A major blow for free speech in academia in Australia. And yes, there should be consequences for people who do this sort of thing.
The Media, Fusion GPS, And The FBI
There remain a lot of unanswered questions.
Let’s hope Horowitz, Barr, and maybe Huber get to the bottom of them in the next couple months.
Kim Kardashian Is Right
You shouldn’t have to attend law school to practice law. I hadn’t realized that you could pass the bar without a J.D. in California. That seems far too sensible for this state.
[Update a few minutes later]
Reading through the piece, it becomes hugely clear what a monstrous scam the bar associations are.
[Update a few more minutes later]
Why are the bar pass rates sunk to record lows? Gail Heriot (from whom I got this link) may have an answer, and it’s all part of the general “progressive” scam.
More Lab-Grown Meat
It looks like these people are trying harder to match the nutritional value of meat. I don’t understand what she means about chicken tasting “gamey,” though. Game tastes gamey, but not chicken.
Pursue Those Indictments
Yes, what happened here does dwarf Watergate in its corruption and criminality. And yes, it should be, but sadly is not amazing that the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) continue to attempt to deny that the previous administration spied on the political campaign of its political opponent.
[Update Tuesday morning]
No, Joe Scarborough (who has descended deep into idiocy since he teamed up with Mika), the FBI investigation was not “done by the book”:
Presumably some of the spying on the Trump campaign was done “by the book,” but that doesn’t include using false information as pretext to spy on Americans, attempting to extort elected officials through bogus investigations, refusing to charge ideological allies who committed crimes, lying to Congress, refusing to respond to congressional document requests, using intelligence and law enforcement as “insurance policies” against political enemies, widespread unmasking of political opponents and dissemination of their information, using foreign spies to produce evidence not permissible in court, circular introduction of “evidence” to government agents that is reintroduced through media leaks, and various other actions taken by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Scarborough would have you believe that these actions are completely typical and normal, that informants are placed against campaigns all the time. If that’s true, who else are they doing it against? Can Donald Trump’s officials open investigations against the many Democratic candidates without notifying Congress, using bogus opposition research to secure wiretaps? To quote an MSNBC morning host, “Is he that stupid?”
Why, yes. Yes he is.
[Update later Tuesday morning]
Behind the shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign.
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FAA Space Licensing
The new NPRM has been released. People have until mid-June to comment.
The New Moon Plan
How much will it cost? A conversation with Jim Bridenstine.
Trump And Morton Klein
These days, supporting Trump and Netenyahu makes you a pariah among American leftist (not “liberal”) Jews.
Falcon Heavy News Coverage
Bob Zimmerman isn’t impressed.
I’d note that Jackie Wattles is one of CNN’s space reporters (the other is Rachel Crane, who I met at last year’s launch, and who just received a space journalism award in February from the Commercial Space Federation, a few weeks after giving birth).
Speaking of FH coverage, here’s Eric Berger’s take.
[Monday-morning update]
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Notre Dame
We were just there a couple years ago. These pictures are devastating. How could it happen? Was it arson?
[Mid-afternoon update]
Good news: They’re reporting now that the structure has been saved, including the north belfry, but that much of the roof will have to be rebuilt. Not to mention, of course, the spire.