An open letter from Dennis Prager to him, on freedom of speech.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Our Moral Betters In The NBA
But I’m dubious about this: “The thing is, LeBron, we’ve come to expect more of you. You’re obviously an intelligent person, a compassionate person and a socially conscious person. At this point in your life and career, it’s part of your brand.”
I don’t have much experience with Mr. James, hating the sport that he plays as I do, but it is not at all obvious to me that he’s an intelligent person. I don’t think he’s getting the big bucks for his brain.
[Update a while later]
[Mid-morning update]
[Afternoon update]
Yes, Mr. James, all you had to say was that “America is a free country.” But you’re a dumb ass.
[Update a while later]
Treacher: Why should I care what he thinks about China, or anything?
Saying “Triggered”
No, New York Times, it will not turn your kid into a Nazi.
Beta O’Dourke’s Pluralism Failure
Let’s hope that the Democrats suffer at the polls over this. It’s totalitarianism, straight up.
Elizabeth Warren’s Pregnancy Story
#ProTip to those bereft of logic. It is possible, and not logically inconsistent, to believe both that some women get fired for being pregnant, and that Warren is making it up in her particular case.
California’s Planned Blackouts
Jim Meigs explains.
I just read that they’re cutting power to the Berkeley campus, which could be a disaster for researchers who need to keep things in the fridge, if they don’t have backup generators.
And you know what isn’t the problem? Climate change. Or at least not anthropogenic climate change. Drought is the natural state of affairs for the place. The 20th century was unusually wet, and a lot of policy decisions were made on the assumption that this was a normal state of affairs.
We’re on So Cal Edison, not PG&E, but we’ve heard that SCE might be planning the same thing. Unclear if we’ll be affected if they do.
[Update Saturday morning]
Californians learn that solar panels don’t work during power blackouts. More policy idiocy, and they’re compounding it by requiring every new home to have them. I can’t believe the state I’ve lived in for four decades, with such an innovative history, has become so effing stupid.
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San Francisco
I’m planning to go to the Foresight Vision Weekend next month, but I am not looking forward to going into the city.
[Monday-morning update]
An interview with Heather McDonald. San Francisco’s government is insane.
The New G-File
Jonah is back, with thoughts on lots of things, but most bitingly on fascist Beta O’Dourke.
More Basketball Idiocy
For the first time in my life, I regret that I’m not a fan of the sport, so that I could boycott these vile leftist morons.
Young Socialists And Communists
Thoughts on their ignorant brutality.