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Home Front: Politix
H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
2018-08-29
Why is this in the new John McCain Space bill just passed?
[GovTrack] Beginning March 1, 2019, if the Secretary proposes to issue a solicitation for a contract for space launch services for which the use of reusable launch vehicles is not eligible for the award of the contract, the Secretary shall notify in writing the appropriate congressional committees of such proposed solicitation, including justifications for such ineligibility, by not later than 10 days after issuing such solicitation.

Posted by:3dc

#9  to be fair Glenmore, it wasn’t anything John did that caused the USS Forest Fire: if anything the loose ordn ance could have been caused by a sloppy Ordie. (note: i dont say that lightly as most ordjes i worked with were true pros, but sometimes sh!t happens)


Posted by: USN, Ret.   2018-08-29 23:17  

#8  Almost made USS Forrestal permanently un-reusable.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-08-29 21:14  

#7  To be fair, he does have a history of making equipment non-reusable.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2018-08-29 15:52  

#6  Purple hearts on the sleeves of his shirts
As he doled out our greasy desserts,
A trader waxed gnomic
Waaay up the Potomac:
Unsinkable John S. McKurtz.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-08-29 15:29  

#5  Orwellian Wordsmithing -- the more lofty and humanitarian an organization, cause, or proposed new law the more that I suspect some dastardly motive hidden somewhere in it. The Devil is truly in the details.
Posted by: magpie   2018-08-29 11:56  

#4  As a character in Heart of Darkness said, "Him dead, Mistuh Kurtz. Him gahdamn dead..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-08-29 09:50  

#3  When did Care become a synonym for rent-seeking?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-08-29 07:27  

#2  ..it would have been if the 2008 race had been different.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-08-29 07:13  

#1  Maybe we ought to rename Obamacare to be McCainCare instead.
Posted by: gorb   2018-08-29 01:46  

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