Category Archives: General

Semi Disillusionment

I quit Patreon and my $5 contribution to Scott Adams to protest Patreon’s contempt for free speech, and also to protest Scott’s reluctance to stand up for free speech on the social media platforms in general. I detect an unacknowledged … Continue reading

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Leaving Syria

U.S. withdrawal from #Syria means #Russia, Assad, and #Iran will kill all of the rebels, #jihadi and non-jihadi, and restore #Assad to power. We can’t announce it, but this is now our policy. I think it’s probably the right one, … Continue reading

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Goodbye Patreon

The thing is, if you boycott twitter or facebook, you don’t get to be on those platforms anymore. That’s a cost. But if you boycott #PatreonExodus, it doesn’t cost anything. In fact you save money! There’s no barrier to leaving … Continue reading

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These Two Things are the Same (in some ways)

I’m watching The Clinton Affair on A&E, all about Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey and Monica and impeachment. The parallels with that witch hunt and the current witch hunt are striking. Both independent counsel investigations are totally partisan efforts to … Continue reading

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The Immigration Compromise

I wrote something to sum up what the elements of a compromise on immigration would entail in admissions of truth on both sides. Then I had to chop it down to squeeze it into a tweet. As usual, the tweet … Continue reading

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Squeezing the Weaklings

Guy on business news saying, “We’re waiting for the capitulation, when investors say I’ve given up my gains for the year, now I just want to get out of the mess.” Then the market will go back up. They’re admitting … Continue reading

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Gun Control and the Constitution

When the 2nd amendment was adopted, the armed citizenry was much closer to being equal to the government in firepower. True, the government had cannon, and the citizens did not, but nevertheless citizens were a force to be reckoned with … Continue reading

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The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has put out an ad comparing Judge Kavanaugh to Bill Cosby and Bill Clinton. The ACLU is coming out in favor of abolishing the principle of presumption of innocence, and they are cool with … Continue reading

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A Pawn in Their Game

Christine Ford’s entire existence on the internet was wiped out, not an easy thing to do, something which would have taken a team of savvy technicians to accomplish, a polygraph test was administered (whose detailed results have been withheld), lawyers … Continue reading

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The Graduate

Brett Kavanaugh makes me think of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, valedictorian, captain of the team, private school, Yale graduate. He even looks like Dustin Hoffman. But then instead of suffering what does it all mean 60s angst and throwing … Continue reading

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