Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
Breaking ... Special counsel Jack Smith's updated #J6 filing against #Trump is out. Read at the link.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25182544/immunity-document.pdf
@AverageCitizen Sad to hear, but not surprising.
This is going to be like the ACA. Sooner or later, Congress has to address the issue, but the Republicans will resist with all they have.
@SaltyVeruca I had the misfortune to work for an insurance company in Southern California. It was the most miserable experience of my life. They had teams that specifically reviewed claims looking for ways to deny them, to recover payments after they'd been made.
I learned that, with insurance companies, it's all about minimizing their risk to maximize their profit. Bonuses were tied to risk management.
It needs to be a government program.
@janallmac After Northridge in 1994, #California created a state quake insurance authority.
#Florida has Citizens, but you have to prove you can't get insurance elsewhere, and they have the right to sell your policy if they can find a buyer.
The US government will have to create a giant insurance pool for natural disasters -- quakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods.
But the GOP won't do it, of course, so the Dems will have to have the White House and Congress to make it happen.
John Williams scored the soundtrack to my life ... I'll sign up for Disney Plus just to watch this.
#Hurricane #Helene thought ... For years now, we in #Florida have been in crisis because insurance companies see no way to make a profit here. The few companies still selling insurance here charge exorbitant premiums.
Helene proves the hurricane threat is no longer limited to Florida.
The insurance crisis is now a national issue. Congress will have to create homeowner insurance of last resort. Much of the country will be unable to buy wind/flood insurance after this. No state is safe.
From #CNN: Fidelity estimates that Zombie Twitter is now worth 80% less than when Elon Musk bought it. 🤣 🤣 🤣
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/elon-musk-twitter-x-fidelity/index.html
For those looking for live streaming of tonight's vice presidential candidate debate, #CBSNews is streaming live on YouTube at the link. The event is scheduled to start at 9:00 PM EDT / 6:00 PM PDT.
#Politics From #CBSNews: #Harris accepts #60Minutes interview, #Trump declines after agreeing to be on the show.
*****
Brave Sir Donald ran away.
Bravely ran away away.
When danger reared it's ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Swiftly taking to his feet,
He beat a very brave retreat.
Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald!
(With apologies to Monty Python.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-election-special-harris-trump-oct-7/
#CoSoPolitics #MAGA #MAGATS Show more
BREAKING from #CNN: #Iran is launching missiles at #Israel.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-10-1-24-intl-hnk/index.html
Happy 66th birthday #NASA! The agency began on October 1, 1958.
This is a film sent out to employees of its predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, just before the switchover. It features outgoing NACA director Hugh Dryden and incoming NASA administrator Keith Glennan. Glennan kept on Dryden as NASA deputy administrator.
"Its explicitly stated goals were to 'secure the victory of a Republican candidate' in the 2024 presidential election, to increase the quantity of U.S. citizens who told pollsters that they believed that the war in #Ukraine needed to end as soon as possible by at least ten percent, and to reduce U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval rating by at least ten percent."
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
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A Russian disinfo campaign disclosed by the FBI argued that Twitter/X, had become “the only mass platform that could currently be utilized” in the United States."... because it was the only one that didn't remove Russian created content.
At what point does Musk have to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/lies-russia-tells-itself
Six years ago, #KSCVC refurbished our Saturn IB, which is now the only one left in the world. It was a rare opportunity to look inside, for the first time since the 1970s.
Von Braun used fuel tanks from Redstone and Jupiter for his Saturn IB boosters. We could see them for the first time, labelled FUEL and LOX.
For NASA historians, this was a privilege to peek back into time.
Clark County NV medical examiner confirms that Pete Rose has passed away at age 83.
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022