SOUND ADVICE: "Don't always believe what you hear."

OPERATORS OF THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM have brought a decommissioned satellite back to life to replace an ailing craft in the precision navigation network.
Here's a thought: why not use the International Space Station as an on-orbit refuel, repair, and maintenance station?

"THE MORAL SEEMS TO BE that relief is like aspirin, best prescribed in small doses. Take two, and your headache gets better. Take the whole bottle, and you end up in the emergency room, having your stomach pumped. Which is what we are doing right now."

UNEXPECTEDLY? The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis.

SHEPARD SMITH on Rick Perry responding to the little boy's (mother's) question about evolution and science: "That may play well in Texas, but what about the rest of America?" This on the Fox Report tonight.

Watch for the snotty SOB to get bashed tomorrow.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP., the nation’s second-largest military contractor and last aerospace company headquartered in Southern California, is moving their headquarters to Virginia. Only 300 members of the corporate staff will be moving to Virginia. Most of the firms 30,000 jobs will stay in California ... for now. The only reason for staying in California is the huge capital investment in place there. Don't expect any more until after California goes bankrupt.

LOCKHEED MARTIN took its Samarai handheld aircraft for its first public spin as the vehicle, which is 16 inches long and weighs less than half a pound, gets closer to prime time. Here's
the video.

THE LUNACY NEVER STOPS (CONTINUED): Democrat says fracking causes venereal disease.

BIZJET OWNERS ARE FIGHTING BACK: Rally Held To Stop Administration's Attacks On Business Jets.

ANN COULTER: Liberals Aren't Funny, They're A Riot! More here and here.

I'M ALL FOR REDISTRIBUTION -- as long as its someone else's being redistributed.

THIS MORNING I was thinking "Damn the torpedoes, I'll go ahead and begin the major home upgrade projects I've been planning for over a year." Then the stock market plunged another 400 points....

MUSIC TO MY EARS: "I'll work every day to try to make Washington, DC, as inconsequential in your life as I can."

GENE SIMMONS: Imported American Pride.

THE LUNACY NEVER STOPS:


You can read about it here.

MAYBE FOAM CUPS aren't so bad after all.

CNN WINS the "Perry makes us miss Bush" contest. Best comment: "Who does Obama make us miss? Stalin?"