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Friday, February 07, 2003
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New evidence on Columbia disaster. I was contacted today by a reporter for a major television
news network. He told me about three rather surprising
developments in the _Columbia_ disaster. (By the way, I
refuse to call it a "tragedy.")
Item One: There was a meeting on 24 January 2003 which
was coordinated by phone and in person at NASA JSC. The
meeting included engineers from Lockheed Martin's
Michoud facility where the external tank is made. It
also included engineers from United Space Alliance.
Several engineers felt that there should be attempts
made to image the underside of _Columbia_ in order to
assess the damage they felt certain was there. These
engineers dissented from the management decision to do
nothing.
Item Two: On the morning of 1 February 2003, before
the _Columbia_ re-entered and broke apart, an Air
Force satellite, which must be supposed to have been
a Keyhole spy sat or similar, did image the shuttle
minutes before re-entry, and the images show significant
damage below the left wing.
Item Three: The NASA engineer who was on ABC News
Tuesday night talking about foam insulation being
changed a few years ago, and how it "popcorned" off
the external tank to damage the shuttle's tiles, has
been gag-ordered. [shuttledowntalk]
8:06:52 PM 
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Ronnie Barrett at NRA Members' Councils of California -
Barrett Firearms Letter of Opposition to the proposed .50 cal Ban
- A letter from the owner and president of the best known manufacturer
of .50 caliber rifles to William Bratton, the chief of the LA Police
Department, explaining why Mr. Barrett will be slow to service one of
his rifles sent back for repair. Wouldn't it be nice if firearms
manufacturers refused to sell to "law enforcement" agencies that
infringe our rights? [smith2004]
Please excuse my slow response on the repair service of the rifle. I
am battling to what service I am repairing the rifle for. I will not
sell, nor service, my rifles to those seeking to infringe upon the
Constitution and the crystal clear rights it affords individuals to
own firearms.
[End the War on Freedom]
From the letter it sounds like Mr. Barrett is leaning towards refusing further sales to the LAPD. I think that's a good idea, myself.
10:15:08 AM
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Man jailed for 600 burglaries. A man, thought to be one of the UK's most prolific burglars, has been jailed for seven years by a London court. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]
Apparently it is possible to get locked up for burglary in England if you try hard enough. But not for long--if this case is typical, the sentence for one burglary is four days and about six hours.
9:55:33 AM
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Trading Votes. While the news in this story on C/Net is good, the very fact that this suit ever had to happen... [Hit & Run]
That site and others allowed citizens to swap Gore votes in states where Bush was likely to win anyway for the Green party candidate Nader. A Nader supporter in a state with a closer contest would then pledge to vote for Gore in return. Swaps of votes for other candidates were also theoretically possible."
But California's Secretary of State Bill Jones threatened to shut the site down, and Porter sued. What possible grounds could Jones have had? How can we call it "our vote" if we can't execute it--or not--for any reason and in any manner we choose?
It's only "our vote" in the same way that property is "our property." We can only use it within the limits laid down by the government, and any deviation from those limits is not permitted. This is hardly surprising. Once a National Socialist policy is adopted towards property, it's probably inevitable that it would also be extended to the vote.
9:00:28 AM
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