Bill Anders Dies: NASA Apollo 8 Astronaut Took Famous ‘Earthrise’ Shot While Orbiting Moon Apollo astronaut Bill Anders, the photographer behind one of the most famous images ever recorded in space, has died at age 90. 06/10/2024 - 6:28 pm | View Link
PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders Captures Iconic ‘Earthrise’ in 1968 NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this iconic image of Earth rising over the Moon’s horizon on December 24, 1968. 06/10/2024 - 5:01 pm | View Link
Apollo 8 astronaut William Andersons dies in small plane crash William Anders, among the first three people to orbit the moon aboard Apollo 8 in 1968, died when his small plane crashed in Washington state, according to his son, Gregory Anders. He was 90 years old ... 06/8/2024 - 8:59 am | View Link
Apollo 8 astronaut who took iconic 'Earthrise' photo dies in plane crash Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders has died at 90 years old, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said on Friday. Anders took the iconic Earthrise photograph, showing the moon’s surface and Earth in lunar ... 06/8/2024 - 7:58 am | View Link
NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who took famous photo of Earth during Apollo, dies at 90 Awestruck, Anders snapped the timeless shot of the glorious blue and white planet rising over the horizon of the gray and lifeless moon, and "how tiny and fragile and precious and finite it is." ... 06/7/2024 - 1:58 pm | View Link
He meant well! Via the Palm Beach Post:
A school district employee participating in armed "guardian" certification accidentally shot themselves at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office gun range on Monday, June 10, according to the Palm Beach County School District and sheriff's office.
The civilian employee, whose name is being withheld in accordance with state law that prohibits identifying safe school officers, is in stable condition following the shooting, according to a school district spokesperson.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.