Saturday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, May 23, 2026
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Drug manufacturing in orbit.
I remember this was predicted as a major use for things like the shuttle or a space station, forty five years ago.
This is almost too good. The Taco Mobile website, where the tacky Taco phone (not) made in America are peddled, had a data breach.
And:
Maybe like an email saying the terms of the $100 deposit changed to something completely different?
Video on the XpaceS IPO (the first 15 minutes or so).
TL;DW: Money furnace. For Adolf fanboys.
Citing Iran, Trump has abandoned his plan to spend the weekend golfing at Bedminster. I guess he really, really, really didn’t want to attend Junior’s wedding.
@CSK:
The father of the groom often gives a speech at the rehearsal dinner, so that’s a missed opportunity. We could have heard about Biden and Obama and tariffs and DEI and the ballroom and the triumphal arch and many long, incoherent rambles into sharks vs. electricity, and magnets, and the great Al Capone. We could have made a bet on Kalshi betting that Don Jr. was never even mentioned.
@CSK:
Do we know if the felon was even invited?
Since it came up yesterday, I went looking for what Kranz told the mission control personnel after the Apollo 1 fire. I think it’s worth quoting in whole these days:
It’s now known as the Krantz Dictum. (emphasis added):
It is a shame that Mr. Trump can’t make it to Junior’s ceremony today. I bet he sent a real nice present though.
@Michael Reynolds:
You forgot cancer-causing windmills.
@Sleeping Dog:
Who needs an invitation?
@Slugger:
A gift certificate to McDonald’s.
More on Adolf’s IPO. The link starts well into the video, on the section discussing corporate governance. Patrick Boyle describes it as corporate dictatorship. TL;DR: Adolf has permanent control of the company, and the board has sharp limits on what it can do.
We’re moving on from shareholder value, to borligarch share value.
All money to the oligarchs!
Per the NYT, Trump says an Iran peace deal is “near.”
20-30 gunshots near the White House. Meh.
Try to live your life so people aren’t trying to kill you over and over, I guess. Or don’t. I’m not the boss of anyone.
@CSK:
per the Guardian, the Iranians say Trump is lying about a deal.
@Gustopher:
I’ll take Iran for $500, Alex.
@Gustopher:
Maybe time travel is possible and the people of the future sent back to rid the world of Hitler were thwarted by The SS.