It is not quite using the National Guard to open closed Virginia schools, but the appointments look promising.
Opinion: The first thing Glenn Youngkin should do
Small government, intellectual freedom, anti-indoctrination Republican Hugh Hewitt wants the state to take over all education in the Commonwealth and use the military as staff (including in classroom).
Serious charges finally come to light today: Seditious conspiracy among others.
“The three indictments collectively charge all 19 defendants with corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. Eighteen of the 19 defendants – the exception is Walden – are charged with conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiring to prevent an officer of the United States from discharging a duty. Eleven of the 19 defendants are charged with seditious conspiracy. Some of the defendants are also facing other related charges.”
These are serious charges. News at 11.
Operation Snail Speed
WSJ Lack of emphasis on therapeutics
Less than 1% of COVID funds spent on therapeutics.
Navy Unveils Next-Generation DDG(X) Warship Concept with Hypersonic Missiles, Lasers
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.
Read your job description
The problem isn’t so much that the Liberal Justices are woefully misinformed on the pandemic, it’s that they thought their opinions on what might be good policy was relevant to their deliberations.
Their charge is to determine if the mandate conforms to the Constitution and if it is within the scope of OSHA’s delegated powers. Ther opinion on its value has no bearing on a valid ruling.
How did they get out of eight grade civics, much less on to the nation’s highest court?
Will Hildabeast Come Back?
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.
Giant Tortoises at Full Speed
I love this video. I think of the hares.
Good News for a Change
At least I think it is.
The Branch Covidians
Without debating the science of vaccines or masks again, the writer has a point about the cult like behavior of many who will give up all their freedom for false hopes of protection.
It is not much different from the Climate Cultists who are willing to throw away modern civilization to avoid a foot of sea level rise.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” Mencken
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