It is not a blog.
Can’t say it better than Glenn:
Yes, saying “I made a blog” when you mean “I wrote a post” makes you sound like an idiot.
Some apparently don’t mind, though. They’re often the same people who seem congenitally incapable of comprehending the difference between a semi- and full automatic weapon.
Some thoughts on technological unemployment.
Time for Americans to repudiate it.
Long past time, I’d say.
“They are a civilization whose core has been destroyed.”
The politics of it.
As sins go, it’s pretty weak tea to me. And I think it’s actually good for your health, as long as you have a healthy attitude toward it. In fact, I think that it’s sinful and frankly stupid that people would deny sexual pleasure to those unable to find a willing partner. It certainly beats the hell out of rape.
A new trending Twitter hashtag.
Glenn Reynolds reviews a new book co-authored by mutual friends — America 3.0
Noire made hilarious. By Lileks, of course.
…set in an asteroid mine.
“OK, so maybe those gun nuts weren’t as crazy as I thought they were.”
Out: Gun control.
In. Government control.
[Update a while later]
Joe Scarborough is having second thoughts, too: “Gee, maybe background checks aren’t such a red-hot idea after all.”
I hope that this is the week that the American people finally wake up, after having stared into the abyss.