OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.
January 22, 2025
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THE NEW SPACE RACE: Finland Signs On To Artemis Accords.
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PROMISE KEPT: President Donald Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht.
WELL, YES:
THIS is why many Republicans are blasĂŠ about the J6 pardons. https://t.co/4u6EeAWpvU
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) January 22, 2025
SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST, WE GOTTA MAKE THIS COSMOS LAST: Scientists Confirm The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast.
HEH:
Common JoJo L đ pic.twitter.com/OiToNssaEV
— Defiant Lâs (@DefiantLs) January 22, 2025
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING STUFF UP THEIR NOSE FOR DEPRESSION FOR YEARS: FDA approves Spravato, first monotherapy nasal spray to treat depression. I guess that stuff wasn’t FDA approved, though.
READER FAVORITE: Etekcity Upgraded Smart Scale for Body Weight. #CommissionEarned
ROGER KIMBALL: Trump is not fooling this time.
Mirabile dictu, the people who spent the last eight years trying to destroy Trump are outraged, outraged that the president of the United States should take a jaundiced view of their activities. John Brennan, one of the most egregious anti-Trump fanatics, whined about the unfairness of it all to left-wing talking-head Andrea Mitchell. It was a pathetic performance, but also revelatory in a minor way. I especially liked it when Brennan described Mark Milley, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, as a âAmerican hero.â In my view, Milley ought to have been stripped of his rank and court-martialed when he insinuated himself into the chain of command and contacted his Chinese counterpart to say that he would let him know if Trump was planning to initiate any military action against China.
One of Joe Bidenâs last acts as president was to immunize Milley against future federal prosecution by issuing a proleptic get-of-of-jail-free-card, aka a presidential pardon. Milley should be grateful for that benison, but I am not sure it will prove to be the absolution he craves. Remember, we are only two days into the new Trump administration. The shock and awe is just beginning.
Well, good. It’s interesting to see the New York Times suddenly discovering a strange new respect for the English language as well:
Quite the shift from the usual birthing people, fetus and clump of cells terminology pic.twitter.com/Kr3FvZAoph
— Dr. Ben Braddock (@GraduatedBen) January 22, 2025
MY SECRETARY WAS IN A CAR THAT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IT WAS EVEN CAUGHT ON TRAFFIC CAMERA. Hereâs What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Car. In her case the car froze, the cabin filled with smoke, and the door locks wouldn’t open. Her boyfriend kicked out a window and dragged her out, which made him a hero.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: The Crazy Reason âJimmy Kimmel Live!â Rejected Tyler Fischer.
âWe donât want you because of the things you say, you canât joke about this,â Fischer said of the industryâs take on his talents.
He still sought out mainstream Hollywood earlier in his career.
âIâve definitely tried to get on âThe Tonight Show,â Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel,â Fischer told the podcast. âJimmy Kimmelâs booker said I canât do impressions in my stand-up on the show because Jimmyâs friends with the celebrities and he might get upset.
âThatâs actually what she said,â Fisher added. âOnce you start adding these things up, Iâm not really welcome there, which is fine.”
Read the whole thing.
MY CONGRESSMAN, AND I’M PROUD OF HIM: Must-See: Rep. Tim Burchett Absolutely Bodies Smug Jim Acosta Live On-Air, and Then Does It Again.
AMSTERDAM PARTYING LIKE ITâS 1939 AGAIN: Amsterdam Comedy Club Tells Israeli Comic to Perform in âJewish Venues.â
Related:
NAILED IT!
Liberals Briefly Pause Chanting âDeath To Israelâ To Call Elon Musk A Nazi https://t.co/dygN01xQ7T pic.twitter.com/lck5gCHbn5
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 22, 2025
THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Mufasa Is Everything Wrong With Modern Movies (Video).
Earlier: Inside Disneyâs Cynical, Soul-Sucking Remake Machine.
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…
The same people whoâŚ
Shut down your business
Yelled at your kids for not wearing masks
Wouldnât let you visit your dying parents
Kicked out soldiers for refusing a vaccine
Lied about the origins of Covid
Tried to enact a nationwide vaccine mandate
Censored us on social media⌗ Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) January 22, 2025
To be fair, not everything the Left does is projection. Some of it is corruption.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: It’s Morning in America… Again.
THIS IS THE WAY:
Pierre Poilievre is easily the best politician at handling the media.
This is yet another masterclass. https://t.co/UO0pl2sKOC
— Samuel Sey (@SlowToWrite) January 22, 2025
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: FPC Challenges Federal Ban on Interstate Gun Sales. “This is a federal ban that stands in the way of doing business directly with lawful individuals from other states who are legally able to purchase a firearm. . . . The DOJ, now under new management, can theoretically choose not to defend the law. It will be more than interesting to see what the feds do here.”
The filing is here.
INDEED:
The reason I went with DeSantis in the primary was that he understood how to use executive power.
Trump never used his power, but instead listened to all the wrong people who convinced him POTUS couldn't really do anything because they wanted to rein him in.
Not anymore.
TrumpâŚ
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) January 22, 2025
The Left will come to regret the day they cheated Trump out of a second consecutive term that likely would have been less effective than the first. In fact, they probably already have.