Author Archive: Stephen Green

I LIKE THE CUT OF HER JIB: Nikki Haley Responds To Trump’s Actions Against China’s Huawei, Offers Grim Prediction For China.

In response to a Wall Street Journal report on the Trump administration crackdown on China’s Huawei, Haley, who has been hammering China for weeks over its role in the COVID-19 crisis, tweeted, “China will lose their bucket over this move. It is hands down the right move for us in terms of national security.”

Haley’s comment on national security is a reference to the administration’s repeated warnings about the threat posed by China’s attempt to dominate the 5G market.

The Trump administration’s new rule requiring licenses for foreign manufacturers to ship products to Huawei has already resulted in negative fallout for the Chinese company. As reported by Reuters Monday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced microchips, has announced that it has stopped new orders from Huawei in response to the administration’s new rule.

More like this, please.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Censorship Has Mutated and Is Thriving During Coronavirus Pandemic. “Matt Taibbi — not exactly a rightwing stalwart — warned last month of what he called the ‘Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis.’ He was responding to a rather insane and disturbing article in The Atlantic that was basically making the case for adopting a more ChiCom approach to dealing with internet speech. That’s right, a venerable American publication was advocating for more censorship.”

SPACE: Elon Musk responds to claim he needs 10,000 missiles to terraform Mars. “The SpaceX CEO is not too concerned about reports that the firm would need a huge amount of missiles.”

If they mean warheads rather than missiles — the report is badly written enough to use the two interchangeably — then 10,000 is only about one-seventh as many as the US and USSR built during the Cold War.

Whatever the number is, I’m kind of looking forward to the day that Musk announces he’s a nuclear power, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it were to happen soon.

GIVING GOVERNMENT THE FINGER: Americans Ending the Shutdown on Our Own Terms.

The American people are practically in open revolt against Democratic governors.

It’s telling that no less than Hillary Clinton, she of the tin-est of tin ears, “branded the armed anti-coronavirus protesters in Michigan ‘domestic terrorists,’ as tempers flared up again.”

Freedom-loving Americans, even the ones bearing arms in Michigan, are not engaging in any sort of terrorism. Terrorism is the use of violence against civilians in order to impose a political agenda. In Michigan and elsewhere, civilians are peaceably refusing to comply with an authoritarian political agenda imposed by imperious elected officials and unaccountable bureaucrats.

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I CREATED THIS FOR FACEBOOK FRIENDS THE OTHER DAY, BUT FIGURED IT COULD USE A WIDER AUDIENCE:

NOT ONE DIME IN BAILOUT MONEY FOR CALIFORNIA’S JOB-KILLERS: “Michelle Steel, Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman and Republican candidate for CA-48, today called on Governor Gavin Newsom to halt plans to spend $20 million on enforcement of AB5 and put those funds toward recovery efforts from COVID-19.”

BATTLESWARM BLOG: BidenWatch for May 18, 2020. “Biden panders to the left, banks mad Benjamins, slices up some more word salad, gives the high hat to Stacey Abrams, and his secret weapon is…#NeverTrump?”