KIDS TORN FROM THEIR PARENTS: As always, the compassion is highly selective.
Archive for 2018
June 18, 2018
HEADLINES FROM 1488. Male Feminist Declares: ‘End Chivalry Now.’
(Classical reference in headline.)
IT’S COME TO THIS: Bay Area Elementary School to Be Named After Illegal Immigrant.
IT’S BEEN A BAD THREE YEARS FOR THE MEDIA: 3 years ago, Trump announced that he was running for President, and, oh, how the media mocked him.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: The Five Worst Illegal Immigration Arguments.
GOING AFTER THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT HERE: Fact-Check: Yes, Joe Biden Is Dumb.
BUT STILL, THEY PERSISTED: Erick Erickson lights the media up for doing a ‘terrible job’ covering #ImmigrantChildren.
BABYLON BERLIN BY THE BAY:
● Shot:
A tin of osetra caviar arrives in a crystal bowl of crushed ice. It’s served as a bona fide “bump”— the server spoons the eggs onto your fist along with a dollop of smoked creme fraiche, then drapes it all in a fat slab of barbecued wagyu beef fat. (Yes, all on your fist.) It’s a salty, smoky, slippery slurp, enlivened by a perfect pop. The effect is similar to the drug it alludes to: I immediately wanted more — although not at $68 a hit.
—A review of the San Francisco restaurant Avery in Eater.com, Jun 5, 2018. (There’s a photo of the “fist bump of caviar” at the above link, if you’re curious.)
● Chaser: “Terrified” San Francisco Tourists Shocked By Aggressive Vagrants, Discarded Needles, Dead Bodies.
—Headline, Zero Hedge, today.
(Classical reference in headline.)
BUY THE BEST BOOKS? THAT’S CRAZY TALK — Sarah Hoyt asks, Should Publishers Buy the Best Books or Books By the Right People?
(Yes, that’s right, it’s me, Charlie Martin. I’ll be posting here in the future as well as my usual haunts at PJM. As well as writing for PJM for more than 10 years, I’m a consultant through Flint Hills Group, where I also blog, and tutor computer topics at Wyzant. Come up and see me some time.)
I FIND THIS PLAUSIBLE: People’s Egos Get Bigger After Yoga And Meditation.
DIVERSITY MEANS KNOWING YOUR PLACE: Bestselling Author Fired for Criticizing Penguin Random House’s New Diversity Policy.
Update: The original piece has been corrected. Lionel Shriver was dropped as a literary judge by a different organization, not dropped by her publisher.
TRUMP DOESN’T HAVE HIS WALL YET, BUT THE FBI STONEWALL HAS BEEN ERECTED: Comey refuses to testify to Congress, McCabe pleads Fifth Amendment.
WELL, THEY ALREADY SEEM TO HAVE CORNERED THE MARKET ON DULLER JUDGES: With Knife Crimes on Rise, British Judge Recommends Duller Kitchen Knives.
REVIEW: 2019 Volvo V60.
EVERYBODY DOES IT: Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenges to Gerrymandering in Maryland and Wisconsin. “Both Republicans and Democrats lost attempts to stop partisan redistricting.”
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: 50 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List.
BAD NEWS FOR PAJAMA BOY: Tip: Low Testosterone Can Lead to Early Death. I’m skeptical that “testosterone-boosting supplements” are the answer, though. Although a lot of people are deficient in magnesium.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why Attacking White Male Critics Is More Than Just Dumb.
WAIT, THEY TOLD ME THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: This Anti-Salt Narrative Needs a Shakeup: First of all: It’s not even clear that the average American consumes too much sodium.