Tim Carney has a funny tweet about the election:
“Low-income rural white voters in Pa. voted for Obama in 2008 and then Trump in 2016, and your explanation is white supremacy? Interesting.”
Found that jewel in an election post-mortem by Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. It compares the lessons of the Trump election and the Brexit vote. Like most stuff by Greenwald, it is worth reading. HERE.
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If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices and ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it.
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
