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  • Russia’s Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space

    12/11/2024 9:56:42 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 24 replies
    Jalopnik ^ | 12/10/2024 | Owen Bellwood
    NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our understanding of the cosmos through the countless satellites it launched into orbit. Russia’s attempt at building a space plane of its own, however, was far less successful and now one of the few reminders of its existence sits rusting in a hanger in the desert. Officially called the Buran space plane, the Soviet Union’s idea for a space shuttle looked remarkably similar to NASA’s. It had...
  • Poll: ‘Squad’ Member Cori Bush Trails Democrat Challenger

    02/13/2024 10:35:39 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2024 | HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
    A recent Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout survey showed what appears to be an uphill battle for far-left Democrat Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) in her primary race, as she trails her Democrat challenger by double digits. The survey asked Democrat primary voters who they would support in the primary race, offering a choice of three candidates: Rep. Bush, St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, and State Sen. Maria Chapelle-Nadal. Half chose Bell as their candidate of choice, followed by 28 percent who said Bush and four percent who chose Nadal. Nearly one in five, 18 percent, remain unsure.
  • ‘Truly a National Loss’: Today Marks 38 Years Since Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster That Killed Seven

    01/28/2024 11:17:11 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/28/2024 | Amy Furr
    2:24 Today, Sunday January 28, 2024, is the 38th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion that took the lives of an entire crew, a loss that deeply grieved Americans across the nation, per WGAL. The seven NASA astronauts were killed 73 seconds after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to History.com. The site noted that prior to the disaster, the launch was delayed for several days because of weather and technical issues.
  • DUNTSOVA 2024: NEW RUSSIAN PRESIDENT!

    12/26/2023 9:39:25 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 19 replies
    Inside Russia ^ | 21/12/23 | Konstantin
    has just got the new face Brave bright intelligence straight intelligent 0:07 straightforward and beautiful yina danova is challenging the incent 0:13 President Vladimir Putin current president has trillions of dollars the 0:19 powerful political machine numerous armies millions of well-armed Ruthless 0:25 and heartless sardu cars behind him all the resources the hijacked country has 0:32 to offer yina dunova has no money and no political party supporting her she 0:39 doesn't have much behind her whatsoever she's alone except 0:46 her family God and millions of Russians who 0:52 are outrage outraged sober and still think 0:58 critically...
  • CBS News poll: Haley gains on Trump in New Hampshire while he continues to dominate in Iowa

    12/17/2023 3:53:01 PM PST · by RandFan · 56 replies
    CBS ^ | Dec 16 | CBS
    Donald Trump still leads in New Hampshire, but Nikki Haley has consolidated much of the non-Trump vote and has emerged as the top alternative to him there. Among the top candidates, Haley gets the best marks on being seen as "likable" and "reasonable," and she runs nearly even with Trump on being "prepared" — notable, considering he held the presidency. She has been running in part on electability and is now seen as the most electable of Trump's challengers.
  • Utah Republicans line up behind possible Romney challenger

    08/10/2023 7:45:57 PM PDT · by CFW · 47 replies
    Just the News ^ | 8/10/23 | Ben Whedon
    Dozens of Republican lawmakers in Utah have thrown their support behind a likely challenger to Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney. The Republican senator has faced declining poll numbers in the state and already has a primary challenger in the form of Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs. Romney has not announced his intent to seek reelection. Should he do so, he may face a formidable opponent in Speaker of the House Brad Wilson, who has formed a committee to explore a Senate bid against him, Fox News reported. That prospective bid, per the committee, has already earned the support of three-quarters of...
  • Ukraine’s Challenger 2 Tanks Can Plow Right Through Russian Fortifications

    08/02/2023 8:13:19 PM PDT · by Reverend Wright · 58 replies
    Forbes ^ | May 31, 2023 | David Axe
    Consider the dozer blades the Ukrainian air-assault forces have attached to at least some of their 14 British-made Challenger 2 tanks. A video the Ukrainian defense ministry posted last week depicts a 71-ton Challenger 2, fitted with a wide dozer blade, scooping up concrete “dragon’s teeth” tank obstacles—presumably at a training ground somewhere in Ukraine. “If there is such a thing as ‘dragon’s teeth,’ there must be a ‘dragon’s dentist,’” the defense ministry quipped.
  • All-Original 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A Gets First Wash in 39 Years, Takes First Drive Too

