Why Starship matters and changes everything (I and Gwynne have been preaching this for years), and what should the first payloads to Mars be?
I haven’t read either (still busy on my Reason project), but they look interesting.
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Lawfare
I just got a $130 charge on my Amex card from a company called PlatePass. When I ask them what it's for, they tell me that DC took a picture of my plate on a rental car in December, going 40 in a 25 on K Street, and sent them the bill. I wasn't pulled over, I wasn't issued a…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) February 24, 2025
The NGO Industrial Complex
Yes, it’s time to deploy RICO against it.
The Rise Of The Jacksonians
Thoughts on current politics from John Ringo.
Ships
Why America can’t build them. Apparently it’s not a new problem. But at least Elon is building a spaceshipyard.
Dying
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 21, 2025
The Republican Party Is Dead
Long live the Republican Party.
A bunch of pranksters have skinned the republican party and are wearing it as a hat.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) January 27, 2025
And I am in serious danger of running out of popcorn.
They understand something that actual republican politicians never did.
Ridicule is the best weapon against the ridiculous.
Jokes move… https://t.co/z2wBwgpJAm
The Transgender Ideology
A Restoration, Not A revolution
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 21, 2025
Gaza
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.