Recent Space Stuff

I would like to actually have the Science Fiction future I felt was come when I was young.   Falcon Heavy links.   A “Coast Guard for Space“…     Over the years, analysts have proposed several alternative schemes for organizing the American space sector. Most of these proposals have related specifically to the nation’s [...]

The US Postal Service is Broken

The US Postal Service is broken and a drain on taxpayers. Note: I am in the middle of a 6+ month fight with my local post office, which clouds my opinion on this a little bit (I complained about some packages delivery in December and since then I have not really been able to get [...]

Balanced Budget Amendment?

When I was younger and just becoming political aware, I was against the idea of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. After all, congress can balance the budget when they need to….or so I thought. Since then, I have come to realize that congress has acted irresponsibly during my entire adulthood. It can [...]

“The Purple Tax Plan”

This is not “purple” in the sense of “Purpleslog”, but it would be a vast improvement over what the US has now. What I also like about this plan, is that it covers the transition from what we have not to the plan. Anyways…here it is: Principles of Tax Reform Our federal tax system is [...]

Anti-Spam Lawfare

It sounds like some Computer Scientists… A team of computer scientists at two University of California campuses has been looking deeply into the nature of spam, and they think found a ‘choke point’ [PDF] that could greatly reduce the flow of spam…If a handful of companies like these refused to authorize online credit card payments [...]

RIH BIn Laden!

His future awaits… …so who is up next on the list?