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Archive for 2019
April 30, 2019
TROUBLE IN PARADISE: Hunter Biden splits from brother Beau’s widow Hallie. “Hunter Biden has allegedly split from Hallie Biden — the widow of his late brother, Beau — Page Six has exclusively learned. The breakup comes two years after we first reported that the former in-laws were dating in 2017.”
STAND UP AGAINST THE BULLYING: Academics’ Mobbing of a Young Scholar Must be Denounced.
The bullies have signed an open letter. Perhaps their own home institutions, and donors thereto, should hear that this behavior is inappropriate.
UPDATE: From the comments: “‘the bullies have signed an open letter’ — Congratulations on identifying yourselves.”
Heh. Indeed.
Plus: “So… people opposed to research, scholarship, and reason have put their names to a list. Welcome, Thermidor!”
Heh, indeed again.
OPEN THREAD: Make this one a doozy.
LATEST: Two Dead, Four Injured in UNC-Charlotte Campus Shooting, Suspect in Custody.
I don’t understand how this could have happened, since it’s basically a gun-free campus.
WHAT? LIBERAL THINK TANKER RIPS WARREN’S COLLEGE LOAN SCHEME: Something is going on when a top think tanker representing two anchors of the Washington liberal establishment takes apart a progressive favorite’s plan for no-fault college loans.
THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED: Beer, Wine, and Chocolate Are Key to Living a Long Life, Study Say.
SO I UPGRADED OUR ELDERLY OUTDOOR KITCHEN, replacing the ’80s-vintage Sterling grill with this model from Napoleon. I’ve grilled everything from steak to shrimp on it with good results; it’s easy to light, the heat is even and even the Insta-Wife, who pays little attention to such things, is very happy. Not cheap, but since we do at least half of our cooking on it year-round, not bad.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Hollywood Begins Eating its Own.
IS THERE NOTHING IT CAN’T DO? Your Big Carbon Footprint Is To Blame For April Snow In Chicago.
Harrison Ford really has some explaining to do.
HOW CARBOHYDRATES AND NOT PROTEIN promote aging.
MORE BAD LUCK:
● Shot: Is This a Joke? CNN Lets Oliver Stone Defend ‘Magnanimous, Warm’ Hugo Chavez.
—NewsBusters, January 4, 2013.
● Chaser: Juan Guaidó Launches Military Uprising in Venezuela Against Socialist Maduro.
—PJ Media, today.
● Hangover: CNN Taken Off the Air in Venezuela.
—Mediaite, today.
As Iowahawk tweets, “They warned me that an illegitimate puppet regime colluding with Russia would mow down the resistance and take CNN off the air, and they were right.”
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Joe Biden’s Bad Judgements:
Joe Biden voted against authorizing the 1991 mission to expel Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait, scolding George H. W. Bush for putting together “a coalition that has allowed us to take on 95 percent of the sacrifice across the board.” A decade later, he insisted that George W. Bush’s withdrawal from the anti-ballistic missile treaty would lead to an arms buildup in Russia and South Asia, as well as a dramatic escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan. Fortunately, these destabilizing events remained theoretical.
Biden will have to make it to the general election before his record on these issues is thoroughly litigated, but there is no guarantee he will make it that far. The former vice president’s problematic instincts when it comes to foreign affairs is a source of much consternation for Democrats, too.
Democrats may be willing to forgive Biden’s support for Bill Clinton’s military interventions in the former Yugoslavia, but they’re unlikely to be so dismissive of his vote in favor of the 2003 Iraq War or the committee hearings he led establishing the existence of Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction programs. Nor will they be willing to look past his advocacy for the dismemberment of Iraq in 2006, which would have deepened and prolonged American involvement in the region.
Unsurprisingly, there’s much more.
UPDATE: In 2015, “Biden told CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell that he would never run for political office again during an interview on CBS’ ’60 Minutes.'”
SOMETHING FOR THE ARMCHAIR WARRIORS: “The Army of the Living’s Battle Plan Wasn’t So Bad“: Robert Farley, a visiting professor at the United States Army War College reviews the Battle of Winterfell, and says in Slate that the defenders “needed to induce a fight in order to avoid the threat of a prolonged siege.”
He also notes that although many are criticizing the choice to sacrifice the Dothraki cavalry, it made military sense because among other things:
“Team Alive knew enough about Team Dead to guess that the Dothraki faced a kind of infantry that they had never encountered before; one without fear and thus invulnerable to shock and flanking. Moreover, in the dark, the Dothraki probably could not even identify the enemy flank.”
To be honest, in the dark, I could barely recognize anyone.