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Business, Economics, Education, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

The DSA’s Achilles Heel

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How to destroy them, and humiliate El-Sayed.

And then, sadly, there’s this:

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have been on an impressive winning streak. From New York City to Los Angeles, it’s the biggest story in politics since you-know-who descended from a golden escalator in 2015. But every now and then, the DSA hits a roadblock.

And when they do, have you noticed that it’s almost NEVER because of economic pushback?

As a lover of free markets and capitalism, I wish it wasn’t so. I wish defending free markets was a winning issue for the GOP — and a galvanizing message for the electorate.

I wish the American people were economically literate.

But they’re not. (And they won’t be ‘til we invest in an educational campaign.) Unfortunately, calling a socialist a socialist doesn’t move the needle anymore.

Yes, as I’ve often said, our disastrous Marxist educational system is the greatest threat to the Republic.

Business, Economics, Law, Media Criticism, Philosophy, Political Commentary, Social Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Throttling The Bureaucrats

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This may be the most visionary and sensible NASA administrator ever.

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Jared’s post was presumably in response to this:

Business, Space, Technology and Society

Long March 7A Failure

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I didn’t know that Chinese rockets even had FTS. Looks more like a Max-Q failure to me.

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Business, Education, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Social Commentary

The Highly Credentialed

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…are all Jason Ardays.

I wish they’d stop calling people supporting DSA “highly educated.” They’re not educated at all; they’re indoctrinated. Educated people, particularly those without college degrees, couldn’t possibly believe the kind of nonsense that they spout.

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The problem goes far beyond academic fraud; there are no standards at all.