There are certain craters or other formations near the south pole of the moon that are arranged in such a way that some parts of the surface are in permanent shadow. These are interesting because we expect to find very low temperatures in these permanent shadows, and if they’ve been around for several million years, any number of volatile compounds.

Anyhow, I think this is the “dark side” the person referred to.

It seems like somewhat of a waste to me to use these as heatsinks, when you could just use a lot of radiators. But what do I know?

What? LSU coaches are of course not immune from criticism, from anyone. The hot seat is real, and the school has committed to some massive contract buy-outs lately.

I’m just saying that the LSU coaching job is an inherently political position in the state; it’s been that way for a long time; and it’s by no means unique to Jeff Landry.

I just want to point out that “political interference with LSU athletics” is sine qua non for any Louisiana governor, not just this guy. This is a state where the LSU football coach is by far the highest paid state employee in the entire state. Huey Long was known to lead the marching band onto the field.

There was a Nova episode in the 1970s that was dedicated to a crazy rich guy’s hare-brained scheme to mine minerals off of the sea floor.

Then, about thirty years later another Nova episode revealed that the mining scheme from the earlier episode was a CIA cover story to cover up for a top secret claw game operation to lift a sunken Soviet submarine off of the sea floor.

So I guess the first one was fake news.

Kavanaugh, J., concurring:

Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U. S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.

If he’s a US citizen, he’s better off refusing to enter any PIN. That’s protected by the 5th amendment.

If not a citizen and this was in a port of entry context, then he would still have the 5th amendment protection. But customs can simply choose to refuse entry on discretion. So that’s a potentially serious consequence.