[MSN] The excitement around unprecedented new images of far-off galaxies has reignited calls from some within the scientific and queer communities to rename the James Webb Space Telescope because of Webb’s alleged involvement in past anti-LGTBQ government policies in the mid-20th century. You saw this coming, right? Eventually they come for everything.
Images from the telescope, a project three decades in the making, were released on Tuesday by NASA. The observatory, which launched into orbit in December 2021, is about the size of a tennis court and can take more detailed images from deeper in space than any equipment of its kind.
NASA has billed the mission as an "Apollo moment," with the potential to answer probing questions at the frontier of space discovery, including about life on other planets. But the agency has also faced criticism for naming its signature project after former NASA Administrator James Webb, who previously had served as undersecretary of state during the Truman administration, when the federal government systematically purged its ranks of LGBTQ employees.
In a statement to NBC News, a NASA spokesperson said Tuesday the agency’s historians have conducted an "exhaustive search through currently accessible archives on James Webb and his career," which has included speaking with experts who "previously researched this topic extensively."
"NASA found no evidence at this point that warrants changing the name of the telescope," the statement said. "They are compiling their information now into an update the agency will share."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, an assistant professor of physics at the University of New Hampshire and one of the authors of the Scientific American editorial, called this week’s release of the telescope’s images "bittersweet."
"I’m so excited for the new images and so angry at NASA HQ," she wrote on Twitter on Monday. "NASA leadership has stubbornly refused to acknowledge that what is now public info about (Webb’s) legacy means he does not merit having a Great Observatory named after him."
Scientific American rolled left when global warming became the hot new thing — or maybe before, but that’s when I noticed it. This is just more of the same.
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Want to bet that "Chanda" has no actual scientific credentials, is a journalism school graduate, and has wealthy parents well-connected with Democrat politics?
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Hey, it's a telescope.
It looks like a big p3nis.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an American theoretical cosmologist, and is both an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and a core faculty member in women's and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. From 2016 to 2018, she was the principal investigator on a Foundational Questions Institute (FQXI) grant titled "Epistemological Schemata of Astro | Physics: A Reconstruction of Observers."
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Doesn't the Webb telescope have this giant penis-shaped thingy as it's main sensor array? How, then, can it be 'homophobic'?
It doesn't, really, but work with me here...
Oh - and this Chandra Hyphenated-Name broad almost makes me ashamed to be a UNH-Durham alumnus. Like Michael Bolton said in 'Office Space' - "Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks!"
Okay - one has nothing to do with the other - I just think that's a great movie line. And I got into UNH by the skin of my teeth; at least I didn't have to blow anyone Kamala style like Ms. Hyphenated-Name probably did. I have a story about one of my classmates f'n a professor to get a better grade than I did (and the rest of the people in our group) in an Organizational Behaviour class. She wasn't happy about it when I called her on it -guilty as charged. I am the law!
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I'm wondering if this sort of thing has become the new peer appeasement. Y'know when you have to please everybody around and above you for them to let them do your thing in peace? She looks like an intelligent gal otherwi... oh wait!
Maybe scientists are realising the only way to get grants or anything out of anyone is to strike their hoohoos. And then they become corrupt, forgetting their real calling, become grifters. Shame. The gal can't be half-bad to've gotten this far. Can she? I mean it's not politics that you can blow your way in.
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Wow, so she somehow got actual degrees. But notice she spends most of her time on grievance studies. She's like the "engineering education" drones who are trying to woke engineering schools.
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She is a perfect example of why the government shouldn't pay for people's degrees.
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So the usual weirdo's and idiot suspects say a space telescope is now a homophobic symbol.
Then the usual MSM, once known as a "professional" media / press members see click-bait revenue therefore nothing wrong with it. So they publish the asinine ()o() comments?
Given the above summation, it is more likely that there is more Factual Honesty in Blog comments than the MSM.
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I wonder how many rocks they had to turn over to find this.
I know some astrophysicists and astronomers, and I don't think they'd care if it was named Scopey McScopeFace; they want to see what it finds.
Make a stink and some of them will climb aboard the grievance wagon, but it isn't their first reaction.
