PAD ABORT 1 (PA-1), the first fully integrated flight test of the launch abort system being developed for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, launched May 6 at White Sands Missile Range, NM in a completely successful flight. The video is here.

Note the speed at which the crew capsule is jerked away and the reorientation of the capsule prior to parachute deployment. Simply amazing.

THE PARTY MAY BE OVER, but it’s not the Tea Party.

THE ENERGY REVOLUTION. Six audio/slide shows report on experimental systems for getting energy, storing it, moving it about, consuming it, and conserving it. At the link, click on the image to watch the audio/slide show.

WITH 100 SEATS IN PLAY AND ABYSMAL CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL RATINGS, Democrats are starting to wonder aloud if they should continue to support Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Her leaving being kicked out is a pleasant thought.

DETROIT FREE PRESS EDITOR caught on tape vandalizing $5M pedestrian link.

This would be laughable if it weren’t pathetic. But it does give you insight into the progressive mind: “Do as I say, not as I do.”

Via Instapundit.

IN CALIFORNIA, Barbara Boxer is so bad the Los Angeles Times won’t endorse her.

NEW YORK TIMES VISUAL OP-ED COLUMNIST Charles M. Blow strikes out again.

According to an article accompanying a Washington Post/ABC News poll released on Wednesday: “About 61 percent of tea party opponents say racism has a lot to do with the movement, a view held by just 7 percent of tea party supporters.”

According to Blow, the fact that 61 percent of Tea Party opponents believe the Tea Partiers are racist is proof that the Tea Partiers are racist.

Hmm. Let’s write the above paragraph this way: “About 61 percent of tea party supporters say racism has a lot to do with the opposition, a view held by just 7 percent of tea party opponents.”

By Mr. Blow’s logic, that must prove that Tea Party opponents are racist.

More Blow(hard):

Their ... strategy is to repress, deny and redefine. Following their logic, racial views not visible are nonexistent and those who raise the issue are simply projecting. It’s a fete of Freudian delusions.

Huh? Did I read that right? If I don’t express any view about race, then I'm racist?

Tea Party organizers may want to run away from the facts, but they’re not that fast, and the American people are not that slow.

And Mr. Blow is slower yet.