…is what insurrection looks like.
[Update a few minutes later]
The left has limited time to end its violence.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Two Years On
Never forgive. Never forget.
— Emily Austin (@emilyraustin) October 7, 2025
10/7/23 💔 pic.twitter.com/EIiYVbmyvV
Confederate Theater
“In regards to the deployment of national guard soldiers, I hear people on the left say that they are anticipating a ‘Kent State’ moment.
Personally, I expect to see a ‘Ft. Sumter’ moment even sooner. As a prelude, I would expect to see a Harpers Ferry type incident occur within a deep blue state. And by Harpers Ferry, I refer to a prelude incident where a Federal facility is attacked inside of a blue state by a local zealot.”
That already happened, in 2020, with the federal building in Portland, but the Democrats told me that it was “mostly peaceful.”
[Late-morning update]
Welcome to reactionary, neo-confederate Portland.
Trump’s Second Term
…resets Washington’s playbook.
The SPLC was always an evil grift.
Secretary Hegseth
…delivers a speech that could have been given by Patton.
All the right people hate it.
[Thursday-morning update]
It was Liberation Day for America’s warriors.
[Bumped]
Professor Mann
There seems to be some confusion about his employment situation. Yes, he resigned from his administrative position at Penn, but he is still a professor there.
For now.
Pot, Meet Kettle
J. B. Pritzger says that it’s “dangerous” to call Democrats’ fascists.
Dangerous to whom? I can imagine that ultimately it could be dangerous to Democrats, but I have trouble thinking that a bad thing.
Dream Chaser
RIP?
I spent years tiling this ship. Drilling composites and making every detail perfect. Management was a disaster and even tried to convince us they were on par with SpaceX. Now that I work on starship comments like that sound even more childish than before. Rip chaser. Never to be. https://t.co/4Lk7ta8L8f
— ajaxthegreat (@AlexanderJ91756) September 26, 2025
“Is This A Hobby, Or A Business?”
That’s a question that I’ve been asking about Blue Origin for over two decades. I hope they’ve finally decided it’s the latter.
College Professors
…largely only teach the left-wing view of controversial issues:
“‘Personally, I thought we’d find some imbalance, some activist teaching,’ co-author Jon Shields, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, told The College Fix. ‘I just didn’t expect it to be the norm in the cases we studied. That was genuinely surprising to me.’
Sadly, it’s not surprising to me at all. It’s a large part of why the country is such a disaster.