PROGRESSIVES have an over-shaming problem.

Writing at the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf has an interesting piece today titled “Too much stigma, not enough persuasion,” which points to a problem problem Democrats seem to have developed on social media, i.e. an eagerness to shame and humiliate anyone who fails to be sufficiently in line with their own understanding of a given social issue. The problem isn’t disagreement, it’s the immediate resort to public ridicule at the slightest provocation.

The solution to this 'progressive' bullying is an immediate "You mistake me for someone who gives a shit what you think."

JEFF JACOBY: more eminent domain injustice.

At best, eminent domain is an unfortunate necessity — a last resort when land is needed for a public purpose, such as building a new school or a highway. But when government takes private property in order to benefit a private developer, or when it threatens to do so, it abuses its power and betrays the citizens it is supposed to represent.

Increasing tax base is not a public use.

ILLEGAL VOTING and what to do about it.

Maybe in a Trump administration....

CAN I HAVE ONE? 'Death Ray' rifle uses radio waves to knock out drones from more than a mile away.

GREAT NEWS: You can now pee on the sidewalks in San Francisco.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, little House Democratic caucus!

May we offer you another shovel so you can keep digging?

GOP CONGRESSMAN being considered for NASA administrator in Trump administration.

ELECTROCEUTICALS: The future of medicine might be bioelectronic implants.

PJ MEDIA: An Open Letter to Donald Trump.

IT'S OFFICIAL: the EM drive appears to work.

A 'new frontier' for physics?

KURT SCHLICTER: Trollmaster Trump is driving liberals to new heights of fussy fury.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: The election's not over until we say it is.

Another view from the 'reality' world....

NASA REALIZES SLS and Orion are too expensive, and opens the door to competitors.

Good for both NASA and commercial space, I think. NASA research and technology development has made manned space affordable for commercial development and business has the resources to do it. They can and should, without government interference. NASA can then go back to its core competence, aerospace research and technology development.

FROM BULLY TO VICTIM: Obama plays the blame game.

A THOUGHT FOR DEMOCRATS: You are still crying wolf.

The author is not a Trump admirer, but he's accurately described the Democrats' problem. My advice to Democrats: keep digging; you'll get to China eventually....

THE SWORD CUTS BOTH WAYS: My faculty values and your 'white privilege'.

IT'S BEEN OVER TWO WEEKS, and they still don't get it: The unbearable smugness of the press.

VISITING VOTERS INSTEAD OF HAWAII: President Trump's victory tour begins on Thursday.

EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS are tired of Elizabeth Warren.

HEH:

From my email.