The Rain Song --- Led Zeppelin cover

Not familiar with this artist. But that'll change.

Bravo. Very well done.

Afroman has had enuff

Hunter Biden is threatening to sue Fox for defamation. But Fox is tame compared to THIS. Hunter can't sue everybody, and besides, everybody knows that it was his laptop. If it's the truth, he can't sue unless the jury has been smoking crack too. Who knows?

https://t.co/pMlO0gbgHj

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) April 30, 2024

James Carville loses it, big time

4/30/24:

If I may interject a basic observation here. The radical left wing is running the White House, and by extension, the Democrat Party. Consequently, they align with terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, like Hamas. They enact new regulations, such as Title IX equal opportunity laws that now include trannies as a protected class. This puts trannies in your daughters bathrooms at schools all across the nation. It is LAW. New tax laws propose to tax unrealized gains. This could put your home in their crosshairs if you cannot afford the taxes. If they start World War III, you'll have to go fight their wars. Far left lunacy is out of control.

Carville has been speaking out against this stuff, but he wants the young to ignore all this madness, and actually embrace it. Which way is it, hmmm? For or against the radical left???

So Biden's poll numbers crash amongst the young and with their usual client groups. Perhaps not all these Democrat leaning groups have completely lost their minds yet. But Carville seems to be losing his. Or has he been nuts the whole time?

New CNN poll is final blow that knocks James Carville out cold… https://t.co/uwbpEjqBjd

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) April 30, 2024

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WTF??!!


Is he on crack or something?

James Carville threatening young people to vote for Biden:
"[If Trump wins] There will be no government left, there will be no rights left, you will live under theocracy, you'll end up with Christian Nationalism.
But that's alright you little fucking 26 year old, you don't feel… pic.twitter.com/vixpjLRzc2

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) April 29, 2024

Title IX changes dead ahead

Leftist lunacy becomes the law. If you don't want trannies in the girl's restrooms, then you'd better hope Tx. Ag Paxton wins this thing.


Trump too. No way Trump signs on to this tranny tyranny.


We had GOP legislatures trying to remove Paxton. Where's the sanity? Do pay attention, ya'll. The left is sneaking in a bunch of really bad pooh-pooh.

Louisiana, Texas AGs announce lawsuits against Biden administration over Title IX rule https://t.co/LxwqNwkwDA via @JustTheNews

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) April 30, 2024

Getting wild there

This reminds me of the story about a guy in a tire shop who got the nickname "Wild Bill". Wild Bill took an impact wrench to a hub cap that had decorative lug nuts incorporated in the hub cap. Then you've got this guy here trying to knock the wheel loose even though the lug nuts were still on.


Wild Bill lives!

pic.twitter.com/5kaUOWI0J1

— jny the human (@jnyboy) April 25, 2024

World's Strongest Magnet

Interesting properties of magnetism.

With respect to the re-entry of a spacecraft like Starship, I'd have to wonder if there's a magnetic interaction with the plasma ( provided that it forms ) and the stainless steel make up of the spacecraft.

That could produce some unpredictable effects.

Wacky space post

12:50 PM

Speculation alert: Here's another idea. With respect to re-entry, I am wondering if it possible to repel a heated plasma with a magnetic field. This would keep the plasma away from the spacecraft, and keep it cooler. It would depend upon the power of the magnetic force within the spacecraft, and the amount of plasma ( if any) created as the spacecraft heats up on re-entry. The heated plasma would have a magnetic field, presumably positive, so a magnetic field, properly oriented, would repel it.

Indeed, since the Starship is made of stainless steel, it may be possible to magnetize it. It wouldn't add any mass to the spacecraft.



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Speculation alert. Here I am, talking out my ass again. That seems to be what I do best.

Anyhoo, I got an idea that I'm sure that nobody will dream of doing, because it is too simple, and makes too much sense.

With respect to the lunar lander for Artemis, I would suggest that SpaceX would just forget about landing the Starship on the Moon, or at least not for now.

Instead, here's an alternative:

Use the second stage Falcon 9, and the Dragon capsule, with an extra extended compartment for fuel, to land on the Moon. SpaceX could use the maxxed out version that could put 200 tons into low Earth Orbit. Now, looking into the Apollo Era, the masses for that equipment could be launched with the SuperHeavy booster all in one launch. The second stage Falcon 9, and the souped up Dragon could mass out at less than that. It could return to Earth on its own, or just land and return to the Gateway, as per current flight specs. I'm guessing the required delta-v available in such a configuration would be adequate for the mission.

I haven't really run the numbers on any of this, so it really is a speculation supremo.

If that profile turns out to be feasible, then go for it. A return to the Moon could be feasible. You already have flight proven equipment, except for the SuperHeavy, and that could be developed along side the rest of the needed equipment. It could be done faster than what the current plan is going for, I bet.

If you want to land cargo on the moon, just send the Dragon without any return fuel, and unmanned. A cargo mission could be paired with a manned mission.

So much for this idea. I'm sure nobody will want to do this because it is too sensible. Just for the record, I don't really like the Starship being used for a lunar lander. At the very least, it should be modified in order to simplify the mission. Think the KISS method. Too many launches complicates this beyond reason.