I think that Greg has it right:
1/8 The Most Important Day in Human History
— Greg Autry🚀 (@GregWAutry) November 4, 2024
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 will be a pivotal day in human history. Regardless of how intensely you may be focused on some economic or social issue, please consider that we are voting on something much bigger: the fate of humanity for…
How they undermined the Democrats.
I hope we’ll find out this week just how undermined they are.
A “commercial” Chinese rocket company is copying Starship.
Seems appropriate, though, for a Chinese company to use chopsticks.
Walter Russell Mead on the failure of leadership.
[Late-morning update]
From “clingers” to garbage: Why sixteen years of vilification of the American people?
Blowing Up the Longhouse
— Dr_Insensitive_Jerk (@DrInsensitive) November 1, 2024
By law, this heater is equipped with a thermal switch that shuts off the gas if the flame goes out. It is marketed as a safety feature, but it is something else entirely.
This post will not attract engagements, because our culture has been successfully… pic.twitter.com/kdDnAiOtII
Bob Zimmerman has some (rare) good news from the company.
A discussion of potential buyers.
Phil McAlister recalls an event from a decade ago. This was about the time that I published the book (hard to believe it’s been that long).
I’m not convinced that the ASAP contributes to safety in sufficient ratio to how it slows things down.
An analysis from Eric Berger.
Can the West survive four years of either?
For all his myriad flaws, I think we’ll be much better off with him.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: Will Israel save western civilization?
[Update a few minutes later]
Did Israel just get permission to retaliate against Iran from a (not so) surprising source?
[October 25th update]
Since it’s become an issue in comments, I think that this X post is relevant.
I worked in the White House with John Kelly, and I don’t believe a word he says. He was a terrible chief of staff who dishonestly kept information from the President to pursue his own agenda, an unelected former military official substituting his judgment for the duly elected… https://t.co/x1kk27vie6
— Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) October 25, 2024
[Bumped]
[Afternoon update]
How to solve the problem with the military:
I’ve had a number of people ask me what I think happened that caused our senior military leadership to go from being the most respected institution in America to being a bunch of banana republic narcissistic self-serving politicos.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 24, 2024
There are so many ways to answer that, but I…