SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched today!

Crew-10 (L-R): Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, Takuya Onishi

NASA SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch

SpaceX Crew-10 lifted off successfully from the Kennedy Space Center here at Cape Canaveral tonight, a little after 7pm.  Its crew consists of Commander Anne McClain (NASA), Pilot Nichole Ayers (NASA), Takuya Onishi (JAXA), and Kirill Peskov (Roscosos).  It is the first flight for Ayers and Peskov, the second for McClain and Takuya Onishi.  

They will dock with the International Space Station and participate in Expeditions 72-73, before returning to earth, scheduled for July 2025.

EPA Administrator Zeldin lies about carbon dioxide emissions, climate change.

 

 Environmental Pollution Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin didn’t waste time when he came out spreading lies and touting himself as the champion of the “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative.  He claims that tRump had been outspoken about his desire for people “to access clean air and clean water”.

However, this administration clearly has other plans. 

“Emissions went down during the [first] Trump presidency,” Zeldin said. 

This is a lie.  Emissions dipped during 2020, but that was due to the lockdown during the pandemic.  CO2 emissions have continued to rise over the past 50 years and do not show any signs of slowing.  The United States is the second highest producer of CO2 behind China. 

The timelines of those predictions of “climate change” ending the world have “come and gone,” Zeldin said, and the world is still here.

No, Zeldin.  Another lie.  The predictions of climate change are for the future.  There was no deadline, no “ending of the world” talk.  You made that up.  CO2 emissions have not peaked.  Climate change is real, and it isn’t going away, thanks to you and FOTUS.

While Zeldin talks about clean air, he has proposed rollbacks for car emissions, favoring fossil-fuel burning vehicles, and complaining that electric cars are an obsession with electric vehicles.  What does fElon say about that?

Zeldin also commented”

that Americans who want to be able to go out and purchase a gas-powered vehicle would have that option denied to them by the government

Who has been denied the purchase of a gas-powered vehicle?

Say good-bye to clean air, clean water, clean soil, and clean energy.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/epa-takes-aim-water-air-toxics-protections-part/story?id=119733125

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/icymi-administrator-zeldins-powering-great-american-comeback-unveiled-epa

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions?insight=global-emissions-have-increased-rapidly-over-the-last-50-years-and-have-not-yet-peaked#key-insights

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/

 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day wins 5 Saturn Awards 1992

James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day won five Saturn Awards at the 18th annual ceremony held March 13, 1992, by the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films. Terminator 2 won Best Science Fiction Film; Edward Furlong won Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his performance as John Connor; Linda Hamilton won Best Actress for her performance as Sarah Connor, beating Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, Winona Ryder, and Meryl Streep; James Cameron won Best Director; Stan Winston won Best Special Effects.

Terminator 2 was nominated for Best Actor for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Patrick, Best Writing, and Best Make-up.

Dark Shadows, a re-imagining of the original series which aired from January to March 1991, won Best Genre Television Series. I wasn't even aware this series existed, but Ben Cross playing Barnabas Collins rings a tiny bell.

Gene Roddenberry was give the George Pal Memorial Award.

Final episode of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" airs 1973

The twenty-fourth episode of the sixth season of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was the last of the series, airing March 12, 1973. The first episode aired January 22, 1968. Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Gary Owens, and Ruth Buzzi appeared in all seasons.

The final episode starred Ernest Borgnine, Sammy Davis Jr., Robert Goulet, and Jo Anne Worley. The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate was awarded to the show itself.  The Cleveland Plain Dealer claimed that the show's jokes about Cleveland had caused economic damage to the city.

It was nominated for 32 Primetime Emmy Awards and won seven:

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Electronic Production for Arthur Schneider (1967)

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety (1968)

Outstanding Musical or Variety Program for the 9/9/1967 episode (1968)

Outstanding Musical or Variety Series (1968)

Special Classification Achievements-Individuals (Variety Performances) for Arte Johnson (1969)

Outstanding variety or Musical Series

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music for Mark Warren

The series was nominated for 6 Golden Globes and won two:

Best TV Show (1969)

Best Supporting Actress-Television for Ruth Buzzi (1973)

"Ice Age" premieres 2002

Blue Sky Studios premiered their animated comedy Ice Age, March 12, 2002, and released across the US March 15.  The movie follows the adventures of a wooly mammoth Manny (voiced by Ray Romano), a sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo), and a shady saber-toothed tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) as they try to return a human baby to the humans before the pass closes up.

It was well-received, ranking #1 at the box office during its first weekend. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003.  It has spawned four sequels. 

"Bambi" "Miracle on 34th Street" win Golden Globes 1948

 

Miracle on 34th Street won two Golden Globe awards at the fifth annual ceremony held March 10, 1948. Edmund Gwenn won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his performance as Kris Kringle. George Seaton won for Best Screenplay.

Bambi, released in 1942, was given a Special Achievement Award. It was the first time Walt Disney was honored with a Golden Globe.

Max Steiner won Best Music, Original Score - Motion Picture for his composition for Life With Father.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HJVU1Y2AinM?si=moTCvR4esRSIaTqG

Supreme Court rules against public health, allowing San Francisco to discharge raw sewage in drinking water

 

It didn’t take long for the tRump Supreme Court to begin its campaign of rolling back protections for the public in favor of big corporations.  Announced March 4, the Supreme Court has ruled the Environmental Protection Agency has “overstepped” its authority under the Clean Water Act.  The Republican-controlled Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of San Francisco, saying “the agency has adequate tools to obtain needed information from permittees without resorting to ‘end result’ permits.  The Guardian reports that “end result’ is a new term coined by the court.

That means the Supreme Court MADE IT UP!

The court said the EPA overstepped its authority with water pollution permits that contain vague requirements for maintaining water quality, preferring specific requirements.  The permit in question was to limit generic discharges of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains.

Raw sewage?  Who wants any E. coli or fecal matter in their drinking water.  What part of ZERO do they not understand?  Any level of those contaminants can be harmful. I agree that it might be difficult to limit discharges after heavy rains but to relieve San Francisco of any responsibility is reckless and dangerous. 

Amy Coney Barrett was the only conservative to dissent.  Not surprising, Neil Gorusch voted in favor of rolling back protections.  If that name is familiar, it is because he is the son of Anne Gorusch, who was EPA Administrator during the Regan era.   She cut the EPA’s budget by 22% and reduced the number of cases filed against polluters.  Do you recall the character Dioxin Dolly, played by actress Audrie Neenan, from Not Necessarily the News?

Gorusch hired people from the industries they were supposed to be regulating.  Now that does that sound familiar!  Scott Pruitt.  Andrew Wheeler. And the list goes on.

This is just the start, people.  Lee Zeldin, appointed by tRump and sworn in as EPA Administrator in January, is a climate-change denier, zero science education, and tRump boot-licker.  This ruling doesn’t affect just San Francisco.  It sets a precedent that will have far reaching consequences. 

Ignoring facts or a serious lack of understanding puts us all in danger.  Look for reductions in protections for air and soil. 

 

References:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-san-francisco-water-pollution-6874dc505a394d9181b17a0aef41406f

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/supreme-court-san-francisco-poop-epa/index.html