While the Impeachment Thunder Roars, Congress Quietly Legislates
Use impeachment to appease the base. Then legislate while everyone is distracted by the West Wing-World Wrestling mashup.
Author: Michael Siegel
Thursday Throughput: I Just Didn’t Want It To Be True Edition
I was peripherally involved in this research, which detected some of the highest energy photons every seen from a gamma-ray burst.
The Dark Road of Censorship
The only answer — not just to the porn but to all of it — is “No”. No to every last stinking piece of it. No to porn bans. No to FOSTA. No to control of Facebook. No to censorship of Twitter. No to government crackdowns on “fake news”. No to laws on social media “addiction”. No no no no no.
Devin Nunes and the Very Delicate Feelings
Nunes has claimed a news network, a social network, a fictional cow, and a few journalists have done almost a billion dollars in damage to his feelings
The GOP’s Gossip Girls
I will not believe that the GOP is tired of Trump until they say so publicly. Until that moment, they own this. All of it. Every corruption, every racist utterance, every violation of norms. Every dollar of debt, every pardoned war criminal, every dead Kurd.
Turkeys and Drumsticks 2019
I take advantage of the Thanksgiving Holiday to give out my awards for Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks
Thursday Throughput: Gamma-ray Bursts Are Bad Edition
GRBs are dangerous. They can kill. But it’s rare. There is one candidate nearby that could be dangerous. But we’re still figuring out whether it is.
Reflections on Impeachment
Supporting impeachment doesn’t mean I think the Democrats truly believe in the rule of law, nor do I believe the Republicans truly believed in 1998.
School Lunch: Remember When “Hungry for Knowledge” Used to Be A Metaphor?
What brand of logic leads us to believe that providing a $15,000 education is fine, but adding a $4 school lunch is communism?
Thursday Throughput: Nuclear Explosion Edition
So if you are standing next to a nuclear bomb, you will experience conditions similar to the core of the Sun. But…don’t worry. You won’t experience them for very long.
Richard Spencer’s Mask Falls Off
The tape is horrifying. But the tape should be listened to. Because I don’t want anyone to ever forget what these people stand for, what they really believe and who they really are.
The NCAA Gives In…A Little
The most important aspect of this is that the scales, long tipped against the athletes in almost every way, have been slightly tipped back.
Thursday Throughput: Space Travel is Complicated Edition
I checked the calculations myself and this does appear to be accurate…
Yom Kippur: The Cycle Starts Up Again
People look at you strangely when you say that Yom Kippur is your favorite holiday of the year.
Thursday Throughput: Zebra Stripes and Supernovae
Yes, there are stars within a few hundred light years that will go supernova. No, we don’t have any way of predicting when it will happen.
The Impeachment Meltdown Begins
I have, to this point, been neutral on the question of impeachment. But I’m slowly falling off that fence I’ve been straddling for the last few months. Maybe…it’s time.
Thursday Throughput: Arrakis, New Caprica, and Us
In the decades to come, we’re going to learn a lot about alien planets. It would not surprise me at all if we found ones like New Caprica or Arrakis.
Thursday Throughput for 9/12/19
I don’t think there are enough exclamation points out there for me to express how gob-smacking this is.
On Memory, Pizza, Time and Gyro Meat
Our life is an 80-year long game of telephone we play with ourselves.
The Trump Economy On the Brink
You don’t need to be an economist to know that none of this is good. A President at war with everyone and pushing an economic agenda that is pure crackpottery.
