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Gaza

February 21, 2025 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

Guy Benson writes that it’s time to raise hell.

This may be the most savage culture on the planet, and those who defend it are either profoundly stupid, or profoundly evil. And possibly both.

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Pigs Get Fed, Hogs Get Slaughtered

February 21, 2025 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

Thoughts on the history of the civil service, and recalcitrant bureaucrats:

🧵Pigs get fed. Hogs get slaughtered.

The deal for moving from a spoils system to a civil service system for government workers contained exchanges. The government workers were paid less than in the public sector. In exchange, they received job protections and a pension.
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) February 21, 2025

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Britain

February 21, 2025 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

…is a failed state.

Yes, they need a Trumpian revolution there.

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Kash’s Mess

February 21, 2025 Rand Simberg 13 Comments

🚨🧵 Kash Patel will become the next FBI Director this week, and he will quickly discover that he didn’t inherit a law enforcement agency but rather a crime scene.

Here are the TOP 10 things soon-to-be Director Patel could consider to start reforming the FBI immediately.
— Phil Kennedy (@PhillipAKennedy) February 17, 2025