Bernie-omics Shuts Down Nation

The nation of Venezuela discovers that Bernie Sanders style socialism is a dry hole, a “duster“, when it comes to delivering goods and services.

From Bloomberg, “Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis“.

Venezuela is shutting down for a week as the government struggles with a deepening electricity crisis.

Bernie_Sanders_Venezula_Socialism_coolPresident Nicolas Maduro gave everyone an extra three days off work next week, extending the two-day Easter holiday, according to a statement in the Official Gazette published late Tuesday.

The government has rationed electricity and water supplies across the country for months and urged citizens to avoid waste as Venezuela endures a prolonged drought that has slashed output at hydroelectric dams. The ruling socialists have blamed the shortage on the El Nino weather phenomena and “sabotage” by their political foes, while critics cite a lack of maintenance and poor planning.

Now That Is a Moon Shot

Forget shooting our Space Program in the foot, these Obama policies, according to The DailyCaller, “SpaceX Faces Off Against Russia To Supply Rockets To US Military“, have rammed a “Butt-Rocket” of monumental proportions up our collective suppositoriums.

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and Russian company NPO Energomash are locked in a struggle to supply rocket engines to the U.S. military.

NPO Energomash currently sells RD-180 rocket engines to American company Darwin_Uranus_Missle_Buttfire_animatedUnited Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Boeing. ULA inspects the engines, then uses them to power the workhorse rocket of America’s military space program.

ULA had almost cornered the market for national security-related rocket launches until last year, when SpaceX won U.S. Air Force certification for national security space missions.

The RD-180 is an old Soviet design built in Russia by NPO Energomash. Though the design has a record of safety and reliability, some in Congress worry that America’s dependence on Russian rocketry may give Russian President Vladimir Putin dangerous leverage over the American military.

“It is morally outrageous and strategically foolish to subsidize Vladimir Putin’s corrupt military industrial complex with the purchase of Russian rocket engines when Russia occupies Crimea and destabilizes Ukraine, menaces our NATO allies in Europe, bombs U.S.-backed forces in Syria to prop-up the murderous regime of Bashar Assad, and threatens to cut off U.S. access to space,” Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain