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- How protectionism turns friends into rivals. For the record I support reciprocal tariffs. If a country has a zero tariff on our goods we should have reciprocal zero tariffs on theirs. Canada does not have reciprocal tariffs with us even though we are their largest trading partner.
- The complete insanity of the Democratic Socialist agenda.
- Some mostly forgotten history - George Thomas the Rock of Chickamauga.
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- Rocket science, as easy as IKEA .
- USDA relocation deadline nears - agency looks to move half of all DC jobs to five regional centers. Should e noted that employees who choose not to relocate could be jobs gained by local in those states.
- Kevin Kelly - Protopia. Try to become 1% better each day.
- Top US military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing.
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- Broncos head coach Sean Payton reportedly considered Bill Belichick a temporary takeover as head coach. A convoluted plan to get Belichick the 15 more wins he needs.
- Wait - a Chinese company owns Volvo but many Volvo cars are made in SC - so that's OK? I'm not looking at Volvo the same ever again.
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- How to win a space war. Long but interesting read that boils down to - first have a SpaceX.
- The economic costs of the Iran war. Not sure how this changes with a potential decrease in prices at the pump.
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- SpaceX and the Sentient Sun. Like a condensed history of SpaceX and the possible future of SpaceX.
- Is there nothing he can't do?
- Brendan Sorsby saga abruptly ends. But is it really over?
- UFC boss Dana White, "I hate that kind of nonsense." There is a simple way to end this controversy.
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- Jonathan Turley: Post-Platner Democrats must ask "Are we the baddies?"
- Data Centers in Space are Going to Happen. Why the SpaceX IPO was so successful.
- How the UFC built an octagon on the White House lawn.
- You knew this was bound to happen. Edit: That video is actually from Iraq.
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- Big 12 discuss options as Brendan Sorsby trial gets February date. What a mess!
- And if anyone questions the results they're racist!
- From the archives: Karl Popper on the line between science and pseudoscience.
- Is the SpaceX IPO the reason for the $2 trillion stock market sell-off?
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- Glenn Reynolds on the successful launch of Starship V.3. From his lips to God's ears.
- Florida signs the Teddy Bridgewater Act. It's sad though that common sense has to be legislated.
- Iran demands tech companies pay fees for undersea internet cables in Strait of Hormuz.
- Jonathan Turley: House Democrats unanimously vote down women's history museum over liit to biological women. File under some people never learn.
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- From the archives: Tim Ferriss - The Master and the Fool.
- How long do we wait for new inventions? Surprised this wasn't called the Reese's Cup hypotheses.
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- Jonathan Turley on the chilling embrace of political violence.
- VDH: From one assassination attempt to another.
- Niall Ferguson: The gap between Truth (Social) and reality on Iran. Ferguson has a bias against Trump and if he clearly understood how Mr. Market worked wouldn't Ferguson be a billionaire?
The Starlink Internet service needs some sort of receiver. Combined this news with the recent speculation of a SpaceX - Apple partnership makes you wonder if the next models of iPhones will have that receiver built in and allow for native Internet, voice, and texting via Starlink. Take you phone anywhere and still get a signal. That would be a big selling feature. (Photo via)
EDIT: Elon Musk says this report is fake news. Too bad - a guy can dream of a better iPhone though.
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- SpaceX seeks to launch 1 million solar powered satellites to create AI datacenters in space.
- 200 Reasons Why I'm Here. Good advice. (HT Cultural Offering)
- The long poverty decline: Before and after the war on poverty. It was going better before the government got involved.
- Dan Wetzel: NFL should look into Giants co-owner Steve Tish. Tish's behavior was disturbing.
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- Jonathan Turley: Supreme Court poised to issue historic ruling on the Voting Rights Act.
- Education Secretary: government shutdown shows department's uselessness. She's not wrong.
- SpaceX cleared for twice as many launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- Democrats and the "vision thing." "Do they have one?"
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- If you get the chance. Good advice.
- VDH: The Pieces of Trump's Peace. Peace through strength.
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- Interesting: SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli satellite.
- From the archives: How description leads to understanding.
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- Things that make you say WTF?
- Jonathan Turley: Ninth Circuit rules for Trump on National Guard deployment.
- Douglas Murray on what President Trump should do in terms of Iran.
- Supreme Court revives terror victim lawsuits against Palestinian groups.
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- 50 positive things to remember about the Big Beautiful Bill.
- From the archives: Naval Ravikant 15 timeless thoughts and 50 quotes.
- On the anniversary of D-Day the Battle of Midway and the sacrifices made are often overlooked.
- Should the government nationalize SpaceX? I understand the argument but I'm a hard no. The markets for American made rockers didn't exist before SpaceX and low Earth orbit broadband from satellites didn't exist before Starlink.