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If there was nothing, they would have to make it up.
If it is in the news and positive, it simply must be hit. Its the Moral Battlefield donchyaknow?
SA has been kookoo since at least 2000 when they made the last mag I ever bought, something like the legacy of humans before we all die of global warming would be to clone and repopulate Ice Age animals, because Ice Age is more Science! than Pleistocene.
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Remember: Everything since the end of slavery is still tainted as far as leftists are concerned. Now, everything not invented by ghey is illegitimate too.
From the leftist perspective.
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I would not buy a single issue of any print magazine, let alone a subscription. They are all co-opted and I feel no need to subsidize their leftist crap.
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So it must be racist too, right?
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It involved admitting 2+2=4. Preeminently rayciss...
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Would she be happy if we changed the name to the Chanda Prescod-Weinstein space telescope?
I doubt it.
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Near future headline: "$10 billion space telescope reduced to useless junk after software update to give it more pronouns fails."
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Wasn't it an install of a real-time AI predication algorithm designed to predict the next wrongthink trend and therefore stay ahead of the five minute hate which activated Skynet's desire to nuke human culture?
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Besides if Skynet were so, it would be the ultimate observational platform, not a bomb dropper, not its job. Unless of course it is so far-sighted it would be able to see Earth.
Skynet, WOPR, even Doomsday Device didn't have to have to be in physical presence to activate weapon systems. Did HAL actually have a disk delivered to the pod bay doors, or did it use the communication systems. That isn't just Sci-Fi Canon, I get real time updates at work what is being shopped for at home and there is no formal arrangement for that to happen.
This is true. People will even be forced by governments to shout into their phones in emergencies and prob'ly get nowhere.
"No, you stupid piece of shit! The woman trying to kill me has a gun and her fuckin' name is Janie! Why would I wanna listen to a song right now? What?! Helloo?!"
[FoxNews] Obama told Jackson, who was the doctor for three presidents, that criticizing Biden's mental state was 'unprofessional'
Former President Barack Obama reprimanded his own former White House physician for criticizing Joe Biden's cognitive health on the 2020 presidential campaign trail, according to a forthcoming book.
In his memoir "Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, writes about a stern email from Obama for then-presidential candidate Biden’s "crazy statements and concerning mental gaffes" — a criticism he was uniquely qualified to make having served as the White House physician to Presidents George W. Bush, Obama and Donald Trump.
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in a part of a much longer review of the military situation, the ISW relays opinion relating to a subject of discussion yesterday - why Russia is buying Iran UAWs.
[UnderstandingWar] ...Russian Telegram channel Rybar claimed on July 12 that Russian requests and approval for artillery fire pass through a convoluted chain of command, resulting in a delay of several hours to several days between Russian ground forces requesting artillery fire, Russian targeting, and conducting the actual strikes. Rybar claimed that Russian forces in Syria reduced the time between targeting and striking to under an hour.Rybar claimed that while the Russian need for more UAVs is clear and that Iranian UAVs helped achieve a target-to-fire time of 40 minutes in Syrian training grounds additional UAVs do not solve the problems of overcentralized Russian command and overreliance on artillery in Ukraine. Russian milblogger Voyennyi Osvedomitel; claimed that Russian forces had faced the same overcentralized command during the First Chechen War, wherein the inability of Russian ground forces to request artillery support without going through a chain of command inhibited responses to enemy offensive actions. Milblogger Yuzhnyi Veter claimed that Ukrainian artillery forces target-to-response time is under 40 seconds.
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Got some of our clearance rules from Vet Nam.
"How long from call for fire to rounds on the ground?"
"Three minutes"
"Yaaay!"
"How long to get clearance?"
"Hours. Maybe never."
Benning, 1969.
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Steel Wind(1994): Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery ...Great book.
One of the biggest problems is that the High Command just does not want the "observer on the spot" to have any say on using heavy weapons. It was true in the heavily orchestrated artillery plans of WW1 and it is still true today.
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One of the things that made the pre-pronoun American military an effective tactical force is that they pushed responsibility down. As Boyd demonstrated, whoever can run The Loop fastest wins.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. Seversk.
