Source: ZeroHedge.

This sounds promising. In management true changes of direction often start with bold moves.

Under the state’s former administration Virginia seemed to me to be emulating California. Let’s hope the current shakeup heralds a return to being ourselves.

Biden promised to unite our country. Instead he betrayed us, pouring fuel on the fire of divisiveness, tearing our country apart. Biden compares those who disagree with him to racists, traitors & enemies, & has his AG target Americans as domestic terrorists. Unfit to lead. pic.twitter.com/zeYBRv0bMB

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) January 14, 2022

Continue reading “Tulsi Gabbard Makes a Fair Point” →

Source: Bacon’s Rebellion.

It is not quite using the National Guard to open closed Virginia schools, but the appointments look promising.

Source: USNI News.

For anyone in the naval combat support community, this story is a big deal.

The U.S. Navy has always experimented with new warship designs, but a substantial change to vessels at the core of the warfighting fleet is a rare occurrence. Creating a new class of service destroyers is that type of change.

Two of the big experiments in warship design I witnessed as a defense contractor employee were the Littoral Combat Ship and DDG-1000. Neither survived as continuing production vessels, but lessons learned from both appear to be incorporated in the new DDG(x).

This is good news for American taxpayers who expect their naval forces to be well managed, up to date, and reliable.

Various pundits I surf into are speculating that Hillary Clinton will run again for president in 2024. I’m not sure what I think of the prospect.

Part of me wants to laugh, but not in a happy way. Part of me sees Clinton as a formidable striver who might win, depending on the challenger who faces her. Part of me expects Joe Biden to utterly destroy the Democratic Party brand before Clinton ever gets a chance to exploit it. Part of me worries that the youth vote will scramble everything, possibly giving Clinton an undeserving win.

I don’t know if Clinton will run again, but I’m pretty sure a Clinton presidency would be bad for the country. Much like Stumble Joe, Clinton is a well-documented fabulist, outrageously divisive, and not very competent. She would be a mediocrity as president at a time when the country needs talent.

I love this video. I think of the hares.

Source: The Unz Review.

In my household the superior intelligence of women (over men) is a fact of life. The observation is validated by experience, which is to say that the scientific method applies in my home.

The article at the link seems to suggest that my familial experience is false. The article claims that men as a group have higher measurable intelligence than women.

I have my doubts. As an evolutionary strategy, it is probably better for women to be smarter than men, and not tell us.

Source: Wall Street Journal.

A Nobel prize-winning physiologist and a constitutional scholar challenge our assumptions about Covid vaccines and the legitimacy of current vaccine mandates.

Continue reading “Omicron Makes Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Obsolete” →

Source: The American Conservative.

I know nothing about Kazakhstan, except that one of the throw rugs in my house presumably came from there. The country’s politics are obscure to me to the point of opacity. Still, Kazakhstan’s current turmoil strikes me as concerning.

The linked article mentions an eyewitness’s claim that the riots appear to be orchestrated by criminals or gangs. While not definitive, this suggests the possibility of outside influences attempting a color revolution. I can’t imagine what the ultimate motive might be.

Source: Wall Street Journal.

WSJ profiles our lieutenant governor-elect. The favorable national/international recognition is gratifying.