Winners, Losers and Links

Thank God Iowa is over

Winners

Trump Plan Trusters - Iowa was a win (as expected). The bigger win is JPMorganChase’s Jamie Dimon saying that Trump voters have legit concerns. Signals come in many sizes.

Houthis - No expectation that US bombings will stop them so they gain Arab Street cred. Few if any remember they endured famine thanks to the Saudis. They will continue to be a nuisance.

Iran - Their proxies are doing fine, Israel feels the heat and they can strike into Pakistan and not have it be an international outrage.

Losers

Gov. Desantis - The team pinned their hopes on Iowa and they failed. Anytime you are saying 2nd place is a win, it is bad news. His reputation is really dinged with the not even year old presidential bid.

Air Travel - The airport experience was already bad. Few enjoy it. Boeing 737s facing more problems might start changing travel decisions. Who needs TSA, early arrivals, awful passengers and rules upon rules? Just drive. Add to all of this the tragedy that Spirit Airlines is seeking bankruptcy. How will we get Airport Brawl videos?

Corporate DEI Enforcers - The lawsuits are coming about hiring decisions and these are the exact types to put in email their demands or orders for what type of candidate. Discovery is going to be a bitch for these midwits. Enjoy the fines because you were too dumb to type “prefer” instead of “must”.

Links

More ancient dna gives us a real clue as to the cycle of man.

The Anton LaVey Early Life Coverup.

It did not take long for the Desantis influencers to write how things went wrong. The way to avoid that is do everything Ryan Girdusky says.

Another essay on what Gov. Desantis should have done.

Cowen on how the developing world might miss the window to rise.

Why American cities are bad. Something is missing from this though.

You cannot just withdraw from institutions. You need top down capture and change.

AI and the Pentagon! Who could have ever predicted that?

Maybe this is how the Ivy League dies.