I have never envied cops. But it would sure help them if there were fewer laws to enforce.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Orwell Smiles
Politicizing the dictionary to please the left.
[Late-morning update]
“Have you ever asked yourself if there’s something you can say today that you will not say next week?”
An appropriately brutal fisking, from Lileks.
The Incoherence Of Public Health
You know you’re in trouble when the Guardian notices.
[Update a while later]
Politicizing science: Bob Zimmerman is not impressed.
[Update a while more later]
Elon To SpaceX Employees
“Starship is the top priority.“
I think he feels pretty confident now that his situation with NASA is secure. And it probably is. They really have no choice going forward, at least until Boeing is flying, and even then they will want to have two systems, because they know that the notion of using Orion for ISS support is farcical.
[Update Monday morning]
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
More thoughts and SpaceX news from Bob Zimmerman.
Yes, NASA’s willingness to accept used rockets and capsules is a huge sea change.
[Bumped]
Tribalism
What A Concept
San Francisco may stop hiring cops with a record of misconduct.
The Power Of “No”
Kurt Schlichter says it’s time to unleash it on the leftist ninnies.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Thinking like children, and expecting applause.
Antifa
…the real history of it.
And no, the troops that invaded Normandy were not “Antifa.”
Affirmative Action
Universities
Almost half of them may be gone within a decade.
Good riddance. This was a bubble waiting to be popped, and the pandemic was the pin.