…and a warning, from Blake Powers.
They’re not going to go down without a fight, and it could get ugly.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Donald Trump
The libertarian president?
He sure seems like the closest thing to it we could imagine.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Donald Trump: "If elected, I promise to dope Elon Musk up with amphetamines and trenbolone and send him rampaging through the federal budget office with a blessed chainsaw forged from the souls of martyred accountants."
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 6, 2025
Voters: "Yay! We want specifically this thing! At once!"… https://t.co/WJcfkVNa0O
[Update a couple more minutes later]
Trump has finally taught Republicans how to fight.
[Late-morning update]
I wish he’d tells us what he really thinks.
This is an extremely articulate, forceful, and honest explanation of how the Democratic Party failed the American people. A must watch to the very end where he explains USAID. https://t.co/s79HYmxcZ6
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 6, 2025
The American Brezhnev Era
…is over.
Good riddance.
The End Of “Palestine”
It was never a viable idea. There was never such a thing as a “Palestinian.” They were always just Arabs.
Airports
…have a strange effect on human behavior.
I change my watch to the time zone of the arrival airport when I get on the plane.
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
Smashing The Rice Bowls
How the elites will lash out against reform.
Another Starship Flight This Month?
Steven Clark says it could happen.
Twenty-Two Years On
Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
[Update a while later]
A golden oldie from that time.
Onward To Mars
Recommendations for fixing NASA from Bob Zubrin (I haven’t read the whole thing yet).