Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

SCIENCE:

HEH:

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

HERE WE GO:

THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW WE’RE SERIOUS:

And we’re able to shut down the flow of Iranian oil because the United States is now the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas by a significant margin. That, of course, is the strategic fruit of Trump’s energy independence policy. Wonder why other presidents didn’t pursue that?

STILL GROOVING OVER THIS POST:

Definitely an improvement over the last administration.

Plus:

I just did 6 plates on a side yesterday, and felt it after. It’ll be a while before I get to 8. I think my range of motion is better, but then I wasn’t wearing jeans.

IF YOU START WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT LEFTISTS REFLEXIVELY OPPOSE ANYTHING GOOD, YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG:

Background:

UPDATE:

IT’S ON: BREAKING: Trump Launches Strikes; Tells Iranians to ‘Seize Control of Your Destiny’.

Targeted killings of top officials and a massive cyberattack; seems like the goal is to weaken the regime and enable a revolution. Now let’s see if the Iranian people can step up.

Meanwhile, among the West’s useless class, things are going as usual:

Plus, I got your “legal basis for this war” right here:

Heh.

RFK, JR. LEARNS FROM EXPERIENCE: “Now I’m in an administration surrounded by immensely talented people who are immensely idealistic. I always imagined Republicans would get together thinking about how to screw the poor and reduce taxes on the rich, but they’re actually narrowly focused on how do we solve these big problems and make our country work. The level of idealism that I see at every level in the White House and in my agency is inspiring. And then the level of capability—the competence of the people I’m surrounded with….”

ICYMI: CAN YOU HAVE A RULES-BASED ORDER WHEN THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ONE TEAM?

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

WE NEED NEW DRUGS: Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn. “Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today. But this ancient killer is still very much a danger in our modern world. Research published in 2022 revealed the bacterium that causes typhoid fever is evolving extensive drug resistance, and is rapidly replacing strains that aren’t resistant.”

CHRIS SOUNDS COMMUNIST A LOT:

WAR NEWS:

ENVIRONMENTALISTS NEVER PROTEST CHINA BECAUSE CHINA ALREADY HAS A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT.