MACLUNKEY! Star Wars Movies Are BETTER On Disney+ (They Fix Lucas Changes).
Meh. Let me know when I can buy “despecialized” versions of the original 1977 Star Wars and 1980’s Empire Strikes Back on Blu-Ray.
Archive for 2019
November 22, 2019
COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: Voters See ‘Bigger Threat’ Of Violence From Trump Opponents.
THIS HAS APPLICATIONS IN CALIFORNIA: Gas Turbines Have Become by Far the Best Choice for Add-on Generating Power.
IT’S JUST THE PRICE OF RAPID INNOVATION: SpaceX has lost its first Starship prototype—is this a big deal?
FIGHT THE POWER: Venezuela students blocked in protest march to military base. “University students in Venezuela have staged a protest calling for an end to President Nicolás Maduro’s rule.”
BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Jennifer Rubin threatens to never vote for any R who does not impeach and remove Trump.
THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: U.S. health officials warn of eastern equine encephalitis outbreak.
Related: Miami-area health officials issue alert for dengue.
‘A FUTURISTIC BLEND OF UGLY AND USELESS:’ The new Tesla truck is ‘futuristic’ in the sense that it would have been the perfect prop for a cheesy 1970s Saturday morning TV series. Beyond that, this post censored by Tesla’s attorneys.
COLLUSION, STRAIGHT UP: Top 2020 Dems Want to Do Putin’s Bidding, Ban Fracking.
Think of it as a transfer of wealth from America’s middle class to Middle Eastern and Russian potentates.
ROGER SIMON: Biden Family Corruption Allegations Metastasize.
You’re gonna need a bigger blog.
GOOD: Airmen in Subzero Temps Discover F-35 Survival Kit Works Better Than Advertised. “A testing malfunction accidentally subjected airmen to -65 degrees Fahrenheit. Luckily, the survival kits worked regardless.” That said, -65 is cold, but not shockingly so if you’re over Canada or Alaska, or even in parts of the continental United States.
AGE DISCRIMINATION: ‘OK Boomer’ at work could get you fired.
SHE’D BE A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT, BUT I’M VERY MUCH ENJOYING HER CANDIDACY: Democratic establishment reaches boiling point with Tulsi Gabbard. “The Hawaii congresswoman’s presence on the debate stage is becoming a headache for the party as she uses the platform to appeal to isolationists, dissatisfied liberals and even conservatives. She has managed to secure a spot on the debate stage as more mainstream candidates like Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Gov. Steve Bullock (D-Mont.) failed to meet polling and donor thresholds to participate.”
Who?
WHY ARE PROGRESSIVE-RUN INDUSTRIES SUCH CESSPITS OF RACISM? Black Facebook Employees Say The Tech Giant ‘Empowers Racism Against Its Employees of Color.’
FIGHT THE POWER: Sullivan Co. commissioners declare the county a Second Amendment sanctuary: County officials said they want to send a message about gun control to Tennessee lawmakers. I think the whole state should be a sanctuary.
IMPEACHMENT CHARADE EXPOSES CAREER BUREAUCRATS AS DEVOUT LEFTIES: Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell writes today on The Federalist that “what we’ve seen during the Rep. Adam Schiff hearings is that ‘experts’ in federal agencies exhibit bias and political philosophies of their own. They are not neutral.”
That shouldn’t have to be pointed out because, as Mitchell notes, “none of the precincts in and around Washington, D.C. are red. When the votes are cast, 100 percent of the precincts populated by large numbers of federal workers are blue. Every review of political contributions by federal employees reveals that federal employees give virtually no campaign contributions to Republican candidates.”
This is why the Reaganaut maxim “Personnel is Policy” points to what may well be Trump’s biggest tactical mistake — failing to install as many Trump loyalists as possible as political appointees in the highest reaches of the federal bureaucracy. At the very least, such appointees can recognize and disarm many of the bureaucratic IEDs set by careerists.
Careerists scream and yell endlessly that such appointees mean “politicalization” and “a return to the spoils system.” The reality is political appointees are a crucial tool for implementing the programs and policies voters endorse when they elect a president. The money saved by not having the maximum number of political appointees is utterly inconsequential compared to the costs of being constantly subverted by the entrenched bureaucracy.
A HAMMER ABOUT TO FALL: Former U.S. Attorney: ‘It Doesn’t Get Much More Serious Than’ Changing a Document to Get a FISA.
