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- History of China's recent naval moves in the South China seas. People tend to forget the role Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan in 2022 may have played.
- Secure your home network: Part I - what is a firewall and why do you care? Part II - watertight compartments. I like the metaphors.
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- The Expanse at 10. Going to have to give this series another shot (only watched the first couple of episodes).
- The Lost Generation. Reverse racism explained. (HT Cultural Offering)
- The American Military can't build a military anymore.
- From the archives: The common denominator of success. Long read but worth it.
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- Texas A&M president quits over DEI backlash.
- A candy, a foxhole, and the politics of memory. Worth a read.
- Jimmy Kimmel's ratings were plummeting before ABC suspended him for Charlie Kirk comments. Kimmel hasn't been funny for years.
- The man who tried to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identified as a trans woman.
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- Sweet Deals, Bitter Costs. Sugar protectionism is an issue I've long been well aware of. Central Mass has a number of candy manufacturers who might be able to stay in business or even increase the workforce if sugar prices came down because of international competition.
- VDH: Why DEI was already dying. He's not wrong.
- From the archives: Richard Feynman and the pleasure of finding things out.
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- Trump Did It: Jonathan Turley on using Trump as an excuse for getting rid of DEI.
- Michael Schellenberger explains the situation in California.
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- VDH: Democrats and their DEI albatross.
- How big homebuilders and and private equity made American cities unaffordable (with a focus on Dallas-Fort Worth). Agree with the premise of how rule changes slanted the playing field towards Wall Street and big builders but think the factors of who is moving into these growing cities (blue staters used to paying inflated home prices with myriad regulation obstacles) and the shirking amount of available land in the cities (God isn't making any new land) should be taken into account.
- Nellie Orr, DOJ official's wife, may have perjured herself in Russia Hoax testimony to Congress. This story isn't going away and Nellie and Bruce Orr may be going to jail.
- Atlantic hurricane preseason 2025. All opinion and no data seems to be the climate change arguments in a nutshell.
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- Why are interest rates so high? It's bad fiscal policy. The interest rates are tied to the national debt.
- Weight Watchers files for bankruptcy protection. There's a trimming the fat joke to be made here. (HT Cultural Offering)
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Heh Heh
- Not a fan of the Florida Panthers but you have have to hand it to Governor DeSantis
Many a ruth is said in jest.
- Heh Heh
- Many a jest is said in truth. Oh the irony of the truth. It burns!
- Reminder
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- Diversity Thursday: Death to DEI. Agree 100%.
- Michael Wade: Light and Shadow.
- Shake Shack to close 6 California locations including 5 in LA after $20 minimum wage law.
- Wow!
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Am I a bad person for laughing at this?
- Did I mention I like subtle?
- Also true!
Many a truth is said in jest.
- What's next?
- This question will keep me up at night.
- Heh Heh
- Reminder
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- Patriots owner Robert Kraft no longer donating to Columbia U due to their pro Hamas stance and protesters. Ivy League college was once had Dwight Eisenhower as President now their president says terrorism "is a form of protest."
- AI method identifies new Parkinson's treatments (HT Steve Landry)
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- Some good background reading on the Murthy v Missouri censorship case in front of the Supreme Court. I was expecting a verdict shortly but reportedly that's not due till June.
- Bari Weiss on ending DEI (HT Execupundit)
- Ireland's PM unexpectantly resigns. Surprising but his woke language was just badly rebuked by the entire nation (not mentioned in the article).
- Interesting. Texas removes $8.5 billion investment from Blackrock. Can the lawsuits be far behind?
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- Disney not even trying to hide their racism.
- Tucker Carlson on why he's interviewing Vladimir Putin
- Ronna McDaniel is reportedly stepping down as RNC chair after South Carolina primary. Would anyone be surprised if this turned out to be a false flag operation?
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- Jordan Peterson: Bureaucrats will rue the day they tried to shut me up. I'm on Team Peterson on this matter.
- The Tablet: America works. DEI doesn't. Amen!
- Why American cities are squalid. But what's the solution?
- The Milei speech to the WEF in English. Worth a listen.
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- Ricky Rubio announces his retirement from the NBA
- Reminder - McDonald's hamburger vs hydrochloric acid.
