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More Emerson
Demons have locked themselves out of the house. Via DailyMail: The economic center of the US is now in Dixie. = = = = = START QUOTE: Two-thirds of all job growth in the country is now concentrated in the Southeast, and it is home to 10 of the 15 fastest-growing cities. The change in…
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Will he learn?
Nathanael Blake at TheFederalist has encountered a Learning Moment. He’s a total neocon who suddenly realizes that aggressive free trade gets in the way of aggressive militarism. = = = = = START QUOTE: Industrial policy is defense policy. The ability to build is essential to our national defense, but our leaders have spent decades…
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The Jones not taken
American Radio Library has added a few issues of Radio Topics from the early ’20s. One article was highlighting services provided by radio. First a bakery was using one-way radio to dispatch its electric trucks: More importantly, businesses were using radio as a premium in the Duane Jones sense, and sometimes a self-liquidating premium, paying…
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Wouldn’t care to have as friends
One of those supershort Ripley features from 1958 shows us how far we’ve gone down the road of mass hypochondria. Intro: In a moment I’ll tell you the fascinating story of a group of people who you wouldn’t care to have as friends. After the pause for ad insertion: Among the many strange religious sects…
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One good thing
The bitcoin world was always and only a trick for Deepstate and big banks to steal money and power from suckers. Still, the bitcoin world has one advantage over the “standard” government and corporate world: Occasional clear language. Here’s a statement from some “network” or “exchange” that decided to shut down because of QT: “Product…
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What or who is Stoller smoking?
Headline from Stoller: The Long Annoying Tradition of Anti-Patriotism Declinism is a longstanding posture of political elites. It’s also a political choice, not a reflection of reality. I want to look at the long American embrace of anti-patriotism, of disdain for democracy, and general gloominess and dislike of politics. Because at times of populist anger…
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The one peacetime year
Still reading Pat Foster’s books on Willys and Jeep. The Jeep obviously began as a military project, and typically 60% of its income was from military contracts. The company always produced a variety of specialized vehicles for sole military use, along with the dual-use Universal Jeep. The company was an attractive and productive acquisition because…
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“Indian giver” is meaningful now
Two years ago the Cherokee tribe demanded that Jeep should stop its “unauthorized” use of the Cherokee name. Not unauthorized. One of Foster’s books on the history of Jeep includes this self-documenting picture: When AMC rebranded the Wagoneer to Cherokee in 1974 (note the license), it had the full approval of the Tribe. And you…
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Balkanic eruptions
We used to iconize the Balkans as the home of unending unforgiving disputes over tiny points of doctrine or loyalty, incomprehensible to outsiders. The disputes are still there, as US learned when it tried to take one side in the tangle of Serbia vs Kosovo vs Albanian Kosovars vs Albanian Kosovars Who Like Serbia vs…
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How do getters work?
Probably said this before, but seems to want another repeat. Trump and Nixon were both loyal servants of Deepstate. Both gave Deepstate what it wanted. Trump gave Deepstate lockdowns and muzzles and needles and infinite QE. Nixon donated environmentalism, affirmative action, abortion, and total takeover by finance. Both were “punished” afterward, but the “punishment” had…
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Narrowly true
Nikki’s latest pullquote: China has been preparing for war with the US as it has built up its military over the last few years. While China had been expanding its military presence America has been complacent and ‘taking gender pronoun classes’. Technically true but misses the point. China already owns us COMMERCIALLY. Nixon invited them…
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Fruitful branch
The rental house kittycorner from me has a landlord with a remarkable talent for selecting good families. Most are Air Force types from Fairchild. Air Force is a reliable source of good citizens. The latest family is pure 1950s Hallmark Americana, but not Air Force. Dad is always out working on the car, and his…
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Another sign of spring
Another small but significant sign of turnaround. The port of Naples has banned demon ships. Corriere della Sera reported that the media tycoon Barry Diller was also forced to renounce Naples after the Mergellina harbourmaster banned yachts of more than 75 metres in length for security reasons. Business and civic interests are protesting, since they…
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Today is UFO day!
Time to revisit the UFOdeo! We’re looking at an old tourist court, with a shady-looking truck and trailer parked in one of the spaces. It’s a 1915 Pierce truck, with some unique features. The four-speed transmission had a semi-freewheeling device. When you pushed the clutch down all the way, the input shaft of the gearbox…
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Cheapskates unite
Random thought, undoubtedly wrong because not based on experience. All US automakers of any size had a Canadian division at one time or another. We ‘carlonized’ other countries less regularly. Our Canadian products were different in two ways from our US cars. (1) More variety. (2) More practical and economical choices. I’ve discussed more variety…
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