It was never a viable idea. There was never such a thing as a “Palestinian.” They were always just Arabs.
Category Archives: History
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
Twenty-Two Years On
Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
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A golden oldie from that time.
Onward To Mars
Recommendations for fixing NASA from Bob Zubrin (I haven’t read the whole thing yet).
Your Feel-Good Thread Of The Week
Heavy rhetorical focus on diversity at today’s DNC meetings — real record scratch as Trump admin unwinds DEI programs, w Rs confident that this stuff is an electoral loser. pic.twitter.com/1JUaancxc8
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025
They’ve learned nothing; they’ve forgotten nothing. Vance will get 400+ electoral votes.
And yes, got back from Orlando last night.
Trump’s Golden Age
How to make it a reality.
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Donald Trump is a great man of history.
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Advice to Pete Hegseth from Kurt Schichter.
Some unsolicited advice for @PeteHegseth from another combat arms field grade…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 25, 2025
Social media and conservative media is already full of examples of open resistance to your leadership. We’re seeing it from the Air Force in particular. See, e.g.: https://t.co/8r7IxuyoqU
They…
Pete is probably way ahead of him, which is why the Democrats and RINOs fought his nomination.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Understand what happened with Pete Hegseth's nomination and confirmation.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Pete was overwhelmingly supported by the veterans' community. We know he is a dirty boots warrior who has the gumption to straighten out the mess that is the DoD, and collectively we have been his…
How To Cut Federal Spending
Let’s get back to the Constitution.
Silicon Valley
How Democrats drove it into Trump’s arms. A long, but fascinating interview with Marc Andreesen.
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NEW PIECE from Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Pirate Wires: Trump will get America out of “manager mode”
— Pirate Wires (@PirateWires) January 22, 2025
• While SpaceX put more than 300 rockets into orbit for less than $10 billion, California has built 1,600 feet of elevated rail for $11 billion, and now projects its high… pic.twitter.com/4JdIuWBIsl
For now, I think, salvation.
[Mid-morning update]
Contra Matt Yglesias' newsletter, I really don't think it's all that hard to understand why the kids are shifting rightward, or what cultural + policy preferences this amounts to. When you've been fed an original sin gospel by nature of your status as a white male, you at a… pic.twitter.com/3rk6s5dvLG
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) January 23, 2025
The Final Corruption Of Joe Biden
Jonathan Turley on Joe’s ignominious exit.
A New Fascist Era
No, this is not the dawn of it.
We did dodge one, though.