Why did NASA (Never a Straight Answer) choose a snake's forked tongue for its logo?
NASA, the spy agency?
You want another arms race? Space race? - Both.
(POLITICO) Today [Sept. 26, 2025] we’re unpacking the space agency’s new classification as a national security organization, Lockheed’s plans in space, and more drama over the Discovery space shuttle’s future.
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The public has long viewed NASA as the better angel of America’s values, a peaceful institution dedicated to the exploration of the heavens. Not anymore.
The [Trump] White House in August quietly rebranded NASA as an intelligence and national security organization, a striking action that ties the space exploration agency closer to the defense [a euphemism for military-industrial complex] world.
While NASA’s basic functions are unlikely to change, the messaging shift could have cascading effects on how it interacts domestically and with U.S. allies.
Soft power: NASA operates a bit like a shadow diplomat [deceiving interlocutors]. While not explicitly aligned with the Pentagon or U.S. State Department, the [newly admitted spying] agency has used its collaborative global role to foster diplomacy and push the executive branch’s international priorities.
The reclassification was in part tied to eliminating employee unions at NASA. The executive order ended the agency’s collective bargaining ability by designating its missions as national security work. Democrats are unhappy about it:
“NASA’s mission has always been the exploration of space, the advancement of science, and collaboration with international partners,” said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former astronaut.
“It’s not [supposed to be] a spy agency. This executive order is just an attempt to strip NASA employees of their collective bargaining rights and compromises the trust and cooperation we’ve built globally that allows us to lead in space.” More
Sickly makeup Queen Donna with smudged lipstick after bromance "session" with Elana
Donna loves my big Cyber with its electric power. He knows it. Or I put these two in like this...
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Elana vs. Donna? Prof. Quinn Slobodian on the risks of billionaire (oligarch) rule
Why choose June for all this drama, Donna?
(Democracy Now!) June 6, 2025: Is the Donna Trump-Elana Musk bromance finally over?
Pres. Trumpy is threatening to cut off billions of dollars in federal contracts from Musky after the two multi-billionaires engaged in a dramatic public feud just days after manly Musk called hypocrite Trump's ["big beautiful"] budget bill a "disgusting abomination."
Bill Gates was best buddies with Jeffrey "Pedo Island" Epstein?
Hey, Diddy, happy Donut Day! Are you gettin out? - Yeah, Trump's pardonin me! - Woo-hoo!
. Musky appeared to call for and promise to back the impeachment of Trump and claimed the current president is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
"They are people who always have their eye on the bottom line, but they also are, obviously, titanically sized egos," says author Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University, who is working on a new book about Elon Musk.
"This is just a sign of how dangerous it is to put…the whole future of the American economy and the political scene in the hands of two sole [and very unstable and not too bright] human beings."
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South Afrikaner Elon Musk, reputedly the richest man in the world (founder of PayPal, head of Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, Boring, Neuralink Corporation, and DOGE, future king of Mars), has fired himself to save the government money -- and Tesla share's plummeting value. He is getting back to work, except he's always working. How? Drugs -- Adderall (speed), acid (LSD), Special K (ketamine), Molly (MDMA, Ecstasy), magic mushrooms (psilocybin), weed (THC), and whatever else he carries around in a special box for emergency use. Every day is an emergency when one is jumping around, kissing up to Trump, slashing jobs, and trying to salvage his reputation on the world stage to keep working for the government.
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 29, 2025: Elon Musk’s time as a Special Government Employee for DOGE (Dept. of Gov't Efficiency) has come to end, the court of Int'l Trade ruled unanimously that Trump did not have the authority to implement the "big, beautiful tariffs" he slapped on everyone, Trump blew up at a reporter for asking about his new nickname “TACO” that’s been making the rounds on Wall Street, which stands for “Trump Always Chickening Out.”
He is now reportedly one step closer to settling the ridiculous lawsuit he filed against 60 minutes, he now says he plans to give Russia's Vlad Putin “two weeks” to prove they are serious about a peace deal with Ukraine [otherwise he's going to let them go Israel on Zelensky's butt], America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani wore a crazy outfit, FBI Director Kash "Cross Eyed" Patel sat for an interview with Fox News (swearing pedophile Jeff Epstein was not murdered), RFK Jr. made an announcement about COVID vaccines, and Cousin Micki teaches us where babies come from.
(TYT) Trump cronies Kash Patel and Dan Bongino lie to cover up Epstein files
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