    05/25/2023 7:44:27 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    www.autoevolution.com ^ | 23 May 2023, 13:39 UTC | By: Ciprian Florea
    When it comes to barn finds, nothing's more satisfying than seeing a classic that's been sitting for decades come back to life with proper cleaning. But it gets even better when the vehicle in question is a rare muscle car. Say a 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A. Video at link...................... 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find1970 Dodge Challenger T/A barn find If it looks familiar, it's because I've already introduced you...
  • Whoo Hoo – The Moment Has Arrived, Mitt Romney in Skirt Launches 2024 Presidential Bid

    02/14/2023 12:02:10 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 14 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | February 14, 2023 | Sundance
    We have a deep archived series of articles on Nikki Haley [SEE HERE] specifically because she is the most transparently manipulative and simultaneously predictable, conniving political entity in Republican politics. Yes, she’s worse than Monkey Pox.Reminder, Nikki Haley in February 2021: …”“I don’t think [Trump’s] going to be in the picture,” she said, matter-of-factly. “I don’t think he can. He’s fallen so far.” […] “We need to acknowledge he let us down,” she said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that...
  • Murkowski trolls Alaska Senate challenger as she takes lead in first-place votes

    11/19/2022 8:23:21 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 39 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11/18/2022 | Jared Gans
    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) trolled her Republican opponent Kelly Tshibaka after she took a lead in the first-place votes for the state’s Senate race. Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system means voters ranked the candidates from first place to last. A candidate must win a majority of first-place votes to win outright without additional rounds being needed.
  • Joe Manchin gets a GOP challenger for his West Virginia Senate seat

    11/15/2022 9:25:21 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Fox News ^ | 11/15/2022 | Patrick Hauf
    Rep. Alex Mooney, R, W.Va., announced Tuesday that he will run for Senate in 2024 in a bid to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin. "West Virginia values are at risk in this country. We’re bankrupting America. I want to be a part of the solution there," Mooney said in a radio interview on MetroNews Talkline on Tuesday morning. "It’s been talked about a lot, but I’m going to announce. I’m announcing it right now that I’m running for the U.S. Senate," Mooney said. "I’m all in.
  • Boebert in statistical tie with challenger in reelection bid: Democratic poll

    10/05/2022 8:13:01 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 38 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/05/2022 | ZACH SCHONFELD
    Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) lead in her reelection race has narrowed to 2 percentage points over her Democratic challenger, Adam Frisch, according to a new Keating Research poll. The Democratic firm, which conducted the poll on behalf of Frisch’s campaign, found 47 percent of likely voters indicated support for Boebert, compared to 45 percent who said they would vote for Frisch. Boebert’s slim lead was within the poll’s 4.4 percentage point margin of error.
  • Final Dodge 'Last Call' Charger/Challenger Special Edition Delayed

    09/28/2022 5:50:48 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    Car & Driver ^ | SEP 27, 2022 | BY CALEB MILLER
    Based on either the Charger or Challenger, the last of seven limited editions was planned for the SEMA show in November, but supply-chain problems pushed that date back. ==================================================================== ** Dodge has revealed six out of the seven "Last Call" send-offs for the Charger and Challenger, but has now announced the final debut has been pushed back. ** Dodge cited "product and supply challenges" and said the reveal will be rescheduled. ** We’re not sure what form this Last Call model will take, but we can be fairly certain that it will be powered by a V-8 with at least...
  • Tillis endorses Cawthorn’s primary challenger

    03/31/2022 1:18:24 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    The hill ^ | 03/31/2022 | Mychael Schnell
    Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced on Thursday that he will endorse state Sen. Chuck Edwards (R) in his primary challenge against Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), as the freshman congressman faces blowback from within his own party over recent comments he made. Tillis in a statement criticized Cawthorn, a 26-year-old freshman lawmaker, and said that Edwards is “the best choice” to lead the Tar Heel State’s 11th Congressional District.
  • The First is Last . . . Again

