Yet Another Person Bails on the State Department “Redesign”
Mai/Rex Shutterstock via ZUMA Like Spinal Tap drummers, the folks tapped to lead Rex Tillerson’s overhaul of the State Department just keep imploding. The latest is Maliz Beams, former CEO of Voya, who lasted only 90 days: An early leader of the overhaul was William Inglee, a former Lockheed Martin executive, who quickly moved on.…
Tillerson: State Department Won’t Need Much Money After Trump Solves World Problems
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave a major speech today. Laura Rozen reports: Tillerson on State budget: proposed cuts reflective of expectation we are going to have success in resolving some of these conflicts. — Laura Rozen (@lrozen) November 28, 2017 As a joke, this might not have been bad. But it wasn’t a joke:…
How Do You Round Up Votes for a Republican Tax Bill? Take a Guess…
Here is your headline of the day: Of course that’s what they’re doing. How else would you round up votes from a bunch of Republicans? I’ve sort of given up on the latest batch of estimates about the effect of the tax bill. They all say the same thing: It gives big cuts to the…
Robots Are Becoming Alarmingly Strong
From the Los Angeles Times: Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have developed a variety of origami-inspired artificial muscles that can lift up to a thousand times their own weight — and yet be dexterous enough to grip and raise a delicate flower. The devices, described in the Proceedings of the…
What Does the Future Look Like If Net Neutrality Goes Away?
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA “Net neutrality” is a simple thing: it mandates that ISPs (internet service providers, usually your cable or mobile phone company) provide the same level of service to all comers—from mighty Disney to modest Breitbart to tiny little startups. Without it, internet providers can sign exclusive deals with big companies…
What Does a Yellow Light Mean? Now Updated With Responses!
I blew it. Sorry. It turns out that SurveyMonkey allows only 100 reponses to their free surveys. The cheapest option that would allow me to retrieve all the responses costs $408, and as much as I cherish my readers, that’s a little steep for a crummy little web survey joke. However, here are the results…