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Category Archives: Political Commentary
Twenty Years On
I wrote a long-form post at X.
It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024
Epistemic Authority
Thoughts on who to believe.
SLS
…is still a national disgrace.
Tim Walz
Harris’s selection of him is a monument to her terrible judgment.
Also, Walz loses his bubble wrap.
[Update a while later]
On Walz’s love affair with communist China.
Iran’s Nuclear Program
Israel must destroy it, with or without U.S. help.
Ships
Why can’t the US build them?
This is a serious problem. But at least we’re the best at building space ships.
The Censors
How to fight back against them, and rescue the Republic.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems related.
NC resident has a message: the government is not coming to save you, it’s up to all of us to help save each other.
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) October 1, 2024
I find this to be devastating because the amount of money our government God knows where for God knows what reason is obscene. But when it comes down to helping… pic.twitter.com/aNsJ5nzYgG
All the institutions have been corrupted.
Appalachia
A ballad of the unseen.
This reminds me of the media response to the Nashville flooding over a decade ago (was it really that long ago?).
[Update a while later]
Kamala Harris doesn’t care about white people.
The Debate Stakes For Vance
Thoughts from Jim Geraghty.
[Update a few minutes later]
That would explain it. Kamala was sleep deprived when she picked Walz. Being a leftist dumb ass is one thing, but being a sleep-deprived leftist dumb ass is another.
[Update a few more minutes later]
The debate hasn’t happened, but Vance has already won.
[Update a while later]
Kamala: Walz was a mistake.
Yes, I agree that she misspelled “hung over” when she said “sleep deprived.”
[Update a few minutes later]
Walz is right to be nervous about the debate.