Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Surprising Defection from TFG on Right

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 Given Powerline Blog's support of TFG over the years, even going so far to oust one of its bloggers for insufficient loyalty (Paul Mire...
Friday, January 27, 2023

The Former Guy Gave to Growers

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 Via John Phipps, who retweeted it.  I was trying to find his skeptical piece on vertical farming, but found this worth reading. My new repo...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Tax Returns Public?

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 I feel conflicted about the possible release of Trump's tax returns.  It's a slippery slope; release his and pretty soon you're...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Win, Win, Taxpayer Lose

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 The Times had an article yesterday on the lawsuit against the Trump organization.  As I understand it, two employees have pled guilty for...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

No to Trump

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 I've mentioned the conservatives at Powerline blog breaking with Trump.  They apparently got a lot of flak about the break from the peo...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

The Ghost in the Administration

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 I've read more books on the Trump administration than I should. The books usually  treat some people worse than others.  Jared Kushner ...
Wednesday, November 09, 2022

A "Giant Anvil"?

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 A quote from John Hinderaker's post-election analysis: "At this point, Trump is a giant anvil around the neck of the Republican Pa...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Birx Book

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 I've commented on it before.  Some bits: US has 574 Indian/Native American nations. Jared Kushner comes off as helpful and capable in t...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Hybrid Tanks

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 Remember that TFG had big problems with the Ford aircraft carrier--the latest and best USN warship?  He told the Navy to go back to steam-p...
Monday, August 15, 2022

Kellyanne Conway

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 Much to the disgust of my wife I'm reading Kellyanne Conway's book, Here's the Deal.  It's quite readable.  It would be one...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Asking Questions

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 Finished Sec. Esper's book . One point I think worthy of commenting.  Esper, along with Gen. Milley, found the former guy to be very e...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Changing Times--Reversals of Roles

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 Live long enough and you might find white becomes black and black white.  That's an oversimplification, but it applies this week. When ...
Tuesday, August 09, 2022

The Search Warrant

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 My current bottom line is nobody knows nothing. So why waste bits writing about it? 
Thursday, April 21, 2022

News Flash

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Daniel Drezner who wrote a book on the infantile former guy, has some kind words for him: " Trump ...  can move down a learning curve....
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Trump, the Last Gasp of the Patriarchy?

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 There was a sudden burst of women running and winning as Republicans in 2020. Some of them were and are supporters of the former president,...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Trump Fades Away?

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 FiveThirtyEight has a discussion on whether Trump is losing strength. Although I'd like to see him run in 2024 because I think he...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Homicides, Car Accidents

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 Homicides are up , fatal car accidents are up .  I suggest it's a combination of factors (that's always a safe suggestion): the pa...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

The Extended Mind

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  The Extended Mind is an ambitious book, one which tries to link together a lot of science and social science research into many subjects....
Monday, November 08, 2021

Should Agency HQ's be in DC?

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 One argument against the Trump administration's moves of BLM and the USDA agencies out of DC was the need to work closely with the rest...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Reading "Useful Delusions" and Trump as Fighting Hero

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 Anne Applebaum has a piece on Mr. Lindell at the Atlantic, which happens to tie in with my reading of Vedantam's Useful Illusions . Ve...