May have saved no lives, and cost many.
It’s appearing more and more to me that that was the case. It was perhaps the biggest blunder in human history.
The FBI Investigation Into Trump/RUssia
Now looks even worse. One wouldn’t have thought that possible, but here we are.
Meanwhile, the slapfight between Rosenstein and McCabe has begun.
George Floyd
Herd Immunity
This is good news, if true. It could explain why it hasn’t been worse, and probably won’t get worse.
Amazon Warehouse Fire
When I saw the headline, I wondered where in LA it was. But the hed is wrong; Redlands is nowhere near LA. It’s east of San Bernardino.
It does look suspicious, though.
Shackleton
We watched a documentary about the expedition last night. I was struck for the first time by the parallels with Apollo 13: A near disaster from which they recovered only through ingenuity and endurance (the ship was aptly named).
I only mentioned him in the book in terms of the probably apocryphal ad in the Times of London. If I ever do a new edition, I’ll probably talk more about that, as I did with Magellan.
Peter Thiel
A long but interesting article on how he’s attempting to transform society in an actual useful direction.
Defunding The Police
Is it libertarian?
Why no, no it’s not. As he points out, there are a number of things we could do to solve the problem that are libertarian, but that isn’t one of them.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Replacing the police department with a “transformative new model.”
Good luck with that.
[Another update a couple minutes later]
Defunding the police would be a disaster for black people in particular.
Why yes, yes it would.
[Noon update]
Four questions for the Democrats, the media, and BLM.
Don’t expect them to have any good answers.
How Did We Stay Sane So Long
Thoughts from Wretchard the Cat.
The Protests
…expose lock downs and social distancing as a farce.
Perhaps the greatest mistake in human history.