“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
UPDATE: I saw it was 5 minutes before 11 mountain time (12:55 AM ET) and there was no daily thread. So I threw this together. Wolf thanked me for watching out...then published his own daily anyway, so go there, please, to comment. I guess that pic above could apply to me as much as to … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190325 Open Topic (RARE 2019 Double-Strike)
Folks, I thought I'd commemorate "Beastly Banned Wagon Day" with this Very Open daily thread. It has been Six Hundred Sixty Six days since I was banned from SunDirge's Eeyore Tree, also known as Can't Tolerate Heterodoxy, and Banhammer Central. (Not that I'm counting, mind you.) Hey, sometimes 666 is just a number. Something has … Continue reading Dear Maga: 20190305 Open Topic
This post won't be on news of the day, but it will be on a political matter, one that perennially pops up. Every once in a while it's good to discuss/review some of the foundational issues; it keeps one politically "centered." It's especially important to review/discuss the sorts of things that the Opposition wants to … Continue reading What is a "Right," Anyway?
[NOTE: As of 19:45 Mountain Time, the status is uncertain; some indications are that PDJT will sign the bill, others that he will wait and review. I wrote this a couple of days ago when I was feeling optimistic, and I had too much fun with it to waste it so long as there's a … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190215 Open Topic
Kinda rudimentary, folks, because I don't know how to do a Q post of the quality our esteemed host uses. Feel free, Wolf, to clean this up, make it fancy, whatever. "Great job, but will add images!" -Wolf[The ones that dropped today (2682 through 2686) won't have images unless Wolf adds 'em later] Q!!mG7VJxZNCI9 Feb … Continue reading Q: It's Time To Return Publicly
I broke the word "farewell" into its two pieces to express my wishes that you all fare well in the future. But this is also a farewell in the more usual sense. It is hard to write these words. I've struggled with this for days. It may be hard for you to read them; be … Continue reading Fare Well
Coal train. Celebrating our energy independence and making environmentalist heads explode. (Win/Win) Today’s NOT THE STATE OF THE UNION TUESDAY Open Thread is devoted to your thoughts on the glorious chaos in US Politics. As always, you can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on. BUT: Keep it civil. … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190129 Open Topic
Today's STEEL MILL SATURDAY Open Thread is devoted to your thoughts on the glorious chaos in US Politics. (Newt Gingrich once said Trump combined the energy of Theodore Roosevelt, the salesmanship of P T Barnum...and the disruptiveness of Andrew Jackson. He sure got that last part right!) – – · – As always, you can … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190126 Open Topic
This special Go Ahead, Leftists, Make My Day post is dedicated to your thoughts on this day, as the shutdown continues, the media continue to dive into the Covington Quagmire and the Democrats continue on the path to suicide. But first, the usual administrivia: – – · – As always, you can say what you … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190123
This special Super Blood Red Wolf Moon Open Topic post is dedicated to your thoughts on this day, perhaps the day that will be remembered as the beginning of the eclipse of the Opposition. I'll talk a lot about the Super Blood Red Wolf Moon later, in lieu of an editorial, but first, the usual … Continue reading Dear MAGA: 20190120 Open Topic