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Merry Christmas! Free Covid home tests for everyone
It's baaaaack. The Biden administration paused the U.S. Postal Service program that mails free at-home COVID test kits in September. The concern was that due to the high demand for free kits, the stockpile would be…
It takes 3 years to get a building permit in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle did an analysis of the timeline for building permits in the city and even to an SF pessimist like myself the results are pretty shocking. On average it takes more than two years to get a building…
California “reparations” hearings go as you would expect
California is a bundle of contradictions. It is simultaneously the American promised land--it is literally where the American Dream was first formulated--and a declining hellhole of a state where the major industry is whining…
EU warns Biden over potential trade war
Most of Europe is already dealing with a depressed economy and threats of widespread labor strikes. The war in Ukraine, combined with the self-inflicted energy crisis has created even more angst in many European nations. But…
Yellen into the void: I’ll have what the Secretary’s smoking, please
Whatever it is - man. It has to be some primo stuff, unavailable to the peasants who toil in America's fields and farms and who, thanks to Joe Biden, can no longer afford what sundry pleasures they used to enjoy…
More Trump: By the way, here’s my free-speech and anti-censorship policy
Imagine if Donald Trump had released this as his "major announcement" rather than his NFT trading cards. Or at least before his attempt to fundraise off of MAGA on social media. This might not qualify as a…
It’s a Christmas miracle! Networks discover the Biden border crisis and suddenly it’s news
Lo and behold, some of the legacy media and cable news channels are discovering the Biden border crisis. There have actually been news reports on-air and published online from the likes of MSNBC, CBS, and CNN that show the…
The unfree future of speech
Americans are having a huge fight over the meaning of free speech. On the one hand there are sane people who believe the old adage "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me," and on the…
Washington Post announces layoffs are coming
Yesterday the Washington Post held a town hall event where publisher Fred Ryan announced that layoffs were coming. A post staffer took video of the announcement and another staffer posted it on Twitter.Read More
Here we go. Pete Buttigieg 2024?
Just how desperate are the Democrats in terms of their weak bench of candidates to replace Joe Biden? Well, they're desperate enough to actually be talking about Pete Bugttigieg as a potential 2024 nominee and corporate…