Open thread 4/4/2025
Why does the future always feature unitards?
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I want to get a gig updating websites for the government
I can do that. I’ve designed websites. I do it very very slowly but hey, I do it. And the pay would be very very helpful (hat tip Ace): The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the agency created by executive … Continue reading →
Trump’s tariffs anger Europe
Europe is angry at Trump. You might ask: what else is new? Europe has been angry at Trump for a long time – that is, when it’s not busy ridiculing him for things like warning them (pre Ukraine War) about … Continue reading →
More on sliding scales for traffic fines: good or bad idea?
Commenter “Gorgasal” makes a point about differential speeding fines that I’ve seen made many times by proponents. In fact, it’s the main argument for them, and it goes like this: Speeding tickets that scale with income are the norm in … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/3/2025
Working out four hours every day at the age of 64? You’ve got to be kidding:
Continue reading →A sliding scale for speeding tickets: is this even legal?
California is looking to be a trailblazer: San Francisco is launching a new program backed by Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom that will issue speeding tickets based on income. … Violations for speeding range from $50 to $500, but individuals … Continue reading →
Is Musk leaving DOGE?
It’s become more and more difficult to get the truth of a story in the MSM, although it’s long been quite difficult. So now there’s a “Musk is leaving DOGE!” story that’s getting hyped. However, the plan was always for … Continue reading →
The left retains control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In Wisconsin, a referendum to put the already-existent requirement for voter ID into the state constitution won but the Republican judicial candidate lost, in a state that Trump carried in 2024 – although he carried it narrowly. But the Democrat … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/2/2025
The lighting is key:
Continue reading →RIP Richard Chamberlain
Chamberlain has died at the age of ninety. I remember him almost entirely from his early TV show Dr. Kildare. I was never much of a fan, but the show was wildly popular in its day, and Chamberlain went on … Continue reading →
Democrats have become the enemies of free speech
We already know that, but here’s a discussion by Turley: After years of being told that free speech is harmful and dangerous, many young people are virtual speech phobics — demanding that opposing views be silenced as “triggering” or even … Continue reading →
Solo no more
I’ve been blogging so long that I remember the early heady days of the genre. Maybe you remember too – when most blogs were solo affairs, the product of one person? Then slowly, over time, more and more blogs became … Continue reading →