History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

I Wish That This Was Implausible

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At the very least, it’s beyond incompetence, to the point at which it at least appears to be malicious.

[Wednesday-morning update]

It is now an article at The Federalist.

We need something like a Warren Commission to investigate this. Not sure who today’s equivalent of Earl Warren would be, though.

[Late-morning update]

I’m kind of where he is, given the current state of knowledge. Somewhere between 2 and 3.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Space Solar Power

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A good review on the state of the technology.

This doesn’t make much sense, though: “…the hardware itself will have to be deorbited when it reaches end-of-life. ‘ESA has a Clean Space Initiative. Anything that we’re sending to space, we have to think about the whole lifecycle, cradle to grave,’ Caplin said.”

It’s loony tunes to think that we’d deorbit something that size from GEO. It will be repurposed in some way in space, or at least go to a graveyard orbit.

Business, Education, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

Thoughts On Ballistics

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…and our decrepit institutions:

We don’t know much this Monday AM. Some of what we think we know will in time prove incorrect. We will find out more details in the days and weeks to come – but what is clear is this; we have too many people in this nation who are OK with political violence – including that which digs a bloody trench from Eugene Simpson Stadium Park to the Butler Farms Show Grounds.

We also know that we have – again – evidence that we have the wrong people with the wrong ideas running institutions they are unqualified to lead and that our nation cannot afford such a lack of effective stewardship of our inheritance.

The number of unserious people in critical jobs, and no one being accountable for failures of epic proportions, is – to repeat myself for emphasis – a national disgrace and crisis.

It’s been deteriorating for a long time, under both Democrats and Republicans, but it’s reached new lows in recent years.

[Update a while later]

A compromised Secret Service.

No matter how much training or experience she has (and these people didn’t seem particularly competent), it’s stupid to think that a 5’3″ woman can shield a 6’3″ man.

[Late-morning update]

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Trump Assassination Attempt

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This will have the same effect that the attempt on Reagan’s life did in 1981: Unite much of the country in his favor.

[Late-night update]

A white-hot anger on this July 13th. And Bill Ackman finally metaphorically plights his troth to Trump.

[Sunday-morning update]

I agree with the last point, but as Trump pointed out in the debate, Biden never fires anybody. Maybe because he’s never really been in charge. If Mayorkas refused the request to provide addition resources to the Secret Service to protect Trump, and he keeps his job, he should be impeached. Again.

[Afternoon update]

Jeffrey Carter wades into the fray.

[Bumped]

[Monday-morning update]

Mark Steyn: What they wanted.

[Bumped]

Trump, Biden, and the shame of the corporate media.

Honestly, they seem to have no shame.

[Update a few minutes later]

Who’s the real threat to democracy?

Hint: It’s not Donald Trump.

History, Law, Political Commentary

Literally Dodging A Bullet

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It’s amazing how lucky we are that he had his head turned that way, and was scratched instead of killed like Kennedy. What chaos that would have been. Imagine the Republican convention tomorrow, when he hasn’t even named his heir in announcing his pick for VP, and no one claims to know who it is other than him. Who would be the leader of the party? Who would rise? I’d guess it would have to be Speaker Johnson. He is, after all, currently third in line for the presidency. But would he pick up the chalice, or simply supervise the process of choosing?

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