Awesome.
All posts by Rand Simberg
A Reason To Vote For Trump
A quarter of federal workers would quit if he’s elected. I don’t think that’s the threat that they think it is.
The Global Oil Surplus
But, but…PEAK OIL!
I predict that the wealth generated by cheap fossil energy will vastly exceed the costs of mitigating changes in climate, regardless of their cause.
Elon To Mars
What we know about the plans, and what we don’t.
Presumably, we’ll know more tomorrow.
The FBI Clinton Files
Twenty-seven things we learned from them.
Most of which are indictable felonies. Including that Obama lied when he said he didn’t know that she had a private server. The question is, does the same pseudonym show up in emails to and from Lois Lerner? If so, it’s stronger evidence than they had to impeach Nixon.
[Update a while later]
Turning the FBI into the White House’s political pawn may be the worst thing about Obama’s legacy.
I’m old enough to remember when the White House was the FBI’s political pawn.
It’s Not Just Big Sugar
A lot of other food producers profited from the demonization of fat. This is the biggest health disaster in history, I think.
[Update a while later]
There is no reason to even consider eating reduced-fat cheese. Same with all dairy, including milk. Low-fat milk is a nutritional abomination.
It’s almost impossible to find whole-milk mozarella, at least shredded. Fage won’t produce a whole-milk Greek yogurt; best you can do is two percent. And Costco only sells fat-free. Fortunately, Trader Joe’s has started selling its own brand, in whole-milk, at a lower price, so that’s our new yogurt.
Hitting Back Twice As Hard
A climate skeptic has filed a civil RICO lawsuit against a bunch of Leftist NGOs. Discovery will be very interesting, if it’s not dismissed.
SpaceX Update
This is an interesting announcement, in the context of Elon’s Mars speech next week in Guadalajara:
At this stage of the investigation, preliminary review of the data and debris suggests that a large breach in the cryogenic helium system of the second stage liquid oxygen tank took place. All plausible causes are being tracked in an extensive fault tree and carefully investigated. Through the fault tree and data review process, we have exonerated any connection with last year’s CRS-7 mishap.
Makes sense, but still doesn’t sound like they’ve gotten to the root cause.
America’s Next President
America already hates him or her, and we haven’t even had the election yet.
Well, they should. They’re both terrible.
A system that produces nominees like this is dysfunctional. But will anybody do anything?
It seems like it just gets worse every cycle.
The IRS Commissioner
He shouldn’t be impeached; he belongs in prison. Just as Hillary does.