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The Planetary Society reports:
Representative John Culberson, an 8-term Texas Republican and staunch supporter of NASA and planetary exploration, lost his re-election bid to Democrat Lizzie Fletcher last week. Many factors played into this outcome, but one bears consideration by space advocates: his support for the scientific search for life at Europa was seen as a weakness and attacked accordingly.
Over the past four years, Culberson used his chairmanship of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations subcommittee to increase spending on NASA and missions to search for life on Europa. He directed hundreds of millions of dollars to this effort and played a critical role in getting the Europa Clipper mission officially adopted by NASA and the White House. And he did this without cannibalizing other NASA programs. His motivation was passion, not parochialism, as the prime benefactor of these federal dollars was California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located far outside his Houston-area congressional district.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @01:57AM (8 children)
Like most republicans, AND democrats, you don't get it.
It's not a matter of him being a republican, it's a matter of him supporting the pussy-grabbing child-molester in the White House.
It's not a matter of republicans vs democrats anymore, although that's what the ennemies of your country would like to have you believe. It's a matter of having psychopath after psychopath after psychopath as presidential candidates.
How the fuck did it come to this ? You supposedly want to give the big finger to the "establishment" (whatever the fuck that is) and to do so, you put in power someone that is even worse. And no, Clinton would not have been a better choice.
What the hell is wrong with you people ? It's more than time for you to look back and reflect on when did you take a wrong turn, before it's too late to save that joke of a democracy of yours.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 19 2018, @02:33AM
You get that I'm of the "A pox on both their houses" variety, yes?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @02:40AM (6 children)
As mentioned above: "skipping a MAGA rally, and how he was not a firm Trump supporter"
Failure to fully support Trump means no enthusiasm. Lots of never-Trump republicans lost their seats in this past election. Those who supported Trump did better.
You aren't American, so I guess you understand us via what CNN tells you. The reality is that the median person likes Trump now. Outside of large cities (where news media is based) we are generally quite fond of Trump. Even in California, it is just the cities that hate Trump.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 19 2018, @03:01AM (5 children)
I don't know about "likes Trump". Maybe "accepts Trump". Maybe "grudgingly respects Trump". I, for one, still insist that the election campaign was between the Court Fool and the Wicked Witch. So far, the Court Fool hasn't done us terribly wrong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @04:03AM (2 children)
The court fool, or jester, was usually highly intelligent. Yes, his job was to entertain, but also to present unpalatable truths to power in a way that didn't end up with his head on a spike. People who were stupid did not last long in that role.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 19 2018, @07:19AM (1 child)
I suspect that was probably true in classier courts. I also suspect that many a petty king was nothing more than the strongest brute in the area, with some cunning and guile. No real brains required to keep him amused.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:01PM
Yeah:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-true-story-of-roland-the-farter-and-how-the-internet-killed-professional-flatulence [atlasobscura.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulist [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @05:54PM (1 child)
He has tanked our reputation, wasted money, and rolled back a ton of regulations. Maybe you just need to pay more attention.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:02AM
Many of us ARE paying attention. I note that you don't complain about one, or six, or 36 specific regulations. Instead, you mention "a ton of regulations". From any point of view outside of your own, it would seem that you believe regulation to be good, for the sake of regulation. That is an authoritarian thing there. Not only is it authoritarian, but it is far more authoritarian than I can stomach. It goes beyond authoritarianism, into the realm of martinetism.