Category Archives: History

Business, Economics, Education, General Science, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Social Commentary, Technology and Society

Joe Biden’s Climate Idiocy

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Mike Shellenberger fact checks it.

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Technology and Society, War Commentary

Nashville

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Gee, who might be motivated to set off a bomb on Christmas morning?

[Update a while later]

Police swept apartment buildings before the explosion, perhaps saving many lives. I wonder if there was a tip?

[Update a couple minutes later]

Steven Kruiser is collecting links.

[Late-afternoon update]

Thoughts from Glenn Reynolds.

Yes, it does look like a rehearsal for an infrastructure attack. Or was it AT&T that was the target?

[Saturday-morning update]

A speculative Twitter thread.

Business, Health, History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The “Relief” Bill

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Why yes, our government is totally broken. Why do you ask?

We need a constitutional amendment to fix this sort of thing, but while you could probably get enough states on board, you’d never get two thirds of Congress to do it. It was a rare moment of agreement between AOC and Ted Cruz. I hope that Trump vetoes this abomination, and tells them to try again.

[Update Wednesday morning]

The “stimulus” bill stimulates Congress’s lust for power.

[Update a while later]

This bill is another demonstration that Congress is unfit to govern.