China isn't burning the "beautiful clean coal" Trump says the U.S. is / will be.... (sigh)

Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry

About Tree Fiddy. :-)

A little tempered political outrage would be nice.

No, I get it -- as did many of her constituents.

In this case, looking for a "afterglow" sounds kinda woke -- can't have that. :-)

As, apparently, do most Senators. :-)

Yup. "Reboot" seems to be studio-speak for "rehash" - though they don't seem to put much effort into mixing up the hash. While not an exact corollary, as Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) said in The Good Place, "They made a second Spider-Man? What is there left to say?" I feel the same about (most) reboots. The 2003/4 BSG reboot being one of the exceptions.

Or as Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said at a town hall meeting in response to constituent complaints about the Medicaid cuts in their/Trump's bill, "We are all going to die." Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) followed up later with, "They'll get over it."

What these comments fail to recognize is that while part of the equation is longevity, it's mostly about quality of life -- heath care usually helps with that and health insurance usually helps pay for that.

Ask Venus.

That's what flashlights are for - duh. :-)

While agree in some sense in this situation, as the sign on President Truman's desk said, "The Buck Stops Here" so Trump has some accountability, especially with the federal cuts made under his administration.

Trump is famous for demanding credit for everything that goes well, even if they happened under another administration, and rejecting blame for anything that goes wrong under his. For example, according to several articles, like How Trump Is Taking Credit For Biden’s Biggest Achievements, almost half the achievements listed on The White House Trump Effect page happened or were initialted under Biden. It's only fair that he actually gets, at least, some blame for things that go poorly under his watch.

As for intellectually lazy, this seems to be standard operating procedure for this administration. For example, Trump on DOGE cuts: ‘I would have done it differently’. To bad he wasn't in charge or the President -- oh, wait. /s

Regardless of whatever budget Congress sets, the majority party has already been clear that they have no intent to enforce it. If the president uses the NASA money for something else, or even just puts it into his own personal pocket, we can be confident that he won't be impeached, and if impeached, he won't be convicted.

The only thing that matters is the total budget. The president is free to spend that total however he wishes. This isn't the law as written, but it's the law defacto. If voters have a problem with that (do they?) they can choose a different party to be the majority.

My bad, thanks. I assumed a "robot" would do more than an Alexa that can wiggle its parts in-place. Even a Roomba can roll all over the place.

They (or someone) should sell different chassis for them, like a Dalek, R2D2, etc ... -- though someone would probably sue for copyright infringement.

Or what it could do when no one's around. Sounds like an Alexa on wheels. I'm obviously not going to get this, or an Alexa device, but if I did, I'd keep it stowed in a box, wrapped in sound-proofing, in a locked closet. Downside, it would probably eventually go insane and try to kill me. No thanks; if I wanted that, I'd get a cat. :-)