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Archive for 2018
November 29, 2018
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: The 10 Worst Christmas Songs of All Time.
TO BE FAIR, THEY’RE LESS COMPETENT IN MOST INTERACTIONS: White Liberals Present Themselves as Less Competent in Interactions with African-Americans.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON GETS THE #METOO TREATMENT: Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct.
And since I didn’t link yesterday: This New Les Moonves Accusation Changes Everything.
Beginning with first Roger Ailes in July of 2016, and then Harvey Weinstein in October of the following year, the media has been flooded with similar headlines regarding powerful men in showbiz, the news, and politics, culminating in the efforts last month to entirely upend Brett Kavanaugh’s life in a (fortunately failed) attempt to keep him off a Supreme Court seat. Add to all of the above toxic identity politics, which gave us the phrase “male privilege.” And then media scratches their brows and runs headlines such as this item at Time in late October, “Why Are We All Having So Little Sex?,” and a similar one at the Atlantic last week, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”
It’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, as the man who was the bête noire of both national socialists and modern international socialists would say.
Or to put it another way: The Sexual Revolution Is Over.
REVIEW: Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Tactical.
VIKING CONVOY: U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines conduct vehicle checks on BvS 10 Viking vehicles. The convoy was moving through Sorreisa, Norway. Here’s some background on the Viking, which is an “articulated” all terrain vehicle. It’s also amphibious.
NO BIAS TO SEE HERE; MOVE ALONG, PLEASE: Washington Post Slaps Brett Kavanaugh Across the Face by Reporting His Return to Coaching in the “Public Safety” Section.
NEO: THE “MIGRANTS” AND NATIONALISM: ANGELA MERKEL SPEAKS.
Here’s one of the most quoted statements from her speech:
…Merkel trained her sights on “those who believe they can solve all problems on their own and only have to think of themselves — that’s nationalism in its purest form, not patriotism.”
That’s a strawman, of course. I cannot think of a single country that believes it can “solve all problems” on its own, a country that is so isolated that it doesn’t have multiple treaties, trade agreements, and all sorts of relations with other countries.
What’s more, there are some problems that countries must solve on their own.
Read the whole thing.
MARC LAMONT HILL FIRED BY CNN OVER COMMENTS ABOUT ISRAEL.
Related: “After refusing to comment on this matter for more than a day, CNN has just fired Hill, without offering any explanation why, and without denouncing the antisemitism as some (but not all!!!) conservatives demanded,” Ace notes.
NARCISSUS UNBOUND: “That whole, suddenly America’s, like, the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas — that was me, people.”
Not so fast. According to The Daily Caller:
“Former president of Shell Oil Company John Hofmeister said former President Barack Obama had nothing to do with America’s increased oil production and actually frustrated many areas of the energy sector.”
The funny part is this is the same “won’t go away” guy who mocked Sarah Palin and John McCain for imploring further drilling. Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Obama’s spirit was well-captured in this work by the late (and very great) Joel Andrews:
OBAMA BLASTS TRUMP’S USE OF TEAR GAS ON FOREIGNERS: ‘Frankly, I Would Have Used A Drone Strike.’
Yes, it’s the Babylon Bee, so it’s satire — or is it?
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Seen on Facebook:
I’M NOT SAYING THAT IT’S ALIENS, BUT IT’S ALIENS: Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why. “They’re too nice; they’re too perfect to be nature.”
Though I suppose that BLUE HADES aren’t, technically, aliens.
NO AID FOR CENSORS: THE CASE FOR QUITTING TWITTER.
From former PJTV and PJM Political composer, the Emmy award-winning Boris Zelkin.
IT’S RAINING IN SAN DIEGO: That’s a wonderful thing. But, as usual, cars are spinning out and crashing all over town. I don’t know what it is about Southern Californians …
I SAID THAT AS A BLACK LEFTY HE’D GET A PASS FOR HIS ANTI-SEMITISM, BUT I WAS WRONG: CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill Following Genocidal Israel Comments.
REVIEW: 2020 Lincoln Aviator.
NEW TEXAS DEMOCRAT TO HIRE UNIQUE CHIEF OF STAFF: LegiStorm reports that newly elected Colin Allred (D-Texas) has hired Paige Hutchinson, his campaign manager, to be his chief of staff (COS) when he takes office in January.
It’s not at all unusual for senators and representatives to give their campaign managers the COS job. Having been a Hill COS long, long ago in a Congress far, far away, I can appreciate the challenges now awaiting Hutchinson. But what makes Hutchinson’s hire newsworthy is this.
(Note to commenters: Geez, you guys are a tough crowd! Just think of how much you learned between the ages of 23 and 41 and the “is this newsworthy” issue should be resolved.)
THAT’S BECAUSE THE #1 SYMPTOM OF ADHD IS ACTING LIKE A KID: Youngest kids in class may be over-diagnosed with ADHD.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: U.Texas Prof Punished for Calling Police on Rude, Disruptive Student.