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Category Archives: Social Commentary
Bullying
Some thoughts from Lileks:
Oh grow up. Please. Any form of disputation is now “Bullying,” as if the act of being less than supportive is a passive version of pushing someone down in the mud in the playground. The spread of the term beyond school infantilizes everyone and dilutes the term. Criticism is bullying; failure to agree with someone else’s precepts is “hate.” The internet did not invent this; it just allowed people with mushy noggins to retreat into supportive spaces where everyone outside the wall was a meany.
And there are a lot of mushy noggins out there.
Another Second-Amendment Victory
The 9th Circuit seems to be taking Heller seriously. We really do have the gun grabbers on the run, constitutionally.
New Pressure To Accelerate Commercial Crew?
Someone needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that “as soon as possible” could be within a year, if they accelerate the docking system, and they could fly someone in ten days, if someone decided it was important.
Space Tourism
Eileen Collins explains why it will be successful.
A New Generation Of Republicans
Schoolkids apparently hate Michelle Obama’s lunch menu, and they know whom to blame it on.
Public Schools Are Child Abuse
“These people shouldn’t be allowed around children. In fact, they shouldn’t be permitted to breed.”
Gun Rights Group To Connecticut
Elysium
A brief review of the stupid movie by Lileks:
I made two attempts this weekend to watch “Elysium,” but was hampered by the fact that it was stupid.
There’s actually a little more, but that’s the bottom line.
The Fall Of The Software Commons
…is a myth. Eric Raymond on the history of open source, and the ahistorical knowledge of young programmers.