AND I FIND MYSELF THINKING WE’RE GOING TO SPACE, EVEN IF WE MUST WALK THERE SEEMS EMINENTLY SENSIBLE: Dr. Jerry Pournelle 2016 NSS Heinlein Award Acceptance Speech.

THERE IS NO CAKE THE CAKE IS A LIE: And it’s highly unlikely there will be a Collapse as I’ve seen anticipated.  What we’re facing is both more dangerous and less violent.

SAFE-ROOM GENERATION: School Board Votes to Ban Having Valedictorians Because the ‘Competition’ is ‘Unhealthy’.

SHOULD WE BE GRATEFUL IT’S NOT HER SYRIA PLAYBOOK?Hillary plans to use Iran playbook on N. Korea.

THEY NEED LESSONS ON BEING VICTIMS, I GUESS: New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name.

A REAL GENIUS? OR A BHO MEDIA PROCLAIMED SUPERGENIUS? How to make decisions like a genius.  Also, I’ve seen geniuses make decisions.  They dither a lot then forge forward arbitrarily, often with a frozen chicken under their arm.

AND THERE IT IS: A Tale of Two Plane Disasters.

BY NOW EVERYBODY EXPECTS THE ACADEMIC INQUISITION: Academic Mob Chases ‘Climate Change Contrarian’ Bjorn Lomborg Off Campus.

YES, INDEED, WHAT WE HAVE IS A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR FREE: Sotomayor Urges Mandatory Pro Bono for All Lawyers.

ER…  Jeeves and a Man called The Donald.  What next?  Black Adder, The Donald, and a Turnip?

THE ESCHEWING OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE IS RECENT AND LOCALIZED: The “Educational Beatdown”.

BUT… BUT… BUT… WE MUST BE ACCEPTING OF OTHER CULTURES: ISIS uses nitric acid to kill and torture citizens in Mosul.  (SPIT!)

THE SHAPE OF COMING WAR: Xinhua commentary: US should stop provocations in South China Sea.

WHY DO SOCIALISTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC CHOO CHOOS? California Dream Choo-Choo Lives On: Bay Bridge Lessons Ignored.

SO MANY WORDS WHEN FEW SUFFICE. SOCIALISTS RAN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: What has gone wrong in Venezuela?

GOOGLE, BEING EVIL: Today Google is celebrating Yuri Kochyiama’s birthday.

NOW DEFINITELY ON AGAIN, FOR PRE-ORDER, FROM SARAH A. HOYT (YEAH, ME): Through Fire.

NOTHING GREAT ABOUT IT:The Humungous Depression, by Robert Gore.

AND US WITHOUT A LIFE RAFT: Mars To Make Its Closest Approach To Earth In 11 Years This Month.

THE SJWS ARE A SMALL, LOUD MINORITY: The ShirtStorm Social Experiment. You have to realize it takes the Marxists years of very expensive education to believe as many stupid things as they do.

EXPENSIVE LIPSTICK FOR THE PIG: TSA Spending Millions on Advertising, PR, Holograms While Travelers Suffer.

WHEN THE IGNORANT LEAD THE STUPID WHO LEAD THE DUPED: Libya, Five Years Later.

WHEN THREE WOLVES AND A SHEEP VOTE ON WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER: The Tragedy of Democratic Socialism.

AWARD NEWS: Prometheus Award finalists chosen for best novel.

DROP EVERYTHING.  WE MUST FIND THE COMPUTER REELING OFF THE NINE BILLION NAMES: In M4, near Eta Carinae, the stars are going out.