What A Time To Be Alive! February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 BUT FIRST: A REALITY CHECK The President’s approval rating is back down to 43% — never mind that the American Ebola death toll has peaked (at zero), job growth’s healthy, the deficit’s down by two-thirds, health care inflation’s at a 50-year low . . . and on and on and on. (“By any standard,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell assures us, “Barack Obama has been a disaster for our country.”) But do you know what? President Reagan’s approval rating at this same time in his second term was also 43%. And George W. Bush’s was . . . 33%. And that was before the economy collapsed on his watch. Just saying. Meanwhile . . . A PLANE LARGER THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD Largest plane in the world with a wingspan substantially wider than a football field. And it flies! MEDICAL HOLOGRAMS Surgeons holding hearts in their hands . . . . . . holographically! https://vimeo.com/92807000 Stay tuned, kids: it gets more amazing every day.