#MakeAmericaSmartAgain Tesla Roadster Starman live video feed from SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch

As a nation - and as a species - our continued growth and evolution depends on finding new ways to succeed. To not be afraid to fail. And to look past the bullshit we hear from talking heads, celebrities, athletes, and politicians.

Falcon Heavy took off today for the first time. And Elon Musk used a Tesla vehicle as the payload.

The launch itself was a resounding success and you should watch it; and then read about some of the cool "design flourishes" he put in.

Launch replay: http://www.spacex.com/

Article: https://amp.businessinsider.com/tesla-roadster-starman-live-video-feed-from-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-2018-2

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Predictable - Marlins edition

The city/county are on the hook for nearly $2bn for the stadium they built for the Marlins (in real dollars, given the time value of the loan).  They had a deal with the Marlins to share in some profits. 

Selling the team within a 10-year span was supposed to trigger additional income to help with the debt.  But predictably, Luria and his cadre of lawyers found a loophole to not have to contribute to it.

So we south Floridians remain on the hook for it.  Aren't we lucky?

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article198019154.html

Tasting Table: There Are No Truffles in Your Truffle Oil

Shocking!

There Are No Truffles in Your Truffle Oil
Tasting Table

It's time to blow the lid off this farce Read the full story

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CNN: Missing woman found on 'The Bachelor'

Well since it's a crappy show that numbs the brain, I would assume no one would ever notice...great place to hide

Missing woman found on 'The Bachelor'
CNN
Rebekah Martinez managed to appear on five episodes of Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of "The Bachelor" while simultaneously occupying a spot on the missing persons list in Humboldt County, California. Read the full story

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Disco rocks!

Much like we have TOS, TNG, ENT, VOY, and DS9, Star Trek discovery is being referred to as "disco" by fans.

That's awesome!

Especially considering the shirts they wore in an episode.

Warner on Russia.

Senator Mark Warner talked with Politico about the Russia investigation. There is no doubt Russia interfered with our election. And the trump campaign was at least complicit, though it seems likely it was more than that. So the questions the senate intelligence committee are trying to answer are: how far did it go? And how involved was the trump campaign?

It's a good article, link below. 

But here was a quote that struck me:

"If you add up all of the money Russia spent interfering in our election; if you add on what they spent in the French elections, where Facebook took down 50,000 sites that were connected to Russia because they'd seen the Russian intervention, if you add up what they spent on the Dutch elections, where the Dutch hand-counted all of their ballots because they were so afraid of Russian intervention. You add all that up and you're still talking about less money than the cost of one new F-35 airplane."

It's either an indictment on just how vast (and expensive) our military is, in sort of a ridiculous context, or its shows how sophisticated the hacking effort was. 

Or perhaps it was a little of both.

Without dropping a single bomb, Russia was able to move the United States and parts of Europe off of the national stage, and now can focus on shaping global policy the way it sees fit.  In effect, they waged war - and won the opening skirmish - for under $100 million. And no one was killed on the battlefield; though surely some did (and will) as a result of the action, and the resulting decisions of the man in power.

And, unfortunately, some of the people who are key to balancing the US's power are involved, complicit, or just want to shape America in their own way...and are simply letting all this happen or providing cover.

You could probably rightly argue that Russia managed to win that battle, too.  And now has total victory within its reach....

Article https://apple.news/APtabYAXzTbyrE3DDsbo27g

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Star Trek discovery: followup

Oh. My. GAWD. This show is freaking incredible. I am mesmerized, fascinated, and totally hooked.

It's damn good!

I love the characters. I love the storyline. I love the sci fi aspects....

Wow.

Spoilers ho!

So it turns out the fan theory was correct and the writers took the easy way out and made Tyler be Voq. I'm disappointed. But it works in the storyline and they handled it really well. He's a mix of Klingon and human and needs l'Rell's help to control it.

The doctor is dead. Staments is in the matrix more or less. And he meets himself and gets manipulated.

In the alternate universe, tilly is called Killy and she's the captain of discovery.

Phillipa is the supreme leader/empress. And she's got some clever insights.

Our Burnham winds up commanding the shenzhou and she and lorica are working to find a way home.

Except lorica...is actually from the alternate universe! So he is deeper and has a crazy back story. And he's manipulating Burnham. There was a fan theory about this, and it sure seemed like that was likely...but it played out really well and the revelation was really slick.

It's so wild. I can't wait to see where they take us next! Lots of great twists and turns.

I'm glad to have a show like this to watch.