THAT WAS FAST: The College of Charleston rejects race-preferential admissions policies. No wait! The College of Charleston embraces race-preferential admissions policies.
Archive for 2018
August 2, 2018
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DOWN BUT NOT OUT: Hardcore ISIS Foreign Fighters ‘Who Represent Some of the Biggest Threats to Our Nations’ in New SDF Battle. “British coalition general stresses ahead of SDF operation that ‘we should be in no doubt that the campaign to defeat ISIS is not yet over’.”
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan.
NOT MUCH OF A TRADEOFF: Lung cancer rate rising for women as breast cancer rate declines.
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP: Americans Having Fewer Kids Now Than in Past 42 Years.
AT LEAST IT ISN’T ANOTHER OVER-HOPPED IPA: One of the world’s largest beer makers is about to start producing marijuana-infused drinks.
THIS IS HUGE, AND I’M SURPRISED SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO GROSSED OUT THEY CAN’T APPRECIATE IT: Research Flourishes on Promise of Fecal Transplants.
Has #MeToo moved past knee-jerk condemnation, or is CBS just too valuable a property?
A U-SHAPED CURVE? Teetotalers, Like Big Drinkers, More Prone To Dementia: Study.
THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED: Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report.
MARK RIPPETOE EMAILS A LINK TO THIS STUDY: Do statins lower testosterone and does it matter?
BUT REMEMBER, WHEN PEOPLE DON’T TRUST THE PRESS, IT’S BECAUSE OF ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM AND STUFF: The New York Times Editorial Board Just Hired An Insanely Racist Writer.
DID THEY LOSE A BIDDING WAR WITH CNN? New York Times Editorial Board Hires ‘Angry Racist’ Who Gets ‘Sick’ Pleasure Out of Racial Cruelty. “Profanity-laced tirades attacking people due to the color of their skin, joking about eugenics.”
Sarah Jeong was a senior writer for The Verge, which is a tech site owned by Vox Media, (same corporate parent as “young-adult website” Vox.com), which was co-founded by DailyKos himself, Markos Moulitsas.
GINSBURG: ‘I AM MENTALLY FIT ENOUGH TO SERVE THROUGH THE END OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S TERM.’
It’s the Babylon Bee, so it’s satire — I think.
SENATOR ORRIN HATCH: Democrats have gone ‘borking mad’ on Brett Kavanaugh: Sen. Orrin Hatch.
IT’S ALMOST AS THOUGH WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE A FREE PEOPLE: Obamacare is now optional.
WHY IS THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? LATEST NEW YORK TIMES HIRE ALSO HAD RELATIONSHIP WITH WHITE NATIONALIST HACKER.
THE HORROR… THE HORROR… Donald Trump has no earthly clue about how real people buy groceries.
TOO BAD KEVIN WILLIAMSON DIDN’T GET SUCH KID GLOVE TREATMENT: New York Times hires a Editorial Board member with a pretty nasty Twitter history. (Image below). It’s always amazing how our intellectual and moral betters don’t understand how Twitter works. And so far, from media critics and observers? * crickets*
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): The response from the NYT is basically “sure she said a lot of racist things, but it’s all the fault of white people.”
The “period of time” is about two years, apparently, and many of her tweets aren’t in response to anything.
MICHAEL WALSH ON THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: AMERICAN JOURNALISM TODAY.
Now the White House beat has become an entry-level reporting job, in the course of which the callowest of youths, or the most airheaded among the former beauty queens, can sass the objects of their coverage, mock them, call them liars, and generally act out in public. (Yes, Jim Acosta, we’re talking about you.) Here’s a very small but telling and typical example of everything that’s wrong with journalism today, by Catherine Lucey and Zeke Miller of the Associated Press (emphasis mine):
Read the whole thing.
PAULA BOLYARD: #MeToo on Steroids? “Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that he… um… knew or should have known that an assistant coach had been accused (but not convicted) of domestic violence in 2015.”