    01/24/2022 8:13:18 AM PST · by Red Badger · 46 replies
    https://www.ericpetersautos.com ^ | Jan 23, 2022 | Eric Peters
    In about two years from now, the Ford Mustang will be the last new car of its type still on the market – a fitting thing, given it was the first car of its type to come onto the market back in 1964. But it’s a sad communion – because it represents an end rather than a beginning. One as unnatural as Joe Biden’s hairline. The rivals whose existence the original 1964 Mustang prompted into existence – Chevy’s Camaro and the Dodge Challenger – are on their way out, again. Not because they aren’t selling but rather because forces conspire...
  • Cheney on challenger's Trump endorsement: 'Bring it'

    09/09/2021 9:32:20 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 75 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/09/2021 | Mychael Schnell
    Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) responded to former President Trump’s endorsement of her House challenger on Thursday, writing on Twitter “Bring it.” Trump on Thursday officially endorsed Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she wages a bid to unseat Cheney from her post in Congress. Trump, in his endorsement, called Cheney the Democrats’ “number one provider of sound bites.”
  • Allan McDonald, Who Refused to Approve Shuttle Challenger Launch, Dead at 83

    03/10/2021 10:11:57 AM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 53 replies
    National Public Radio ^ | Mar 2021 | Howard Berkes
    On Jan. 27, 1986, Allan McDonald stood on the cusp of history. McDonald directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He was responsible for the two massive rockets, filled with explosive fuel, that lifted space shuttles skyward. He was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the Challenger "to approve or disapprove a launch if something came up," he told me in 2016, 30 years after Challenger exploded. His job was to sign and submit an official form. Sign the form, he believed, and he'd risk the lives of the seven astronauts set...
  • Allan McDonald Dies at 83; Tried to Stop the Challenger Launch

    03/09/2021 6:04:27 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 73 replies
    New York Times ^ | March 9, 2021 | Clay Risen
    A Engineer for the maker of the shuttle’s booster rockets, he opposed letting it take off, worried that cold weather might affect them. He was right.Allan J. McDonald, an engineer who on a chilly January morning in 1986 tried to stop the launch of the Challenger space shuttle, citing the possible effect of the cold on its booster rockets, and who, after it broke apart on liftoff, blew the whistle when government officials tried to cover up his dissent, died on Saturday in Ogden, Utah. He was 83. The cause was complications of a recent fall, his daughter Meghan McDonald...
  • First They Came for the Muscle Cars .....

    01/19/2021 8:51:56 AM PST · by Red Badger · 135 replies
    https://www.ericpetersautos.com ^ | By Eric - September 21, 2020
    You had to be there to remember – and to understand – so here’s a refresher. In 1964, group of young Pontiac engineers created the GTO by pairing an expensive big-car’s engine with an inexpensive medium-sized car – thereby creating the first mass-market muscle car. Which was mass-market because it wasn’t just about muscle. That had been done before, by Chrysler (letter series cars) and Oldsmobile, too. What made the GTO different – and dangerous, in the view of a certain kind of killjoy – was that it was cheap. Or at least, affordable. You didn’t have to be a...
  • Maxine Waters’ GOP challenger shares viral campaign ad shot at her $6M mansion

    10/11/2020 5:12:19 AM PDT · by Eddie01 · 25 replies
    newsthud ^ | October 11, 2020 | Paul Goldberg
    Maxine Waters Republican challenger Joe Collins is made waves on Twitter Saturday after releasing a campaign video shot at Maxine Waters’ $6 million dollar mansion. In the video, Collins says “Maxine does not live in her district. But I do. I was born right here in South L.A., in a place Maxine refuses to live. Maxine Waters does not drink our water. She does not breathe our air. And while she sits here in her mansion, our district is in ruins.” “And why doesn’t Maxine Waters want to live in her own district? Because she doesn’t want to suffer the...