I was never a big fan, but he clearly was a seminal figure in rock and roll. RIP, after a long life.
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Reflections from Dan McLaughlin.
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All posts by Rand Simberg
Tesla
Elon has had enough of California, at least when it comes to making cars, if not rockets.
Justice
The Justice Department has dropped the case against Michael Flynn.
The next question is whether anyone will be punished for this. Only Durham’s team (and probably Barr) know the answer to that. Also, kudos to the tenacity of Sidney Powell.
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More from the AP. Note the anti-Trump spin.
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Here’s how the hacks at AP describe Sidney Powell: “a conservative commentator and outspoken critic of Mueller’s investigation .”
They apparently didn’t think that it was worth noting that she was a former assistant U.S. Attorney at the Department of Justice, back in the days when it lived up to its name somewhat better.
[Saturday-morning update]
John Solomon: The dirty dozen revelations that sunk Mueller’s case against Flynn.
[Bumped]
[Update a while later]
Jim Jordan has a very pithy op-ed.
The Week In Pictures
The Flynn edition. I like all the #MeToo ones.
We Need Data On The Virus
Starship’s Static Fire
It appears to have been a success. Now on to another one, or a hop.
Richard Grenell
And our times have very few, at least among our “elites.”
Sure, The Velociraptors Are Still On The Loose
…but that’s no reason to not reopen Jurassic Park.
Obama Was In On it
There is nothing surprising about this to people who have been following it, but it’s certainly confirming a lot of what has been suspected.
Hypertension
It’s pretty clear that those most at risk are those with other underlying conditions (most notably, I think, obesity and diabetes, which themselves often go hand in hand).
High blood pressure is one of them, but has anyone seen any numbers that indicate that it can be in and of itself? I’d bet that the rate of bad outcomes for someone (like me) who only has hypertension is pretty low. The reason that it is listed as one of the underlying conditions is that large number of people with other condition also have it. That is, other than my slightly superannuated condition and that, I don’t think I’m at high risk.