Category Archives: Political Commentary

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

Iran

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One of the things that gave us Trump was the fecklessness of multiple administrations on the Mullahs, who have been waging war on us for four decades. The Bush administration did nothing as they were killing our troops in Iraq, In the case of Obama (and John Kerry), it went beyond fecklessness, arguably, to treason (though there is no formal declaration of war).

Roger Simon says that the attack on the Saudi oil fields was this era’s Pearl Harbor, and it’s time to drop the hammer on them.

[Update a few minutes later]

Meet the Quds 1.

Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

The Latest Outrage From The Democrats

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No, with them, it is never over. But if they want more Trump, this is how they’re going to get more Trump.

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More thoughts on Trump “fatigue” from VDH.

Trump’s low approval ratings don’t mean what the media hopes they mean. I continue to not approve of Trump, but if you think that’s going to make me vote for any Democrat, you’re out of your mind,

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The New York Times is now admitting that its latest hit job on Kavanaugh was #FakeNews.

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Jonathan Chait is afraid that his party’s candidates are either too left, or too old. He should be.

[Afternoon update]

Are the Democrats committing electoral suicide?

I sure hope so.

Business, Culinary, Health, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Social Commentary, Technology and Society

Those Plant-Based Burgers

They aren’t better for you, so why are you eating them?

They’re not only not better for you, but almost certainly worse, nutritionally. I don’t want “plant based” food. I want affordable lab-grown meat that is indistinguishable, in both nutrition and taste, from the real thing. And I’d want it in space, too.

[Update a few minutes later]

I just got around to reading it myself. It’s not about the calories or the salt, or even the saturated fat. If you don’t eat meat, you’re not getting (among other things) choline, which is essential for everyone, but particularly for growing kids.