ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS? Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) grill lawyer nominated by Trump to sit on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Archive for 2018
December 23, 2018
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NICK GILLESPIE: The World Is Not Ending Because of Donald Trump. In Fact, It’s Not Even Ending.
Trump is doing pretty much exactly what he promised he would do: Shrink our military footprint around the world, insist on a border wall, act impulsively and childlishly. Critics are right to chastise Trump for not following any sort of coherent process in arriving at or announcing his Syria decision, but it’s still the right decision. It’s always ugly and disturbing when the United States pulls out of occupied countries (remember Saigon?), but are we supposed to stay in Syria and Afghanistan forever?
In this case, Trump isn’t the problem. The problem is American foreign policy, which has been a virtually unmitigated disaster for the entire 21st century (and really, can we talk about Yemen at some point?).
The assumption that our prior Syria policy — or our prior foreign policy in general — was some sort of well-oiled high-performance machine that Trump is screwing up is hilarious. Who can look at the last two decades and think that?
Besides, you know, people who are paid to.
FROM SARAH A. HOYT, THE SUPER STUPENDOUS HOLIDAY SALE MARCHES ON: Trade Winds on sale for 99c till tomorrow.
This is a collection of my most recent short stories, even though the title one was written close to 20 years ago, during a brief period of obsession with Phoenicia. (Look, you have your vices and time wasters. I have mine.) -SAH
A collection of science fiction short stories by Sarah A. Hoyt.
Are there truly aliens among us? What do they really want? And what if our creations could come back in lethal form? Could we resist them? If there were a time police, would we know it? And really, why do people expect enlightenment from the stars? What if aliens needed us for their moral compass? You think our illegal immigration is bad? Wait till its coming from the stars? And what happens when the coin falls on edge? Can you reproduce it? Those not particularly moral aliens might set fiendish traps. And you can never go back again. Also, why would you want to? The future will invent completely new ways of making people miserable. Also how well would a generation ship get us to the stars without humans getting in their own way? If you read the world of Darkship Thieves, there’s a story ten years after the revolution in Olympus. It bridges the gap to the second wave of novels of the Earth Revolution which will be written, eventually. And what if the Carthaginians had sowed salt on the ruins of Rome? How long is memory?
BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS IS CIVILIZATION: The Longest Night, the Shortest Day.
NEVER SURRENDER. NEVER EVER EVER EVER SURRENDER: The Long March of Socialism – Do Not Keep Faith.
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE MATTIS MATTER: Was the Syria withdrawal a brilliant move by President Trump?
WELL, I FOR ONE AM ALWAYS EMOTIONALLY SUPPORTED BY A GOOD STEAK. MAKE MINE RARE: About that emotional support longhorn . . .
NOT ALL IS AS IT APPEARS: Mattis Was Always on Borrowed Time.
From the article:
The idea that the resignation of General Mattis as secretary of defense is a startling development that comes out of the blue strikes us as wishful thinking on the part of critics of President Trump. The general may have been irked by Mr. Trump’s plan to pull our GIs out of Syria. The record suggests, though, Mr. Mattis’ tenure as defense secretary has long been on borrowed time.
For in respect of policy, General Mattis has always struck us as crosswise with the president. This was foreshadowed before the 2016 election, when the general, at the time the former commander of CentCom, was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer at an Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. That’s the appearance where the Jar Head blamed our troubles in the Middle East on Israel.
MORE LIBERAL PRIVILEGE: An election hacked — by Democrats. Laws are for the little people.
THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE! Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Wall Supporters While Sanctuary Laws Kill.
LIBERAL PRIVILEGE: Hogg Goes to Harvard. Gee, I Wonder Why?
December 22, 2018
TUCKER CARLSON FOR PRESIDENT? “Why is nobody floating the idea of running this guy?”
THEY SEEM TO BE OBJECTIFYING HIM. I’M TRIGGERED!
SO HOW LONG BEFORE THESE SHOW UP IN DC?
UPDATE: From the comments: “I’ve been told by all the best people that America should become more like France and Europe, so why start objecting now?”
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Elite Women’s College Suddenly Decides (checking notes) Venus Symbol ‘Offensive, Painful.’
S.G. CHEAH: I Am an Immigrant and this is Why America is Great. If all immigrants were like her, Democrats would be building a wall a mile high, and fronting it with Claymore mines.
A HEROINE OF THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE HAS DIED: May she rest in peace.
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“HYPOCRITES ON THE LEFT — BUT I REPEAT MYSELF:”
