…started a quarter of a millennium ago.
Worth contemplating in the current context of increasing calls for violence from leftists to “save our democracy.”
Category Archives: Social Commentary
The Senior Ranks Of The Military
Time for a major purge.
The Proposed “Science Budget Cuts” At NASA
Bob Zimmerman says that there are things deserving of cutting.
I certainly agree about Mars Sample Return, and said that on X this morning. I think we need a dramatic change in how these funds are allocated and prioritized, and the current decadal needs to be completely redone.
But I also don’t pay much attention to what OMB says at this point in the process.
I would add that it’s inappropriate for OMB to propose a NASA budget ahead of the confirmation of a NASA administrator who has been named for months. I wouldn’t put up with it if I were president. I personally consider OMB’s NASA budget proposal DOA, and I hope that Trump does as…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 14, 2025
Britain Is Lurching Toward A Civil War
…and no one knows how to stop it.
I wouldn’t say that no one knows so much as no one with political power knows, or necessarily wants to.
Jurassic Park, Here We Come
SOUND ON. You’re hearing the first howl of a dire wolf in over 10,000 years. Meet Romulus and Remus—the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on October 1, 2024.
— Colossal Biosciences® (@colossal) April 7, 2025
The dire wolf has been extinct for over 10,000 years. These two wolves were brought back from extinction using… pic.twitter.com/wY4rdOVFRH
I suspect they went extinct because the Siberian-Americans wiped out their food supply. It seems to me that the next de-extinctions should be woolly mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, and ancient bison, to give them worthy prey. There’s apparently no record of them being north of 42 degrees, but that’s probably because it was covered in ice at their time.
America’s Leftist Librarians
…are starting to learn they are in the FO phase of FA.
The Average College Student Today
This is tragic. Our educational system is the biggest problem the Republic faces.
“The Signal I Was Waiting For”
I haven’t had much to say about this kerfuffle, but CDR Salamander has a pretty good take, IMO.
Gen Z
…is the most conservative generation because they were victims of the left’s failures.
About The “Rescue” Of The “Stranded” Astronauts
I finally got fed up:
OK, so I’m getting really, really tired of listening to the abject ignorance and obtuseness from @JesseBWatters and @greggutfeld, at @TheFive who are normally smart people, about astronauts, the ISS, and NASA. No, Elon didn’t “rescue” them yesterday. If he “rescued” them at all,…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) March 20, 2025
[Saturday-morning update]
Jim Meigs has a similar take to mine.
[Bumped]