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tomo,
It's nice to think that Fauci might reap some portion of his fair reward. Nothing wrong with hoping, as long as expectations stay low.

Wood powered ships: even dafter than battery powered ships. By the time you've stowed your fuel, there won't be much room for cargo.

Though I think this:

...trees grow much more slowly than the time it takes to use them for fuel

is poorly expressed. If the ship burns two tons of wood per minute, you just need to set it against an area of forest that is adding two tons of of wood per minute. I'd guess that'd be quite a few acres. Now multiply that number of acres by the desired number of ships and we'll soon see how sustainable it is.

Skimmed through the Watergate video. Definitely some intriguing connections and interesting alternatives to the official history. Mostly it underlines my scepticism about history in general ("His story", as Mum used to say).

Mailman,
I hope he'll make a difference and, as I said to tomo, no harm in hoping.

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That link just gave me a Twitter "Something went wrong". Any hints?

One thing that surprised me in that interview with Victor Davis Hanson was how important he thought the American universities were in the grand scheme. In particular, he predicted that the IDF would wait until June before going for Hamas's jugular, the timing being because it would be between university terms, so no mass demonstrations at the campuses.

Is this just because Hanson's world centres on universities, or is the US government really *so* concerned about the opinions of academics and students? Have we entered the age of unrealpolitik?

Hanson and/or the US politicians might learn from Ms Sargon (as recently interviewed by Brendan O'Neill). She had an excellent label for the university activists: the know-nothing they-thems. Spot on.

ugh...

Robbo,

The fate of the free world quite literally rests on the outcome of Novembers election months in America!

File under the "things that make you go hmmmmmmm"

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=409681

Are the bats about to come home to roost? Probably not but there is nothing wrong in hoping they do!

tomo,
The popular mix these days is roughly equal parts of bureaucratic lassitude and vested interests. Looks like the Hawaiians mixed in a hefty dose of evil.

Some other depressing listening in the latest John Anderson interview with Victor Davis Hanson. The underlying theme was the prospects for the next US presidential election. You get a sense of how he feels about it from the fact his latest book is on how empires fall (he quoted Hemmingway's line on bankruptcy — gradually, and then suddenly). Some good kicks administered to the Ivy League universities, and to the US military going woke at the worst possible time. I thought he was about right on why Trump stands alone as the Republican candidate: that he is seen as the true outsider who's not going to pull his punches; and punches *are* needed. We'll see how it works out.

The sound quality on that video seems so-so, but a whole lot better than the mp3 audio I listened to (way too much gain on Hanson's mic. I'd say). Funny to end up with woeful audio at the end of all that fancy digital equpment.