Cool space stuff

A  new manned capsule here, and contact with an old space probe, here.

The Military Police

I’ve noted this trend before.  Here are two examples of small town police forces with military grade heavy equipment.  The police and the public are being pulled further apart.  This doesn’t help.

Story here and here.

Ha ha (Nelson Muntz)

What the heck did NY legislators think would happen?

More whizz bang (or whatever the British term is)

The Brit have launched their latest nuclear attack sub. (SSN)  Story here.

New aftermarket

I hadn’t heard of this company, but their stuff looks cool.

More Canadian craziness

I can’t figure out if this is real or parody.

Space news

I think there is less to this story than meets the eye, but it still points out why we need our own manned space program.

Neat model collection

Story here.  I hope they keep this collection together in a museum somewhere.

Active Russians

It seems from this story and this story that the Russians are becoming a bit more active.  I wonder why?

Haslam’s

Though it took me almost 15 years to do so (it’s a long story), I finally got to go to what is billed as the largest bookstore in Florida.  Haslam’s (I do note that as of this posting, their website doesn’t seem to ahve been updated in a month or two.)  It was a very nice, well organized mostly used bookstore.  I was hoping to find some bargins, but most books, even the used ones were priced at current retail.  They did have a particularly good Florida section, as you might expect.