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John Batchelor Show

April 24, 2019 Rand Simberg Leave a comment

I’m going to be on Hotel Mars this evening at 1830 EDT (1530 PDT).

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The Democrat Primary

April 24, 2019 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

…is an arms race in crazy.

Yup. The only one who has a chance of beating Trump is Biden, and he probably can’t get the nomination.

[Update a while later]

Things I'd like to "have a conversation" about.

1) Legalizing automatic weapons
2) Banning public-employee unions
3) Privatizing Social Security
4) Eliminating the Department of Education
5) Putting student loans in the free market
6) Reciprocal carry across state lines [more]
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 24, 2019

12) Nullifying the 17th Amendment
13) Eliminating the federal corporate income tax
14) Ending all federal subsidies for "renewable" energy and electric cars
15) Banning NASA from developing launch systems
16) Reversing Wickard v Filburn
17) Reversing Griggs v. Duke Power
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 24, 2019

[Update late morning]

With twenty-one entrants, here’s the state of the 2020 Democrat primary.

Avengers Endgame

April 24, 2019 Rand Simberg Leave a comment

Kyle Smith thinks that it’s the best of the series. The last one was almost overwhelming for me, but maybe we’ll check this one out.

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WordPress Issue

April 24, 2019 Rand Simberg 1 Comment

I have one valued commenter whose comments are almost always being held up for moderation, even though I always approve them. I can’t see any reason for it in my blacklist. Does anyone have any ideas what the issue could be?

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Getting Back To The Moon

April 24, 2019 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

Marcia Smith has a report on Scott Pace’s speech yesterday at the USRA meeting.

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Skipping Breakfast

April 23, 2019 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

I do it almost every day (in fact, I generally fast until evening), but this study says it will increase my chances of a cardiovascular event. I’m skeptical. I suspect that it’s another BS uncontrolled epidemiological study (particularly since, as usual, it’s based on self reporting).

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