Fighting today shifted to the outskirts of the city after the RF Armed Forces ousted the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Verkhnekamenskoe.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR declares that the fighting is already going on in the city limits of Seversk.
Fighting in the area of Ivano-Daryevka.
The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the heights near Seversk are subjected to heavy artillery and missile attacks.
2. Soledar.
The enemy was forced out of Upper Kamenka.
Fighting in Stryapovka and in the Yakovlevka area.
The LPR announces the withdrawal of our troops to the outskirts of Soledar. The enemy claims to be holding the line for the time being.
In Belogorovka and Berestovoe - no significant changes.
3. Artemovsk.
The battles for Pokrovskoye, as well as the battles for the Veselaya Dolina, began on the outskirts of the city.
Fights for the Uglegorsk TPP. Information about the retreat of the enemy from Svetlodarsk is not yet true - while the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold Kodema and Semigorye, they still have the opportunity to supply troops defending at the Novolugansk and Uglegorsk thermal power plants, which fetters the activity of the RF Armed Forces southeast of Artemovsk.
In Clock Yar, they continue to clear the rubble with the dead soldiers of the Volkssturm. Officially - 47, unofficially - more than 100.
Artemovsk is being attacked on a regular basis.
4. Slavyansk.
Fighting in the area of the Valley, Sidorov, Prishib, Mazanovka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine recognize some advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Slavyansk.
Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka have been subjected to intense missile strikes in recent days. Several concentrations of enemy troops were hit.
5. Kharkov.
Fighting in the area of Udy, Dementievka, Upper Passages, Upper Saltov. Attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the northern outskirts of Kharkov and in the Chuguev area also continue. Attacks are also being made in the Zolochev area. In general, so far the tendencies towards positionalism are dominating here.
6. Avdievka.
On the front line without significant changes.
With a sedentary front, both sides rely on artillery. The enemy continues shelling Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and other settlements.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been intensifying strikes on Avdievka in recent days.
7. Zaporozhye.
On the line Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole without changes.
To the east of Gulyaipole, the enemy attempted reconnaissance in force in the direction of Olgovsky, suffered losses in manpower and equipment, and retreated. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to find the capabilities of the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region for a potential offensive with operational-tactical goals. It is obvious that such attempts will continue, as well as, in fact, missile attacks on the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region.
8. Nikolaev.
The enemy suffered heavy losses in people and equipment as a result of massive missile attacks on the city. Attempts to be active in the Krivoy Rog direction were not successful due to the suppressive fire of the RF Armed Forces.
The UAF also continued strikes on the outskirts of Kherson and on Nova Kakhovka, continuing to target ammunition depots and command posts.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. At the current stage, they are used at the same distance at which Tochka-U can operate. Even the night strike on Luhansk was carried out not only with the help of HIMARS, but also with Tochka-U missiles. As you can see, so far no fundamental increase in the range of destruction has occurred.
Previously, missiles flew quite well to Berdyansk, Taganrog, Millerovo, the Belgorod region, etc. Without any HIMARS and for the most part got off. Of course, there are more long-range missiles for HIMARS, but they have either not been delivered yet, or they have been delivered, but have not been used. I would estimate the probability of such deliveries as high. The Pentagon has already given the go-ahead for strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Basically to himself.
2. As sources from the field have already noted, the use of HIMARS is in conjunction with other MLRS ("Grad", "Alder", "Smerch", "Hurricane") and OTRK "Tochka-U", where the task of the old Soviet complexes is to "overload systems air defense with multiple targets and increase the chances of the HIMARS missile to hit the target.
As we see from the episode with Nova Kakhovka, air defense systems and air defense missile systems may well shoot down HIMARS missiles just as they say, shoot down missiles "Hurricane" or the same "Tochka-U". Precisely because, that this is possible, the enemy uses a massive missile launch on one specific target in order to increase his chances of success.
3. Accordingly, the problem is not in HIMARS itself, which is just a good MLRS system, but in the changed tactics of the enemy, who, using technical and undercover intelligence data, focused his attention on the logistics and command infrastructure of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine, trying to act within the framework of the concept of network-centric war, seeking to disrupt the supply chains and disable individual elements of the command structure.
