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Space News Roundup – December 29, 2018
SpaceX’s Elon Musk: Odds of Starship Reaching Orbit by 2020 are “Rising Rapidly”; plus: NASA Opens the Floodgates for Firms with Planetary Ambitions; Blue Origin Gearing Up for Next New Shepard Test Flight; SpaceX’s Orbit-Ready Crew Dragon Nears First Trip Out to Pad 39A; President Trump Issues Order to Create U.S. Space Command; Why NASA’s Date with a Space Rock Beyond Pluto Matters; and more.
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Space News Roundup – December 15, 2018
Virgin Galactic reaches space; its two pilots earn their astronaut wings (SEE VIDEO); PLUS, Elon Musk beats the world record for rocket launches in 2018; NASA seeks private partners to develop reusable Moon landers; Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space; Juno completes global coverage of Jupiter with its 16th flyby; and more.
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Overlooked Investment Opportunities in Azerbaijan and the Chechen Republic
by Yuri Vanetik December 15, 2018 Azerbaijan and the Chechen Republic are two resource rich, diverse domains within the Caucuses. The Caucuses is a sturdy, menacing mountain range and also a regional term used to describe autonomous countries and semi-autonomous...
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Open Letter: America’s National Sovereignty Threatened: Congress must fund a Wall that secures our Southern Border
December 4, 2018 Washington, DC As the southern border continues to be overwhelmed by migrants seeking illegal entry into the United States, we urge Congress to finally address this issue in their end of year funding measure. In their legislation,...
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Space News Roundup – December 1, 2018
InSight mission lands safely on Mars after “seven minutes of terror”; PLUS, Branson says Virgin Galactic will take people to space “by Christmas”; BFR becomes “Starship”; NASA considers its own space tourism business; Space Force progress; Nine companies racing to the Moon; and more.
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Space News Roundup – November 18, 2018
SpaceX delivers the first of 12,000 satellites for its global internet service; PLUS: Air Force explores space-based cargo operations; NASA’s no-sonic-boom supersonic X-Plane; Commercial spaceplanes at Cape Canaveral; a new space medicine hub at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville; Airships on Venus; and more.
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Open Letter: Conservative Leaders Urge the Senate to Work Around-the-Clock to Confirm Conservative Nominees
November 16, 2018 Washington, DC Dear Leader McConnell and all Republican senators, Close to 200 nominations, both executive and judicial, are awaiting consideration in the Senate. If these nominations are not confirmed by the end of the year, they will be...
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Open Letter: Conservative Urge The Senate to Confirm All Nominees Before Adjournment
November 14, 2018 Washington, DC As Congress prepares its agenda for the upcoming lame duck session, conservatives urge Senate leadership to confirm all remaining nominees before adjourning for the year. Senate Republican leadership has done yeoman’s...
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Open Letter: Conservative Priorities for the Lame Duck
November 9, 2018 Washington, DC Congress returns to work after the elections for a lame duck session that already has numerous items on its agenda. Government funding expires on December 7, several statutes must be reauthorized or extended, and House and...
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Brazil’s New Leader Strives to Break Old Patterns
Jair Bolsonaro hopes to pull the country out of economic crisis and political scandal with ambitious reform initiatives. It won’t be easy. by Allison Fedirka November 8, 2018 Summary Brazil punches well below its weight class in the geopolitical ring. It is the...
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Revenge of the White Woman
by Alexandra DeSanctis November 8, 2018 In the wake of the elections, progressives are accusing white women of betraying the sisterhood. Amid the inevitable outrage fest touched off by the election results, hardcore partisans on the left solidified around one...
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President Trump Beats the Green Wave and the Liberal Media
by Newt Gingrich November 8, 2018 The big story of the 2018 election is how totally the news media missed the issue of what waves were building. There was no red wave. If there had been, Republicans would have kept the House and had even more pickups in the Senate....
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Did the Shameful Election Coverage of Fox News Cost the GOP the House?
by D.C. McAlister November 7, 2018 “Why can we call the Democrats taking the House this early?” Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked analyst Chris Stirewalt at 9:30 east coast time last night (11/06). “Because we’re just that good,” Stirewalt replied with a proud smirk....
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The Morning After – Election 2018
by Rod D. Martin November 7, 2018 So this morning we're exactly where I left off last night (which is exactly as I expected). Arizona and Montana still too close to call, but Republicans leading. There's a very good chance we'll end up at 55 Senate seats, up from 51,...
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#YearOfTheWoman, GOP Edition
by Rod D. Martin November 7, 2018 #YearOfTheWoman, GOP edition: 1st woman elected IA Gov. 1st woman elected SD Gov. 1st Korean-American woman elected to Congress. 1st female TN Senator. 1st female AZ Senator* (results pending). 1st Latina Lt. Gov of FL. ...
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The Rod Martin Report – Final Pre-Election Update
Final Pre-Election Update Dear Friend, Vote. Vote now. And take friends. As you well know from The Rod Martin Report, from RodMartin.org, and from my constant stream of updates on Facebook, I have been warning for well over a year now that lower...
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Space News Roundup – November 4, 2018
SpaceX to launch first people to Mars “within 6 years”: plus, first Falcon 9 to be reused three times about to launch; Space Force receives key endorsements; U.S. voices alarm over Russian satellite’s “very abnormal behavior”; Goldman Sachs bullish on space development; and much more.
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Latest Generic Ballot Numbers – Nov. 1, 2018
by Rod D. Martin November 1, 2018 LATEST GENERIC BALLOT NUMBERS (remembering that historically, the Republicans win the House at D+5 or better): as of this morning, Rasmussen has it D+3, YouGov D+5, Ipsos D+7, Morning Consult D+8, Harris D+9. Last week, Harris was...
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The 2018 Democrats: Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing
by Victor Davis Hanson October 22, 2018 If the New Democratic Party was smart, it would do what the old Democratic Party did long ago: always sound centrist if not conservative in the last weeks of a campaign, get elected, then revert to form and pursue a left-wing...
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Space News Roundup – October 22, 2018
How American Space Launch Left Europe in the Dust; PLUS, China to launch an “artificial moon” to light a city; Virgin Galactic flight “weeks away”; NSC takes up the Space Force; Satellite operators preparing for autonomous ocean freighters; and more.
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The Caravan Attack on America
by Newt Gingrich October 20, 2018 The caravan from Central America that has grown from 3,000 to 4,000 people in the last few days is an attempted invasion and an attack on the United States. This assertion will almost certainly be denounced by the usual sources as...
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Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.
The future of technology is the future of America. Rod Martin sees that future clearly, and also sees how to shape it for the betterment of all. He is firmly rooted in the traditions of faith and patriotism that have made America great. That’s why he has made, and will make, so many outstanding contributions in so many areas.