Biden’s Climate Fixation.
Joe Biden, or whoever writes his stuff, announced that “Climate Change” will be the #1 issue for his administration. What does this mean and portend? There are a number of articles in “Asia Times” that...
View ArticleThe Electrical Grid and the Gas Network
A recent report from the operators of the PJM Interconnect, the nation’s largest power grid, on the dangers of instability as wind/solar resources are added and plants with predictable/dispatchable...
View ArticleWorthwhile Reading
Cable news…past and future The Golden Age of Substack. Basically, a revitalization of long-form blogging. Earth Day as a formal religious holiday? (It strikes me that this fits right in with energy...
View ArticleThe CEO of the United States?
In an interview, Elon Musk said he wished we could “just have a normal person as President.” He also went on to say: Since the president is effectively the executive officer of the country, it...
View ArticleDumb Company Tricks
WSJ: When General Motors began outlining plans in 2020 to fully switch to electric vehicles, it didn’t account for one critical factor: Many of the battery minerals needed to fulfill its plans were...
View ArticleRevealing
About every 3 or 4 weeks, Peggy Noonan’s WSJ column has something worthwhile to say. The September 14 column was one of those times. Talking about Biden, she cites ‘Whatever it Takes’, Richard Ben...
View ArticleWho Are the Commissioners?
If you read English naval history, you are sure to run into a reference to The Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral. Your first reaction is likely to be something like, “Huh?...
View Article“Public Service”
In a WSJ piece about the report recently issued by special prosecutor Robert Hur, John Sciortino notes that “The report also expressly weighed in its non-prosecution recommendation President Biden’s...
View ArticleBiden, Hamas, and Israel
In this rather confused video clip (some of it in text form in this article), Biden seems to be saying that (1) he believes the “30,000 Palestinians killed” number which has been circulating, which...
View ArticleTaxes and the Total State
Biden has proposed a rather draconian tax initiative: you can read some of the details and an analysis here. It will be justified, of course, by claims about “asking the rich to pay their fair share”,...
View ArticleWho Are The Commissioners? (rereun, with updates)
If you read English naval history, you are sure to run into a reference to The Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral. Your first reaction is likely to be something like WTF? Why...
View ArticleYou Don’t Hate the Media Enough (1)
I had something longer to drop for tomorrow but I saw some stories that left me spitting Chiclets both about the Biden-Harris Administration and the media that works for them. First, Arlington Cemetery...
View ArticleAckman’s Choice
Bill Ackman, founder/CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, has written a long and thoughtful piece (at X) on his reasons for supporting Donald Trump in the upcoming election. This piece, which...
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