Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa

[Alan Klein]

Only for idiots - and I only see one person here making the equivalence.

I see you're back to your usual insulting and obnoxious demeanor. Do you chew on a lemon every morning?

[jeremyrh]

How's that private enterprise space ship workin' out for ya?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/03/spacex-starship-mars-prototype-explosion

[Alan Klein]

How's that private enterprise space ship workin' out for ya?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/03/spacex-starship-mars-prototype-explosion

Don't you think it's a little early to be drinking?

[jeremyrh]

I see you're back to your usual insulting and obnoxious demeanor. Do you chew on a lemon every morning?

Thanks for the personal comments, Alan.

[jeremyrh]

Don't you think it's a little early to be drinking?

More hypocracy.

[sf]

More hypocracy.

Hypocrisy?

S

[digitaldog]

I was being provocatively political. Climate change, like the mask, has become a political symbol. Each side uses them as a flag to show which group they belong to.  Unfortunately, their raison d'etre gets lost in the shuffle.

One side to show stupidity and an inability to believe in science.

[jeremyrh]

Hypocrisy?

S

It was an "in" joke, sorry :-(

[digitaldog]

It was an "in" joke, sorry :-(

Those of us who didn't just show up, who have read the “Klein writings” got it. 👍

[Alan Klein]

The stock market goes up today as unemployment claims continue at a brutal pace.  That's crazy.  This number before Covid was around 200,000 per week, a normal amount in a normal operating economy.

Jobless claims: Another 745,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/weekly-jobless-claims-week-ended-february-27-183810049.html

[Alan Klein]

Democrat ex-senator Al Franken must be ruminating, what a schmuck I was to resign.

Cuomo harassment scandal poses fresh #MeToo test for Democrats
Senators view the allegations against the New York governor differently than those against Al Franken, who was a colleague.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/03/democrats-cuomo-harassment-scandal-473505

[LesPalenik]

How's that private enterprise space ship workin' out for ya?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/03/spacex-starship-mars-prototype-explosion

The Starship started, flew and landed safely. There was an explosion 8 minutes after the landing, but SpaceX considers it as a learning opportunity.
The first flight open for public and paid by the Japenese billionaire is scheduled for 2023. It is reserved for artists, so any LuLa member is eligible.

[Peter McLennan]

Only for idiots - and I only see one person here making the equivalence.

Precisely.

Alan, please explain to us why The Right find it necessary to politicize concepts like climate change and mask wearing.  It would help us to understand.

[Alan Klein]

The Starship started, flew and landed safely. There was an explosion 8 minutes after the landing, but SpaceX considers it as a learning opportunity.
The first flight open for public and paid by the Japenese billionaire is scheduled for 2023. It is reserved for artists, so any LuLa member is eligible.

This rocket reminds me of those fake-looking rockets you'd see 50 years ago in Hollywood space movies like Flash Gordon with those big wings.  When I first saw it, I thought it wasn't real.

[Peter McLennan]

The Starship started, flew and landed safely.

Indeed it did.  In a spectacular display of spaceship circus acrobatics illustrated from liftoff to landing with equally spectacular photography.

Me, I was screaming at the screen with amazement.

If that was all a result of Capitalism’s success and expertise, then The Right just scored some points for “their” side.

[Peter McLennan]

This rocket reminds me of those fake-looking rockets you'd see 50 years ago in Hollywood space movies like Flash Gordon with those big wings.  When I first saw it, I thought it wasn't real.

Likewise.  Like something from “Flash Gordon” indeed.  However, closer inspection reveals some novel and possibly revolutionary aerospace concepts at work.

It’s not a functioning spaceship, it’s a test mule.

[Alan Klein]

Precisely.

Alan, please explain to us why The Right find it necessary to politicize concepts like climate change and mask wearing.  It would help us to understand.

Both sides politicize these issues.  When Biden calls those people who don't wear masks "Neanderthals", he's making a political statement.  It certainly isn't a scientific statement. He's trying to separate "them" from "us".  Masks, climate change, minimum wage, etc. have devolved into political symbols.  Their scientific and economic values are beside the point.

[digitaldog]

This rocket reminds me of those fake-looking rockets you'd see 50 years ago in Hollywood space movies like Flash Gordon with those big wings.  When I first saw it, I thought it wasn't real.

Not believing reality is precisely the mindset I expect of Allan.

[Peter McLennan]

Both sides politicize these issues.  When Biden calls those people who don't wear masks "Neanderthals", he's making a political statement.  It certainly isn't a scientific statement. He's trying to separate "them" from "us".  Masks, climate change, minimum wage, etc. have devolved into political symbols.  Their scientific and economic values are beside the point.

Thanks once again for mansplaining the obvious.

You didn’t even attempt to answer my question.

[faberryman]

Masks, climate change, minimum wage, etc. have devolved into political symbols.  Their scientific and economic values are beside the point.

Perhaps for some. Certainly not for all. I don't find sweeping generalizations very helpful in advancing the discussion. Saying something is political is not saying very much. Most things are in public life.