Reflections on the past quarter century.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Boutique Bolshevism
On the lunacy of the DSA and the loons who support it, including apparently the “big tent” Democrats.
[Afternoon update]
Yes, McCarthy was right:
Elon Musk a écrit ce matin une phrase que l’école vous a appris à trouver obscène : « McCarthy was right (obviously). » On vous a enseigné à haïr ce nom comme on apprend une table de multiplication, sans jamais vous dire ce qu’il avait vu, et c’est précisément pour ça que la… https://t.co/en8zp64n3g pic.twitter.com/9KCcChoGsC
— Brivael Le Pogam (@brivael) August 31, 2026
Not clear how to post it in English, but there will probably be an option to translate from the French at the link.
Data Centers: Pro Or Con?
A completely rational, unbiased explanation.
We asked AI to give us the unbiased facts about AI data centers: pic.twitter.com/BCp8pesK0q
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 25, 2026
Creatine
It works, with caveats.
It probably makes sense for me at my age, but I do need to work out more. I’m doing it every morning, with beet root for my BP.
The British Caliphate
This was, and remains, one of the most phenomenal and sensationally brilliant animated videos ever produced to highlight the abuse and cruelty towards women in Sharia law.
— Mor Edge Insight (@MorEdge_Insight) August 28, 2026
Whoever has not yet watched it, I absolutely recommend you do.
Massive praise and credit to… pic.twitter.com/PsF2sJuJXr
Another Civil-Rights Victory
“Waiting periods” have been ruled unconstitutional. They’ve always obviously seemed that way to me. Heller continues to reap dividends.
Brightline
The slow-motion trainwreck that anyone paying attention saw coming.
We rode it last year from Miami to Orlando. It was fine, but hardly high speed. Driving through Vegas yesterday on our way back home from Park City, we saw no signs of construction of the planned HSR from there to Victorville, let alone Rancho Cucamunga. They clearly don’t have the money.
And yes, this:
High-speed rail is catnip to politicians. Except it doesn’t work in America. Not only do we drive, but we take airplanes. As I said in March, much better to build more lanes on an expressway.
I’ve been saying for years that widening I-5 between the Grapevine and i-680 (as Pat Brown always intended) would be a vastly better investment for ground transportation between LA and SF than rail. The two new lanes could be charging lanes for fast electric FSD cars.
[Update a few minutes later]
California’s HSR boondoggle meets another justifiable roadblock.
Therapy
Is it making us and our culture sick?
Data Centers
Thoughts from Jeffrey Carter.
This resistance to building them down here is probably going to help industrialize space.
What Rubber Hits The Road
When the state determines it.
Tire dealers in Nevada and Arizona are clicking their champagne glasses. I’ll bet that there will also be a lot of Amazon deliveries.
California doesn't do these things for "efficiency", and the cost increase isn't an unfortunate side effect…it's the whole point. CA leaders deliberately make driving financially painful with the goal of forcing you onto public transport. They brag about it in legislation. https://t.co/PUjhkJwt2N
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 19, 2026