UH OH: Thousands flee after Hawaii quake triggers new volcano eruptions. “Thousands of people have been forced to flee after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island, triggering the collapse of a coastal cliff and prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas.”
Archive for 2018
May 5, 2018
WELL, THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE HAS BEEN RENDERED PC AND BORING IN RECENT YEARS ANYWAY: New ownership could spell big changes for SI Swimsuit edition.
AT AMAZON, save in Outdoor Recreation.
SCOTT JOHNSON: Mueller’s Got A Secret (2). I suspect he’s got quite a few of ’em.
Related flashback: Manafort Prosecutor Has a History of Bullying, Withholding Information, Critics Say.
WEIRD THAT THIS HASN’T GOTTEN MORE COVERAGE: Woman Charged In Slashing Bus Passengers’ Throats: “I’m so sorry, I don’t know what came over me. . . . Please apologize to them for me, will they survive? I hope Allah will forgive me.”
WELL, HE’S A DEMOCRAT, SO. . . Democrats take cautious approach on sexual assault allegations against California congressman. “More than a day after the child sexual assault allegations against California Congressman Tony Cardenas became public, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said she was withholding judgment on Cardenas until a House Ethics Committee investigation is complete. A broad array of other Democratic officials in California and in Washington have declined to comment publicly. The cautious response to a sitting congressman accused of assaulting a then-16-year-old girl more than 10 years ago is striking after a year in which the #MeToo movement and the Roy Moore scandal dominated the headlines. “
TODAY IN HISTORY: Today in 1787, James Madison arrived in Philadelphia, nine days before the Constitutional Convention’s scheduled start (and twenty days before its actual start). He stayed at Mary House’s boarding house at Fifth & Market Streets and dined at the Indian Queen Tavern (also owned by Mrs. House) nearby. And why shouldn’t he get there early? The guy was born for this job.
His fellow delegate William Pierce described him this way: “Mr. Madison is a character who has long been in public life; and what is very remarkable every Person seems to acknowledge his greatness. He blends together the profound politician, with the Scholar. … The affairs of the United States, he perhaps, has the most correct knowledge of, of any Man in the Union.”
NEW CIVILITY WATCH: L.A. Antifa Group Hangs Trump in Effigy, Calls for ‘Revolutionary Violence’ Against ‘the Capitalist State.’
I eagerly await Paul Krugman’s brutal condemnation of such eliminationist rhetoric and imagery.
BUT THE CARBON-RELATED VIRTUE SIGNALING IS THE REVERSE: Carbon Dioxide: U.S. Emissions Down, European Emissions Up.
JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: AP Shamed Into Naming One Dem’s Party in DC Anti-Semitism Controversy.
MICHAEL WALSH: De Blasio’s New York to Open Druggie ‘Shooting Sites.’
Come back Nanny Bloomberg, all is forgiven!
AT AMAZON, Dockers Men’s Classic-Fit Perfect-Shorts.
TEST DRIVE: 2018 BMW M5.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to Choose the Right Roof Rack to Carry All Your Gear.
Do your shopping right here.
SO PUTTING HIM IN JAIL DIDN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM? WEIRD. Drug made famous by Shkreli’s 5,000% price hike is still $750 a pill.
DON’T MESS WITH BEARS: Really. No selfies with bears. That’s a rule to live by.
I TOOK A LOOK AT THE TEXT OF THE LOGAN ACT: I’m not sure it’s the most carefully considered legislation Congress ever produced, but I didn’t see anything about its applying only to Republicans.
LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A criminal gang used a swarm of drones to disrupt an FBI raid. “Mazel said the suspects had backpacked the drones to the area in anticipation of the FBI’s arrival. Not only did they buzz the hostage rescue team, they also kept a continuous eye on the agents, feeding video to the group’s other members via YouTube. . . . Mazel said counter surveillance of law enforcement agents is the fastest-growing way that organized criminals are using drones.”
NEWS YOU CAN ABUSE. Andrew Klavan: Your Culture is My Underpants.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Nine Iconic ’90s Trends That Made Us Too Cool for School.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: USC student put on trial after debating peers on Facebook. We can’t have debate here, this is a university!
IT’S THEIR FAULT! THEY KEEP COMING ON CAMPUS WEARING THOSE SHORT SKIRTS! Berkeley task force blames conservatives for leftist violence.
We’d have a nice quiet community here if it weren’t for them outside agitators comin’ in and stirring’ folks up.
