This was a perfect storm.
My TL is full of LA fires. This was almost inevitable, given the huge fuel buildup over the past two years from all of the excess rain, the complete lack of rain since spring, and then these hurricane-like Santa Anas. It will sadly get worse before it gets better. This may be the…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) January 8, 2025
The judge hasn’t yet ruled on my case, but this seems propitious.
Yes, they should be exposed and, if possible, prosecuted.
[Afternoon update]
Conspiracies too awful to imagine.
Reviews of the biopic of Bob Dylan by John Podhoretz and Michael Moynihan.
I was a fan of folk music, but not of the folk musicians’ politics. Seeger regretted his strident Stalinism (to the degree he actually did) far too late.
Make the media pay.
[Update a while later]
What will you miss the least about Joe Biden?
I can’t wait another two and a half weeks, when I can start not missing anything about him.
[Update a couple minutes later]
“I can’t wait for all that Biden ‘decency and dignity’ to go away.”
Do not allow the usual suspects to do the standard Jihadi circle jerk.
I think there will be a new sheriff in town for this BS when Patel takes over the FBI.
Thoughts from Robin Hanson.
…are starting to realize their entire industry is worthless.
There are certainly some things of value, but they may be offset by all of the negative value.
RIP. I’d have a lot to say, but for now, de mortuis nil nisi bonum.
[Update while later]
I’m watching the Packers/Vikings game (rooting for Green Bay to get the division championship for the Lions), but Ed Driscoll has a lot of links.
[Monday-morning update]
The under- and over-appreciated Jimmy Carter.
And there is no love lost from Sarah Hoyt.
[Update a while later]
He was a terrible president, and a worse former president.