…are America’s greatest vulnerability.
Yup. And it’s not by accident.
Fry’s
RIP.
I’ve seen this coming for a couple years, with the empty shelves, and going to a consignment business model. I don’t think it would have survived anyway, but the pandemic was the last nail in the coffin. It’s the end of an era.
[Thursday-afternoon update]
Bryan Preston remembers Fry’s. Our Fry’s was Tahitian themed. It was probably also the smallest store in the chain, perhaps because of real-estate prices in Manhattan Beach. It never carried appliances. If I wanted to have more selection, I had to drive to the ones in Commerce, Canoga Park, or Fountain Valley.
[Bumped]
Steak
This would be a great technology for the planet, and off planet. I wonder what it will cost per pound when they scale up production?
Long March 9
Another rocket that, like the SLS, will be obsolete before it first flies.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, first link is fixed.
Starlink
How it’s about to disrupt the telecommunications sector.
Massively, I suspect.
The Real Civil War
…is economic. It’s a battle between products of the mind, and tangible objects.
The Texas Blackout
Why it has the greens running scared.
SLS
If you think I’m rough on it, let Casey Handmer tell you what he really thinks.
[Update a while later]
I just read the whole thing, and it’s (justifiably) brutal, particularly toward Boeing.
The Democrats And Censorship
They love it.
[Afternoon update]
Matt Taibbi: Censoring Fox News is the dumbest idea ever.
Matt seems to be one of the few liberals left on the left.
AEI And Space
I’ve tried to interest AEI in doing more on space policy, and it looks like they’re trying. I know it’s short notice, but this event starts in a little over an hour.