#Politics From #NBCNews: A day after blowing up #Hezbollah pagers, #Israel today is blowing up Hezbollah walkie-talkies. 14 dead, 450 injured, fires started.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pager-new-device-explosions-lebanon-hezbollah-rcna171637
#Israel hid explosives in pagers ordered by #Hezbollah.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html
#Space From #ArsTechnica
#AxiomSpace is having financial problems because its recently departed CEO tried to run it like #NASA -- lots of employees with little to do.
Axiom is planning a commercial space station by decade's end and developing lunar spacesuits for NASA.
Do #Hezbollah pagers use #Tesla batteries?
(Too soon?)
From #CNN: I don't know who came up with the idea of sabotaging pagers before delivery. I find myself simultaneously appalled and admiring the ingenuity.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-pagers-attack-hezbollah/index.html
Nice opinion column about #JPL in Pasadena's search for extraterrestrial life.
I'm sometimes asked how NASA decides what to do. The National Academies of Science provide NASA with a "decadal survey" as overall guidelines. The Academies declared several decades ago that the search for extraterrestrial life should be the priority.
In the end, though, it's up to Congress, which is more interested in protecting jobs in their districts/states.
#Politics From #FloridaToday:
Contrary to #DeSantis claims that #Florida will conduct its own investigation, a state attorney said this afternoon that federal authorities have taken over the #Trump attempted assassination case.
DeSantis has been known to fire state attorneys who show him up, so let's see if David Aronberg is made to walk the plank.
From #CNN: Elon Musk posted on Zombie Twitter a tweet wanting to know why no one has tried to assassinate #Biden or #Harris. He finally took it down, claiming it was a joke.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/tech/elon-musk-biden-trump-assassination-attempt/index.html
From #DOJ: Press release on arraignment and initial charges filed against would-be #Trump assassination suspect. The webpage has a link to the criminal complaint PDF.
This is just an initial charge to justify detaining him. More charges will be filed as the investigation continues, e.g. attempted murder if he confesses to it.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/suspect-trump-international-golf-course-charged-firearms-offenses
#Politics From #MiamiHerald:
#Florida governor #DeSantis says he'll launch his own investigation into #Trump assassination attempt.
(No jurisdiction, good luck with that.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article292550314.html
This week's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow on #DailyKos.
#Politics Update on alleged would-be #Trump assassin, from #WaPo:
* Self-published his 300-page manifesto on Amazon. (Available for $2.99!)
* Supported Trump until he ended #Iran deal, wrote that he wanted people to "assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal."
(Confessed in writing ahead of time.)
* Ran a GoFundMe account with his fiancΓ©e claiming it was to buy drones and other materiel for #Ukraine.
#Politics From #FloridaToday: Vaccination rates are dropping in #Florida schools due to disinformation from the #DeSantis administration, increasing risk of #COVID and measles spread in schools.
#Politics Update on alleged would-be #Trump assassin Ryan Routh, from #CNN:
* Self-published a book with his views on #Ukraine and other global hotspots.
* Travelled to Ukraine after #Russia invaded. Tried to enlist in Ukraine Legion but was turned away.
* Supported Trump at one time, now views him as a threat, voted in NC Democratic primary.
* Arrested in 2002 after barricading himself with a firearm. Doesn't pay his taxes.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-09-15-24/index.html
Idle thought ... I wonder if #Trump flaunting Laura Loomer has anything to do with Melania's book being published on October 6. Maybe it has some content unflattering to Donald, so Loomer is his way of sending a message that Melania can be replaced the way Melania replaced those before her. Strictly my speculation.
#Politics Update from #Newsweek on alleged #Trump would-be shooter:
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"... Routh's social media accounts have focused on his 'self-proclaimed involvement' in the war in #Ukraine, including his supposed effort to recruit soldiers to fight in the conflict. Routh also claimed to have fought in Ukraine as it continues to hold off Russia's invasion ... Routh has been living in Hawaii and was formerly a construction worker in North Carolina."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suspect-shooting-assassination-attempt-west-palm-beach-1954191
#Politics Update from #DailyBeast on alleged #Trump would-be shooter:
"Secret Service agents confronted and shot at the would-be shooter after noticing a rifle barrel sticking out of a nearby chain link fence just one hole ahead of the former president as he played a round with real estate developer Steve Witkoff on Sunday afternoon.
"He was roughly 300-500 feet away from Trump, authorities revealed at a press conference following the incident."
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-alleged-trump-golf-course-gunman-ryan-wesley-routh
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.