We took our kids on a surprise trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for a chance to tour the museum.

It was incredible to see these feats of human innovation on display. We touched a piece of the moon, learned about the progression of the US space program, and saw how technology builds on itself.

I hope that our time there was an inspiration for my kids to keep dreaming.

Boeing 747 carrying Space Shuttle Independence

U.S. Inflation Eased Slightly to 8.3% in August - WSJ

So-called core CPI, which excludes often volatile energy and food prices, increased 6.3% in August from a year earlier, up sharply from the 5.9% rate in both June and July—a signal that broad price pressures strengthened.

Trump Voters Put Biden Signs In Their Yards So That The FBI Will Pass Over Them - Babylon Bee

Fears have grown among conservatives as they have watched the Biden administration unleash a series of devastating plagues on the United States, including crushing inflation, oppressive gas prices, high unemployment, and rising taxes. It only stands to reason, some say, that new waves of FBI raids are imminent.

Never Forget 🇺🇸

Solid start.

Democrats for MAGA Republicans - WSJ Opinion

By one estimate, Democrats have spent more than $40 million helping 2020 election skeptics win GOP primaries, even while fretting about them as a “threat to democracy.” They’re happy to gamble on that threat because their real concern is power, not democracy.

Policies Pushing Electric Vehicles Show Why Few People Want One - WSJ Opinion

We constantly hear that electric cars are the future—cleaner, cheaper and better. But if they’re so good, why does California need to ban gasoline-powered cars? Why does the world spend $30 billion a year subsidizing electric ones?

The subsidies, predictably, cover the increased cost, almost to the penny, versus the gas powered model. Look at the pricing on the Chrysler Pacifica vs the Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid.

EV and renewable energy must become dominant the same way that all other technologies have: provide a better product and a better experience at a better price.

Democrats Were the First Election Deniers - WSJ Opinion

On the House floor in 2005, the ranking Judiciary Committee Democrat, Rep. John Conyers (D., Mich.), presented the case for awarding Ohio to the Democrats, claiming “electronic machines transferred” votes from Mr. Kerry to Mr. Bush, creating situations with “significantly more votes than voters in some precincts, significantly less ballots than voters in other precincts, and voters casting more than one ballot.” He even asserted that a voting-machine company “reprogrammed the computer by remote dial-up” in a way that altered the outcome. Sound familiar?

Verbatim, albeit with technical upgrades.

Mr. Clyburn, now House majority whip, wasn’t the only significant Democrat pushing these wacky theories. Consider other 2005 Democratic election deniers who today hold top congressional posts. These include then-Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.), now a senator; Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D., Ariz.), Natural Resources Committee chairman; Rep. Frank Pallone (D., N.J.), Energy and Commerce Committee chairman; Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), Financial Services Committee chairman; Rep. Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.), chairman of both the Homeland Security and Jan. 6 committees; Rep. Danny K. Davis (D., Ill.), chairman of a Ways and Means subcommittee; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas), a senior member of the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Budget committees; and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.), senior chief deputy whip. Even the now-deceased civil-rights icon, Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.), was an election denier, voting not to accept Ohio’s certification for Mr. Bush. Though she didn’t vote to flip the Buckeye State, then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) defended her party’s election deniers. She said the “debate is fundamental to our democracy” and warned Republicans not to “talk about this as a ‘conspiracy theory,’ ” arguing instead “it is about the Constitution.”

UPS is very bad at logistics.

Biden Is Angry but Not Serious - WSJ Opinion

Mr. Biden sounded like an overwrought sophomore by pretending that MAGA Republicanism presents a similar existential threat to democracy, and the next day he showed that even he didn’t believe his own claim that all Trump supporters were threats to the country.

Biden’s Student-Debt-Forgiveness Plan May Cost Up to $1 Trillion, Challenging Deficit Goals - WSJ

could cost as much as $1 trillion, according to budget analysts, challenging the administration’s efforts to scale down the federal deficit.

First, the price tag keeps climbing and climbing, putting the program at risk. Doubtful the Constitution let’s the President spend $1T without Congressional authorization.

Second, this Washington single-minded focus on “deficit reduction” is stupid. They’re talking about reducing the amount of borrowing, i.e. overspending, each year. No discussion on reducing the actual debt! Losing a game by fewer points is not an accomplishment. You still lost!

Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters last month that the administration would use a portion of the projected decline in the federal deficit this fiscal year, which ends in September, to provide the debt relief and that the White House considers the forgiveness fully paid for.

Well, I thought I was going to put $1,000 on my credit card at Target, but I removed some things from my cart and only charged $300. Now I can go to Best Buy, and charge $700 worth of items since those are now fully paid for.

How slow is UPS Ground?

It will take 3 days for them to deliver me a package that is currently 1 hour away from my house.

Liz Truss’s Inheritance: A U.K. Economy on Its Knees - WSJ

Already struggling with a record backlog of 6.6 million patients waiting for treatment following the Covid-19 crisis, analysts say the National Health Service is showing severe signs of strain. People suffering strokes or burns in England waited on average an hour for an ambulance in July, well above the target of 18 minutes.

Um, yikes?

Nutrition Advocates Push for Front-of-Package Labels That Highlight Fat, Sugar Levels - WSJ

“People just don’t have the patience or the time to be detectives at store shelves, hunting for data that may be somewhere on the package,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), one of the bill’s sponsors.

What an inane statement.

They’d be better off spending their time requiring online grocery services to display a full resolution version of the label in the images of the product. It’s it or miss right now.

That moment when you pray the Rosary on the Hallow app, and Mark Wahlberg is leading, and it’s everything you expect it to be.

Look Who’s Rushing Covid Vaccines Now - WSJ Opinion

Democrats and the public-health clerisy denounced President Trump for rushing Covid vaccines. They’ve been curiously quiet about the Food and Drug Administration’s gunshot approval last week of revamped booster shots with no trials showing they are safe or effective.

Another Week, Another Leak at the IRS - WSJ Opinion

Democrats recently handed the IRS $80 billion in new funding in full knowledge of these shortcomings. Not to fix them, mind you. The legislation spends $4.8 billion on modernization but nearly 10 times as much on its top priority: enforcement.

Midterm Elections to Decide Fate of Biden’s Tax Agenda - WSJ

“The president’s economic vision is about continuing to deliver for middle-class families, while congressional Republicans’ agenda is to sell those families out with more tax welfare for rich special interests,” said White House spokesman Andrew Bates.

A lot of middle class families driving $90k EVs?

Veterans Affairs to Provide Abortion Services for Health Dangers, Rape and Incest - WSJ

The Department of Veterans Affairs, for the first time in its history, will provide abortion services and counseling to veterans in cases of health dangers, rape and incest, even at federal facilities in states that have outlawed the procedure, the department said Friday.

Your tax dollars, hard at work.

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and its fabulous price controls on prescription drugs for Medicare, the pharmaceutical company that has provided my monthly migraine medication for $0 out-of-pocket since 2020 has dramatically curtailed the program and now my medication costs $413 per month.

The same thing happened with the Durbin Amendment in Dodd-Frank when the government wisely decided to cap fees on debit card transactions and every bank immediately discontinued debit card rewards.

Why is it whenever the government tries to “save” me money, it always costs me more?

Ten (2022)

Trump Parts Hudson River Leading Exodus Of New York Republicans To Florida - Babylon Bee

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently informed New York Republicans that they’re not welcome in her state. But lo, a chosen one of burnt papaya hue, Donald Trump, approached her and demanded that she let his people go.