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  • Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CArtemis?= 2 astronauts enter quarantine ahead of historic NASA moon =?UTF-8?Q?launch=E2=80=9D?=

    From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to rec.arts.sf.written on Tue Feb 10 18:31:41 2026
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    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    Torbjorn Lindgren <tl@none.invalid> schrieb:

    The earlier Constellation program was also a Shuttle derived program
    designed to keep pork flowing to the right places.

    Not sure I'd like the idea of liquid pork; does that come from
    liquid pigs?

    Have you actually seen them make pork sausage? :-)
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  • From Paul S Person@psperson@old.netcom.invalid to rec.arts.sf.written on Wed Feb 11 15:04:53 2026
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    On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:50:25 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
    On 2/10/26 10:31, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    Torbjorn Lindgren <tl@none.invalid> schrieb:

    The earlier Constellation program was also a Shuttle derived program
    designed to keep pork flowing to the right places.

    Not sure I'd like the idea of liquid pork; does that come from
    liquid pigs?

    Have you actually seen them make pork sausage? :-)

    Not in person but in videos But the term Pork here refers to
    appropriation to finance the construction and related matters of
    testing the components, etc.
    In the USA Pork Barrel politics refers to the practice of
    awarding contracts for whatever to the State, City, County
    where the voters for the party or person to be re-elected reside.

    Just another form of bribery or Grift. However it does
    generally provide jobs therefore income to the residents of
    the district.
    Last year, I read an article about a town in Montana that was DOGEd
    out of existence,
    It's only major employer was a Federal facility, and DOGE closed it.
    Gone were the jobs. Gone were the families those jobs supported. Gone
    were the retail stores supported by those familes.
    Left were the true locals -- a much reduced population of farmers. Who
    now had to drive a lot farther to find any stores. Or, for all I know,
    doctors, lawyers, etc, etc.
    OK, this was rural Montana, and they were MAGA to the core -- but
    still ...
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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