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From : More bad news for as retail sales surge while the inflation rate drops. Cue mainstream media punditry telling us why is better for the economy.

cnn.com/2024/08/15/economy/ret

We have a launch coming up at 9 AM EDT / 6 AM PDT. Two Maxar satellites are the payload. The booster will come back to land at , meaning double sonic booms about 8 1/2 minutes after launch.

Watch live at Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=m5bnoNUK51

From : RFK Jr. has approached both and campaigns offering to drop out and endorse their candidate in exchange for a Cabinet post guarantee. He also tried to get the Democratic party to nominate him for president after dropped out.

wapo.st/3WMqfMX

A Florida Atlantic University presidential poll shows leading in Florida 50%-47%.

Amendment 4, the pro-choice initiative, has 56% support but needs 60% to pass under Florida law.

In the Senate race, Rick Scott leads 47% - 43% over Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, although the primaries haven't closed yet.

fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/aug2

Suffolk University (Boston MA) poll of the presidential race shows leading 46.8% - 41.8%.

43.4% "strongly disapprove" of the administration.

Amendment 4, the reproductive rights initiative, leads 58.2% - 35.2% but under Florida law it needs 60% to pass.

suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/do

has an audio-only telecon coming up at 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT to update on the status of the . Listen live at the link.

youtube.com/watch?v=EyKqaVLpsW

Just finished reading "Children of Doro" by @MLClark.

Throughout the work, I felt humbled and awed by the depth of universe creation. In my opinion, its richness equals what Tolkein did with "Lord of the Rings" and Herbert did with "Dune."

If you like pew-pew sci-fi, this isn't for you. This is what intelligent science fiction literature is supposed to be. It's loosely inspired by "The Brothers Karamazov."

The best SF novel I've read in years.

amazon.com/Children-Doro-M-L-C

From Ryan George: If Elon Musk bought a restaurant. 🀣 🀣 🀣

youtube.com/watch?v=u_Tx1SG0Cl

told Elon Musk last night he'd flee to Venezuela if he loses the election in November ... Just checked, the US and Venezuela signed an extradition treaty in 2022. "proclaimed" the treaty on January 2, 2024. Think he had someone in mind? πŸ€”

Here are the crimes eligible for extradition. Interesting that "illegal sale of documents belonging to the national
archives" is on the list. Think they had someone in mind? πŸ€”

internationalextraditionblog.w

In 2004, four hurricanes hit in six weeks. Three of them came through the .

Hurricane Charley was the first, 20 years ago today. Here's the August 14, 2004 reporting on Charley and the Space Coast.

From : Two Zombie Twitter company employees say Elon Musk lied when he claimed a denial-of-service attack derailed his online chat with .

theverge.com/2024/8/12/2421912

From : hackers compromised the personal email account of crony Roger Stone, using it to break into the email account of a senior Trump campaign official.

🀣 🀣 🀣

cnn.com/2024/08/12/politics/tr

From : investigating hacking attempts on both the and - campaigns.

Comment ... Interesting that the Trump campaign admits it was hacked, but apparently the Harris campaign didn't fall for the phishing emails.

(No, the Nigerian prince isn't looking to buy MAGA basketball shoes.)

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