Geologist, Planetary Scientist, and Rock climber
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Bill Farrand retweeted
Greece had its own great flood story.
Zeus sent rain for nine days and nine nights. Deucalion, son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha survived in an ark, then landed on a mountain, said by some to be Parnassus, to start humanity again.
Good riddance!!!
BREAKING: Rep. Lauren Boebert, a conservative firebrand from Colorado, has been defeated by Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, NBC News projects. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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Just as Cato continually said “Carthage delenda est” in the Roman Senate. I think our new rallying cry must be “Aula saltatoria delenda est” (the ballroom must be destroyed).
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Putin doesn't fear NATO expansion. He fears democratic expansion.
Why? Because a prosperous, democratic Ukraine on Russia's border challenges the very foundations of his own autocratic rule at home.
Yay!
BREAKING: U.S. Senate appropriators have proposed a $24.9 BILLION budget for NASA in fiscal 2027, approximately $6.1 billion more than the White House requested.
The proposal would provide NASA with $24.87 billion, compared with the administration’s $18.8 billion request and $24.44 billion approved for fiscal 2026.
The proposed funding includes:
• $7.43 billion for NASA’s science programs, substantially more than the administration’s $3.9 billion request.
• Continued support for lunar exploration and NASA’s broader Moon-to-Mars program.
• A new approach to Mars Sample Return, directing NASA to integrate the effort into its human exploration strategy rather than treating it solely as a standalone science mission.
The Senate proposal also differs from the House committee’s $24.4 billion NASA funding plan, which would provide approximately $6 billion for science.
The competing proposals will need to be reconciled before any final federal spending legislation is enacted.
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Bill Farrand retweeted
“Mr. Miller’s low character is not rooted in his holding views of which some of his ancestors may have disapproved; his low character is attested to by his viciousness, fanaticism, smallness, ignorance, arrogance, and dishonesty.” | Kevin D. Williamson
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Bill Farrand retweeted
Giants first win in Philly since 2013!!!!!!
It’s been ugly but we’re still in 1st place. 💙❤️
#nygiants
Bill Farrand retweeted
MAGA is not conservatism. Period. It is a radical reactionary movement built around authoritarianism, parochialism, and a cult of personality. Its economic policies also reject free-market principles in favor of dirigisme and protectionist tariffs that give the government a greater role in shaping the economy. The movement is a fragmented set of beliefs, heavily dependent on the whims of a man who may not be entirely in control of his faculties. The justifications and rationalizations offered for his policies and actions are baffling.
I wrote an essay some time ago about why conservatives should vote Democratic. It isn’t aimed at the inevitable trolls who will flood the replies. It’s for conservatives who recognize that Republicans have failed them but are planning to stay home. Read the essay, and consider voting Democratic instead..
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Bill Farrand retweeted
We mourn the passing of Patrick Stewart, who inspired countless individuals at NASA (and beyond) to boldly go where no one has gone before.
ALT Image description: A packed, sparkling starfield captured by our Hubble telescope — with strange new worlds potentially awaiting. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen
Bill Farrand retweeted
"They need to be barred from public life."
Kevin D. Williamson of @thedispatch isn't mincing words about JD Vance and other Trump administration officials.
Would more impeachment battles actually help the country?
Watch the full conversation on the Michael Medved Official Youtube channel:
#MichaelMedved #JDVance #KevinWilliamson #Politics
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Bill Farrand retweeted
Lie after lie, after lie, after lie. You juat can't make up what a liar he is or why in hell those clapping seals behind him sit there and clap for the idiot. Simply the most corrupt, incompetent President in our history. The world both hates us & laughs at the dolt leading us.
Bill Farrand retweeted
Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.
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Russia has over 1000 nuclear armed missiles aimed at the USA.
If it conquers Ukraine it will become immensely stronger, materially, technologically, and strategically.
That’s what Trump is trying to achieve.
That makes him a traitor.
He needs to be impeached and prosecuted.
Bill Farrand retweeted
It’s time for Americans to tell President Trump to stop aiding Putin.
BREAKING: Trump administration proposes allowing Russia to sell large amounts of natural gas to Europe, offering Putin billions in revenue, with envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arguing Ukraine should now consider restarting all pipelines that used to carry it, per the NYT.
The same envoys are weighing the release of up to $100 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets as an upfront incentive for a limited ceasefire. European officials rejected that outright.
Assets, diesel sanctions, and now pipeline gas.
Bill Farrand retweeted
The biggest foreign policy achievement of Russia since the Russian Revolution was the election of Donald Trump.
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Why Supporting Ukraine Is An Investment In Freedom, Not Charity | Daily Wire (9/5/26) dailywire.com/news/mike-penc…
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Ukraine should obliterate the Russian energy infrastructure. One cannot unilaterally stop fighting back when Putin keeps bombing Ukrainian cities and energy grid. The ceasefire was never respected by Putin.
We never communicate what we will do next in our operations. Last night, we did not attack any energy facilities on the territory of Russia because President Trump said that there would be an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. We did not attack, while Russia attacked our gas stations, energy infrastructure, and other facilities.
I think it was Putin’s answer to President Trump. And the message from Russia was very clear – they don't know anything about the energy ceasefire. It's a pity, because they always find reasons not to stop this war. Which is why I think we need more pressure on Russia.
From an interview with Fox News.
