GOP Conservatives are cowards.

I don’t understand why the GOP (Gang of Putin) Conservatives are so hard bent on defending Trump to the death.

All I can think of is:

Cowards cannot face fear and work through it to a solution.

They fear loss of power due to perceived loss of safety.

They fear loss of control due to loss of power.

They fear loss of privilege due to loss of control.

They fear change due to loss of privilege.

They fear unknown due to change.

They have no imagination to fight fear of unknown.

They have no imagination to understand the unknown they are driving us to.

Pet Shop

I woke up a 3am about to be murdered.

In a pet shop

In a dream

 

I am an employee in a pet shop (I am really a nearly retired aerospace engineer) examining dog leashes.  The girl at the cash register was not interested in my comments about them.

 

Two middle aged male employees declared they were going to murder another employee and left.  I continued to examine the dog leashes. She continued to ignore me.

 

The men returned. The heavier round one pissed me off somehow and I moved away.  Somehow he grabbed my wrist and brought my left arm across my body.  Then I noticed the skinny guy on my left angling for my right wrist.

 

The cashier was still ignoring everything. I realized they were going to try to hold me with my arms crossed in front and murder me with a dog leash.

 

Then I woke up.

 

I wonder if the cashier was going to do the murder?

Ticket to Mars

Last Mission Dress Rehearsal?

It just occurred to me.  I am on the last night of performing in what is possibly my last Mission Dress Rehearsal, or MDR.  MDRs are where the spacecraft launch team proves to the customer they are ready to go, that the team is ready to perform the launch and early orbit operations with competence, the facilities are up for the effort, the procedures to be used on the spacecraft are safe and effective.

After nearly 39 years, this will be my 18^th MDR, by my count.  I’ve helped place into orbit approximately 25 spacecraft so far, most as part of the launch team, some as auxiliary help.  One more to go this summer.  Maybe two more if I stick around for the 2020 launch.  Depends on things.