December 19, 2003

December 19, 2003 by yorksranter 0 comments

First non-government supersonic flight!

Rutan does it again The great Burt Rutan has come up with another of his astonishing aircraft. SpaceShipOne (great InterCapping!) flew above the speed of sound – the first time anyone has done without the aid of the state, better yet on the 17th of December, 100 years after the Wrights blah blah blah. This…

December 19, 2003 by yorksranter 0 comments

The Fate of Rumsfeld…

One day, in the future, they will find his body in the desert, blackened by the sun, his lips cracked, eyes swollen, collapsed at the foot of a great sand dune with a shovel still gripped in his blistered hands, crushed by the sand drifting back into the hole, like Ozymandias’ architect…..still looking for weapons…

December 19, 2003 by yorksranter 0 comments

Brief thought about Saddam, trials etc

The possibility of an acquittal is a valid criterion of a fair trial.

Lyca ditches UK under guise of strategic growth
Off Lyca rat up a drain pipe
Russian-controlled Crimea's Artek youth camp hosted Assad children - BBC News
hilarious as I remember some US granolacore type going on about how good it would be if both sides in *Ukraine* in 2014 could have gone. (Of course they could have, being a bunch of old sovoks.) And guess who did? Assad's kids.
Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ | Renewable energy | The Guardian
Reforming the system for connecting new projects to the national grid to prioritise the most viable projects; Speeding up decisions on planning permission by empowering planners to prioritise critical energy infrastructure; Expanding the renewable auction process to allow funding to be secured before planning permission in an effort to stop delays and get more projects […]
Instigator of Southport riots jailed for seven-and-a-half years after starting... - LBC
He set up a far-right Telegram channel called "Southport Wake Up", in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack in the Merseyside town on July 29 last year, Liverpool Crown Court was told on Monday. The far-right taxi-driver was arrested with a copy of Mein Kampf
I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone
I fully expect that this Apple story will be used as “proof” by conspiracy theorists effectively forever.
Recraft V3
The thing that impressed me is that it can generate both raster and vector graphics... and the vector graphics can be exported as SVG!
Republican finances have suddenly recovered – Kevin Drum
In just the past two weeks, the share of Republicans who say their personal finances are worse than a year ago has plummeted by 14 percentage points
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
These serious flaws include a loophole which mean the Act goes far beyond the intended reforms to valuation and that undermines the integrity of the amended scheme. In addition we must correct an omission that would deny tens of thousands of shared ownership leaseholders the right to extend their lease with their direct landlord given […]
Naval Wargames and related stuff: Original Japanese Gaming of Midway, Pt 3 Just Applying the Rules
When attacked piecemeal by the Midway airgroup the Nagumo Force suffered no significant damage, CAP and evasive manoeuvres sufficed to keep them undamaged. This compares with nine, or three hits from high level bombers (which were known to be ineffective against ships free to manoeuvre) in the games. So reality does not contradict the umpires […]
Is Russia in a stagflation crisis? – Riddle Russia
Ultimately, it is the job of the state to use its policy mechanisms to arrest price growth. However, the effective use of such mechanisms requires a state strong enough to force a redistributive outcome. The interest rate is one such policy tool — a particularly blunt one that will often work through the creation of […]