4. I am sure that the change in approaches to the tactics of delivering strikes is the decision of the USA / NATO, which provide target designation, ensure the supply of the necessary weapons for such strikes, and most likely they themselves are directly involved in ensuring the operation of the complexes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are nothing more than a screen and performers.
[19FortyFive] This persistent reliance on America should come as no surprise. A 2020 Pew Research Center poll found little enthusiasm among Europeans to assist one another. The overall median result was 50-to-38 percent against. Of the 13 European nations polled, majorities in only three — Lithuania, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — favored fighting for fellow NATO members. That number hit 40 percent in only three other nations — France, Poland, and Spain. Only 34 percent in Germany did so. In every case more people believed that America would defend them. Of course.
More at the link.
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Europe will not defend itself, why should we?
Bring our troops home.
[Breitbart] LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively here that he is not sure whether Democrats will again nominate President Joe Biden in 2024.
"I don’t know," Trump said when asked if Biden will be the nominee of the Democrat Party in the 2024 election, given all the recent speculation that Democrats want to get rid of him in the next presidential election.
Trump’s comments are sure to throw gas on a fire that the Biden White House has been trying to extinguish for weeks. A growing number of Democrats have been openly criticizing Biden, and recent polling has indicated that even among Democrats — but certainly among Republicans and independents — the public does not want the current president to run again.
Submitting the necessary paperwork, poly, clearance update, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA's), medical screening, National Security read-aheads, Director's luncheon at Langley. It was a full schedule.
"It’s no secret to anybody NOT working in the Biden White House that the approval for this administration has been circling lower in the drain for several months on end, but maybe other Democrats are also sensing some blood in the water.
President Biden is on an overseas trip and Clay Travis spotted some curious timing for a White House visit from a Democrat many expect to run for president at some point:"
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Yeah, go with Gavin, the guy who was so unpopular he faced a recall and who has seen a flow of Californians leaving the state for the first time in a long time (if ever).
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No one in the media wants to be behind the curve if Bidet morphs into the next click magnet after Trump.
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I told you guys to watch out for Newsom. Nevermind that he's making a ruin of California. MSM won't. They'll love him as if he's JFK reincarnate. He's young. He's handsome. He's glamorous. He has that Dippity Doo hair. He has Nancy Pelosi behind him. They're probably inbred cousins, you know.
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OK, I'm jealous of his hair. But he's sleazy as hell and nuts as Nancy. This guy is real bad news.
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Sounds like a worthy successor to Bidet.
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Well. Bidet has decades of experience as a useless hack. Newsome much less. But the bar keeps going lower...
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@#1 - B., maybe Newsom is on orders as Acting President. Heaven forbid they put Kamala anywhere near something important. LOL
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It's a good bet the deepState will want to choose a high performing pinch hitter for the turnaround. Because no economy, nothing to skim from, nothing to rule.
Also a tug-of-war with the globalist masters is definitely coming. This is all going to be... interesting.
...The research also found that 87% of those polled would strongly prefer that when Joe Biden attempts to speak only ash emanates from his mouth and his jaw falls off and shatters on the floor." At press time, York confirmed that the survey found that Biden's approval rating would significantly improve if a strong wind caused him to crumble into dust. Humor from the Onion
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[FoxNews] President Joe Biden is reportedly still haggling with Washington Democrats to revive some version of the legislative Frankenstein that is their $5-trillion Build Back Broke agenda. Having failed thus far to convince his own party to support his policies, Biden is finding new ways to rewrite America’s laws through executive actions, spending more than half a trillion worth of tax dollars in the process.
These executive actions have become so common place in the Biden administration — with 530 undertaken so far – and the implications for taxpayers so glaring, that I asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to determine the cost of Biden’s eight most expensive executive actions. The results are stunning: in just 16 months, Joe Biden has charged American taxpayers $532 billion — all with no input from the American people themselves or a vote by their elected representatives in Congress.
Details of his EOs at the link.
If Biden put down his pen long enough to pick up a newspaper, perhaps he would see that his approach of governing by executive fiat is failing American families.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
