COMMANDER SALAMANDER: The Costs of War at Sea: Understanding Scale.

Politically and institutionally – not to mention industrially – the institutions of our nation and those of our allies are sleepwalking in to a systemic shock I am afraid they are not ready for.

Make no mistake, at some point another large war at sea will come. They always do. For every “long peace” there is a “large war.” . . . We will have to fight with what we have, and try to force victory in the face of attrition without relief.

Nobody is really prepared for how expensive a major U.S./China conflict would be. They think they are, but they’re not.

RIP: Prof. Peter Schickele.

WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE SHE IS, AND SHE SHOULD: Most say Fani Willis ‘compromised’ and should drop Trump prosecution.

“REGULATORS” NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN A FEW PEGS: Regulator Forced Financial Industry to Spy on Americans.

THE GLOBAL BABY BUST: Robin Hanson: Five Fertility Fails.

Related: The baby bust is worsening. “Birth rates have been slowly falling for a while. But last year’s drops were notable both for their severity and because they’re now happening sharply in countries that had largely avoided them, such as France. The United States is a striking exception. American births fell only about 2 percent in 2023, to roughly 3.6 million. The baby bust is most severe in East Asia, and China in particular.”

NOW THEY TELL US: DoJ: Hunter’s Laptop Is Real, Spectacular, and So Was the Cocaine on His Holster.

WHAT HATH BILL ACKMAN WROUGHT? Harvard Is Trying to Smooth Things Over With Silicon Valley: Endowment brass meets with venture capitalists to address concerns about campus turmoil. “The pressure by some of Harvard’s money managers, which hasn’t previously been reported, adds another dynamic to the tumult that has enveloped elite universities since the attacks on Israel. The uproar was led by big donors such as Apollo’s Marc Rowan and Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman, rather than by investors hired by the schools to manage their money.”

SALENA ZITO: This Motor Court Is Still in Session.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Uncredentialed teachers do as well as normally trained teachers.

Granted, that’s a low bar.

CHAT GPT WRITES a really pretty damn good speech.

IT’S COME TO THIS:

Illegals are now complaining that American winters are too cold pic.twitter.com/tZETZa2woa

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 16, 2024

SURE, THIS WILL WORK: China Goes All In on Green Industry to Jolt Ailing Economy. Nothing boosts your economy like pouring money into unproductive activities.

RAPE IS ONLY IMPORTANT IF YOU CAN USE IT TO ATTACK THE RIGHT, OR TRADITIONAL SEX ROLES. OTHERWISE SUCK IT UP, SISTERS: ‘Bigoted’ Rape Survivors Not Welcome at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Center.

OPEN THREAD: Try to stay warm.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Japan’s SLIM spacecraft lowers orbit ahead of Friday moon landing attempt.

I’M EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Experts Confirm: Icelandic Faultline Has Awakened After 800 Years.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Director of California LGBTQ+ center busted in child sex sting.

HMM: These 3 Personality Traits Are Linked to a Lower Risk of Dementia.

SMART. “THERE GO THE PIANO LESSONS!” IS AN OLD NEUROSURGEONS’ JOKE. Musician plays guitar while surgeons remove his brain tumor.

SHOOTING ILLUSTRATED interviews Larry Correia.

ABOLISH QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: Police in Elyria, OH Toss Destructive Devices At Wrong Home, Injuring Baby.

NOTE THE NEW MADRID IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY: New map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US.

DISRUPTION: Axiom and SpaceX are disrupting Europe’s traditional pathway to space.

SPOILER: IT’S NOT PARTICULARLY LARGE OR CAPABLE. Harvard and Sundance Share the Same Brain: 8 things the elite institutions have in common.

WELL, GOOD: Magnetic zaps to the brain may relieve severe depression.