"Some corner of another world that is forever mankind"

There is something inutterably eerie reading this draft speech (by William Safire), designed to be given by Richard Nixon in case the Apollo 11 moon landing turned into a disaster.

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.

41 view(s)

Categories

***Dave Does the Mastodon

11 hours ago

#Trump cares nothing about the hoi polloi, even if he supposedly depends on their support and worship. Picnics? Fishing? Enjoying cherry blossoms? Insignificant against being able to create a #golfcourse for him and his cronies.

And I'll wager the place ends up with his name on it, or a gaudy-ass statue to him, or both.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-d-c-golf-course-164253445.html

13 hours ago

That these same #conservative #Christians will turn around and claim God is punishing our nation for the actions of some of its individuals, shows that they actually get this. They just don't want to admit it applies to them and actions they don't want to take.

13 hours ago

It is a wild cop-out for Evangelical GOPers like #MikeJohnson to recast #Matthew25 as solely an individual call to care for the poor. If legislation has nothing to do with individual moral decisions, why do Johnson and his cohort pray together before big votes?

Actions one takes as a political leader, or a business leader, or in a voting booth, or in any group setting, are still *individual* actions, with an inevitable moral dimension. Denying that is wrong.

https://religionnews.com/2026/07/01/in-congress-a-growing-divide-over-matthew-25/

2 days ago

#Grifters gonna grift. It's GOOD to be the #king.

" #Trump made more than $1bn from #crypto in first year back in office"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

3 days ago

I knew it was a mistake to let him see the Palace at Versailles ...

Also, it's the #DeclarationOfIndependence 's 250th Birthday, not the White House, you idiot.

#trump #whitehouse #gildedage

3 days ago

Not surprisingly, #Lawfare Leader is convinced that a civil case won against him is lawfare and therefore shouldn't count. It's always #projection, all the way down; when the favorite tool you have is a hammer, you think everyone else is using one, too.

#trump #scotus #ejeancarroll

1 week ago

New post from Popehat.com!

Cotswolds Interlude, Hiking Day Four
Doom In June

1 week ago

New post from Popehat.com!

A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky
Bluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk.

1 week ago

Bourbon Caramel Sauce https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/bourbon-caramel-sauce.html

2 weeks ago

Napoleon this guy's not. "Cuba would be easy to conquer because it's not far away." 🙄

The only question I have about a Cuba invasion (not a "raid" or "operation") is whether it will be an "October surprise" for this year, to (he thinks) bolster the GOP in the election, or wait until his lame duck years to prove he's still Large and In Charge.

#Trump says #Cuba operation could mirror #Venezuela raid" https://share.google/cEeUSShD32pgFbd3M

2 weeks ago

I've no particular desire to defend #Vance, or his boss' shoddy #Iran quasi-deal, but it's also aggravating that his (accurate) criticism of #Netanyahou 's actions threatening that deal is drawing so much knee-jerk "how dare you criticize #Israel?!" fire.

"JD Vance's Israel remarks draw criticism from Republican Rep. Randy Fine" https://share.google/l7nB9yr4hhl6zPkdJ

2 weeks ago

It occurs to me that if opposing #LGBTQ rights or expressions or events is a religious thing that must be afforded full #FirstAmendment protection, then the reverse (favoring such things) must be true as well.

"Take off that Pride pin."
"This is an expression of my religious faith and must be accommodated."

DOJ opens civil rights probe into MLB after Giants’ Pride Night hat controversy – NBC Bay Area https://share.google/XMEqJ0f1blpvC8vBY

2 weeks ago

Happy #Juneteenth. Remembering #history is an important way to improve the future.

I admit I've been a bit surprised that the holiday hasn't been a more active target by the history-rewriting #TrumpRegime (who believe that *dictating* history is an important way to *control* the future).

2 weeks ago

The psychopathy of this guy never fails to amaze (and disgust). "No, the alleged war atrocity should be ignored because it happened sooooooo long ago, and, y'know, just a mistake. You're weird that you think otherwise."

#Trump #iranwar #warcrime #gaslighting

2 weeks ago

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that #Trump 's estimate of the cost of the East Wing / #Ballroom project -- and who would pay for it -- was a sack of lies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/

Legal Lingo

The views expressed by me on this weblog are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, my church, my party, my candidate, my community, my wife, my friends, or, on occasion, myself.

Views expressed by others are, well, theirs. I reserve the right to delete them, but it’s usually better to let the marketplace of ideas hold sway, even if some packages are long past their expiry date.

Stuff I link to? Sometimes it’s because I agree with it. Sometimes because I disagree with it, but want to point (mockingly, in some cases) to my sources regardless; I have a liberal arts background; I believe in citations. And linking to stuff is what the Internet is about.

“Some corner of another world that is forever mankind”

Related

Leave a Reply Cancel reply