Author: Simon

Just an idea, but what if the unsecure private e-mail server existed so that foreign governments who made large donations to the Clinton Foundation could hack the system and gain access to classified information that HRC could not give them directly? That would make this treason, if proved. Ordinary American on August 13, 2015 at…

A retired geologist wrote a letter to the local paper outlining the EPA incentives a week or two before the dam “broke”. You can read about it at ZeroHedge A week before The EPA disastrously leaked millions of gallons of toxic waste into The Animas River in Colorado, this letter to the editor was published…

I still can’t figure out ( 46 years later) how that album cover got past the censors.

It happened in Seattle. When the crowd asked the activists to allow Sanders to speak, one activist called the crowd “white supremacist liberals,” according to event participants. After waiting about 20 minutes while the women talked, Sanders was pushed away again when he tried to take the microphone back. Instead, he waved goodbye to the…

Fracking has changed the oil business in a fundamental but not obvious way. Time frames are changing. Things that used to be understood are now in flux. Lets look at supply and demand issues. Price no longer works the way it used to in order to balance supply and demand. In response to Saudi efforts…

Is evidently a euphemism for female genitalia. At least according to some folks who have sex on their brain. Which appears to be a LOT of Republicans.

Waving the bloody shirt used to get you political support. Waving the bloody rag seems to have a different result. =============== That comment got deleted despite a “LOL” comment in response. Maybe they didn’t get the joke. Or maybe it was much too racy for their family friendly discussion of “We think we know which…

Trump has donated $100K to the Clinton Foundation. He has supported Clinton in politics. And he favors (or used to – it is hard to tell) single payer health care. How in the heck did he get to be the Republican front runner? It is like we have a one Party system or sumptin. And…

The separation method which he discusses in the beginning of the video is liquid chromatography. I was working on that in ’68/’69. I was also doing gas chromatography. In the US, Drug Prohibition severely restricts the study of these compounds in humans. But to a certain extent I can understand the rear guard action. If…

Cribbed from the comments at Samizdata.

Some parents whose children have been killed by guns are suing a few Chicago suburbs because of the “flood of guns” coming from those suburbs. How about stopping the flood of murderous impulses?

America has made a deal with a country that hosts “Death To America” rallies. What could possibly go wrong? Well that country is not entirely happy with the deal. Kermani said Iran would accept a deal only if sanctions were lifted immediately, frozen revenues were returned and Tehran’s revolutionary ideals, including its fight with “global…

China is hitting a wall both financial and ecological. And a leading indicator is water. And walnuts. Here in Yunnan, the scenic countryside stretches to the horizon with beautiful farms and vast walnut groves, benefiting from the province’s gentle climate. Yunnan is actually one of the biggest walnut producing regions in China, which itself is…

Yes, “smuggling” seems like a harsh word. To which I replied: How about “Going Solo”.

That experienced political campaign director I used to know – I once asked her opinion about climate change. She replied “All this green nonsense – it’s closet racism. They want to deny Africa cheap energy, to keep them poor”.

We have hordes of socons bemoaning the gay marriage ruling of he Supreme Court. Where did this country go wrong? I wrote the following in response to this commenter who was decrying the fact that the Government was no longer following God’s law and was allowing abnormal behavior. I replied: If it is abnormal behavior…

An interview with a police officer – Radley Balko. The officer says: I had an awakening. I remember it very well. I was doing narcotics work. And so I was spending a lot of time doing surveillance in a van, or in some vacant building. You have a lot of time on your hands with…

From Salon Magazine Gun control’s racist reality: The liberal argument against giving police more power Well isn’t that interesting. And from Salon? Big surprise there. There is no reason to expect fair enforcement of gun control laws, or even that they will mainly be used to someone prevent these massacres. That is because how our…

I have no love for the bankers. But it wasn’t them. They just played along with the game because that is where the big profits were. The game went something like this – SJW “there are under served minorities” Bankers – “their record of repayment is not good” SJW – “we will rate their paper…

    If you are against profit quit eating. You profit from it.