Jeff Foust’s take. I’ll be talking about this on The Space Show on Sunday.
Post-Election Thoughts
In no particular order:
1) Despite his “approval rating,” this was an utter repudiation of the last eight years (and to a lesser degree, the previous eight years under Bush). Trump is Obama’s “legacy.”
2) I hope, and even expect, that Giuliani will be the next AG. He will take the handcuffs off the FBI, and finally get to the bottom of all of the Obama lawlessness as well as hers. In the spirit of reconciliation, Trump should offer her a pardon, on condition they shut down the foundation, and she exit our lives.
3) There will obviously be no post-election confirmation of Garland. Ginsburg and Breyer will probably be rethinking their retirement plans.
4) I assume that House Republicans have a repeal and replace plan to give to Trump in January.
5) Expect a flurry of executive orders undoing much of Obama’s lawlessness in the first week.
More anon.
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Will “liberals” finally discover the appeal of limited government?
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Predictably, embittered Democrats engage in racist outbursts. Well, this is nothing new; they have historically been the party of racism.
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What "uncertainty"? It's dead, Jim. https://t.co/1UwLXbRfln
— Apostle To Morons (@Rand_Simberg) November 9, 2016
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Would’t accepting a last-minute pardon from Obama be a tacit admission that someone did something wrong? That’s why Nixon didn’t necessarily want one.
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It occurs to me that now that the crime family has no favors to offer, the donations to the Clinton Crime Foundation will start to, or immediately dry up.
Unlike Hillary, @KellyannePolls is clearly a woman of high historic actual accomplishment.
— Apostle To Morons (@Rand_Simberg) November 9, 2016
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Yes, a large part of Trump’s appeal is a backlash against the fascism of political correctness.
Off The Air
For those wondering, I flew from LA to Dallas on Thursday, and drove down to Austin, to attend the New Worlds Conference. Patricia flew in to Austin on Saturday, and we’re spending a couple days in Texas Hill Country. I’m sitting in a little house we rented in Comfort, overlooking a creek and deer in a natural meadow across it. A couple of them came up to the window last night and looked in. Between funerals and family visits, and house renovation, it’s the first real vacation we’ve had in a while.
I should be back in the saddle (so to speak) on Wednesday, surveying the aftermath of the electoral disaster to come (regardless of the outcome).
Men And Women’s Brains
You’ll be as shocked as me to learn that they’re different.
The IRS
Yes, they are still targeting conservatives. And we can be sure it will continue in another Clinton administration. Obama continues to get away with what Nixon only dreamed of.
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Related: Did Wikileaks expose Hillary’s mole in the Department of Justice?
What Kind Of Math Do You Need For Physics?
It depends. Some good advice for aspiring physicists.
I was thinking about this yesterday, because I got into a Twitter discussion about vector analysis and energy methods.
The War On Sat Fat
More and more people are starting to spread the word on how scientifically insane it is, including a physician who is a former vegan. Not that I care about Bill Clinton’s health, but it’s nice to see that he’s gotten off that idiotic low-fat diet. It was probably killing him and he didn’t even know it.
The FBI Agents Who Stood Up For The Rule Of Law
You have to admit, it’s a pretty rare attribute in this administration.
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There are five separate FBI investigations into the Clinton corruption?
I’m sure there are more than five instances of it, but you’d think they could combine them somehow. And of course, that’s just the ones we know about. There could easily be more.
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The Marc Rich pardon returns. As noted, the timing is interesting, but it’s certainly a useful reminder of the long-time corruption of the Clintons (not to mention Eric Holder, who should never have been confirmed as Attorney General). We may finally be seeing the leaks and drips that I expected earlier if Comey refused to recommend prosecution. I think we’re seeing a civil war both within the FBI and between FBI and the Department of Injustice. And it remains unclear which side Comey is on, other than his own.
The B612 Foundation
Their annual report is out on progress toward private asteroid watching.
Occam’s Weiner
Thoughts on the mess from Mark Steyn, who will soon have his own show.
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“My guess is Weiner’s perversions were to some extent a cry for help. He wanted to be caught. At some point, he desperately wanted out of the Clinton nexus (who wouldn’t?).”
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Hillary didn’t see Carlos Danger coming:
Carlos Danger (Anthony Weiner) once held high political office. He talked smart trash. He sassed Republicans and snickered. The liberal media loved it. Can’t catch me, I’m Carlos Danger.
Carlos Danger is also a pervert who sends naked pictures of himself to underage females.
Thanks to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s criminal deceit and his wife’s (Huma Abedin) complicity, after Carlos left office in disgrace he still had access to classified national security information.
Let’s review key incidents in The Lowest Cesspool. The pervert digitally exposes himself to 15-year-old girl. How vile. The cops investigate. Good. But oh the irony. The perv’s exposure incidentally exposes the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate as a crook and serial liar. The pervert’s estranged wife may face perjury charges. The pervert is cooperating with the FBI because he’s a coward and a punk and he’ll cop a plea to save his arse.
Unlikely plot twists? Not all that surprising, given the crooked characters. No need for Greek gods to dispense justice. Crooked characters do crooked things. At some point they take a crooked step and fall. Even crooks who think they can design a centralized and cost-effective national healthcare program, the kind of megalomaniacal crook who thinks she can foresee every contingency, a crook who thinks she can control the narrative just because she has ABC and NBC and CNN and The New York Times in her pocket—even a crook with that kind of power eventually trips up.
He certainly chose an appropriate name for himself.
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The Democrats asked for this.
Yes. It’s what happens when you ignore all of the klaxons and flashing lights and nominate a corrupt incompetent serial felon.