relatively high.
That would be true if oil is acting like a currency. Check back later to see if that is true.
Monday, June 8, 2026
Bongino show, 6/8/26
Trump's not exactly being subtle here. (that's an understatement meant as a joke)
Update:
Lots of inside baseball here. Found out the bit on the Welker interview that was so contentious. Read the comments on Free Republic here, specifically regarding the breakdown of some issues regarding Weaponization of Government at Powerline. Typical for the RINOS: undercutting any real opposition to Democrats' corruption and shennanigans.
Update:
Lots of inside baseball here. Found out the bit on the Welker interview that was so contentious. Read the comments on Free Republic here, specifically regarding the breakdown of some issues regarding Weaponization of Government at Powerline. Typical for the RINOS: undercutting any real opposition to Democrats' corruption and shennanigans.
A tendency for self-deprecation
Maybe I've had this trait forever. Or maybe it was something I developed over my life as a type of wisdom obtained from the school of hard knocks.
Sometimes it goes too far.
I call myself a Keyboard Warrior. True enough, but I have done some stuff before. So maybe that is giving the impression that I will do nothing but talk or write.
"Doing Nothing" ain't me. If that impression is given from my self-deprecations, then it is the wrong impression.
I DO believe in taking action. Action is called for right now. Blaming things on my age is not a thing I want to do. But reality is reality.
Action is needed now. The question is who, how, and when?
I suspect that there won't be any action, and people will dismiss me as well. But they've already been doing that anyway.
Even Keyboard Warrioring is more than most people do. The fact is people don't want to do anything. Not even the simplest things. Even the most "safe" things.
Unless I am wrong, we have swerved into a time in which taking the easy way out ain't an option.
Two options are available. 1) fight back or 2) surrender. I think that unless I am reading people all wrong, that the second option will be taken.
I am writing this in connection with the stolen election in California. It's not like this was unexpected. People expected the election of 2020 to be stolen. This was well in advance of the election. True to expectations, that's exactly what happened.
But nothing was done to stop it. Therefore, why wouldn't it happen again and again when there's nobody willing to put a stop to it?
So keyboarding is about all I can do right now. Not that I haven't already done more than almost everybody else does.
I won't self-deprecate THAT.
Sometimes it goes too far.
I call myself a Keyboard Warrior. True enough, but I have done some stuff before. So maybe that is giving the impression that I will do nothing but talk or write.
"Doing Nothing" ain't me. If that impression is given from my self-deprecations, then it is the wrong impression.
I DO believe in taking action. Action is called for right now. Blaming things on my age is not a thing I want to do. But reality is reality.
Action is needed now. The question is who, how, and when?
I suspect that there won't be any action, and people will dismiss me as well. But they've already been doing that anyway.
Even Keyboard Warrioring is more than most people do. The fact is people don't want to do anything. Not even the simplest things. Even the most "safe" things.
Unless I am wrong, we have swerved into a time in which taking the easy way out ain't an option.
Two options are available. 1) fight back or 2) surrender. I think that unless I am reading people all wrong, that the second option will be taken.
I am writing this in connection with the stolen election in California. It's not like this was unexpected. People expected the election of 2020 to be stolen. This was well in advance of the election. True to expectations, that's exactly what happened.
But nothing was done to stop it. Therefore, why wouldn't it happen again and again when there's nobody willing to put a stop to it?
So keyboarding is about all I can do right now. Not that I haven't already done more than almost everybody else does.
I won't self-deprecate THAT.
Know the law, know your rights
If we're headed for real trouble, and we just might be, the knowledge of the law can be of vital importance. Hence this video should be studied and understood.
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