It’s not really a review, per se, but the book is featured at Ricochet today.
A Chinese-Russian Alliance?
Sanctions may make it happen:
…we may undo the work of the Cold War era and stand godfather to a new Sino-Russian alliance. This without doubt would be the stupidest move in the history of American foreign policy. Russia’s economy is weak, but Russia has considerable latent resources in military technology. Russia has a limitless market for natural resources in China and a prospective partner in military technology. If we continue to dismantle our defense capacity while Russia and China nourish theirs, we will be in deep trouble.
The best response to Putin’s challenge would be a massive increase in defense R&D, with a view to neutralizing Russia’s perceived areas of strength in missile and air defense technology (remember how SDI cowed Gorbachev in the 1980s?). That would command China’s respect and reduce Russia’s attractiveness as a prospective partner. The Crimea was, is, and will be Russian, and it’s pointless to cry over milk that was spilled in 1783. We need to think several moves ahead on the chessboard. Otherwise, Chancellor Merkel is quite right: sanctions are pointless.
That would include innovations in Milspace, something that apparently only DARPA is capable of.
Rocketman
It’s the end of a Bleat era. Lileks reviews the concluding episode.
[Update a couple minutes later]
In which he has a brief conversation with a building that’s going to be demolished.
Free Speech
I hope this ad helps take down Al Franken.
If I were a Minnesota resident, I’d be mortified that this gormless clown was my senator.
If A Politician’s For Gun Control
“…it doesn’t prove he’s a crook. But that’s the way to bet.”
[Update a couple minutes later]
Democrats are a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.
This would be pretty big news if it were Republicans. And as usual, in most of the stories, you have to play “Guess That Party!”
[Update a few minutes later]
Gee, the mayor of Charlotte was arrested for corruption? What party could he possibly be? You’d never be able to figure it out from the story, though you can guess. Because he’s a crook.
[Update late morning]
Time to break out the RICO statute and break up the Democrats.
If Ken Starr hadn’t been such a blithering incompetent, he’d have used RICO against the Clinton machine in the nineties.
If Starr hadn't been so incompetent, he'd have used RICO against the Clinton machine in the nineties: http://t.co/4pIcprsPHh
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 27, 2014
An experienced federal prosecutor would've realized immediately that he was dealing with an organized crime situation, and used RICO.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 27, 2014
BTW, for those who want ammo against Hillary, the Ray Report did NOT exonerate her. There's plenty of material there, for anyone who wants.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 27, 2014
The Ray Report didn't say no evidence. It said it was insufficient to be confident of a conviction. Particularly after Susan McDougal mess.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 27, 2014
"Insufficient evidence to be confident of a conviction" isn't exactly a clean legal bill of health. #HillaryDirt
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 27, 2014
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Was Yee a full-blown gun runner for the Russians and Islamist terrorist groups? Looks like it.
The Koch Brothers
Pejman, like me, laments the fact that he’s not on their payroll. While pointing out the rampant insanity of Paul Krugman (and the Dems in general on the subject).
The Prodigal Son
An amusing retelling, by Lileks.
The Culture War
It’s a clash of two faiths. And it’s one that the Left will do anything to win. They’re really just the modern-day descendants of the Puritans.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why it’s so hard to get “progressives” to live by their own rules.
To them, rules are for the little people.
The Physics Of Roller Coasters
This article appears to have the physics right, but the spelling isn’t so great. No, the car doesn’t “loose” speed.
Norman Borlaug
He probably saved more lives than anyone in history. And he understood how anti-human and anti-poor modern environmentalism is.