WASN’T THERE A GILLIGAN’S ISLAND EPISODE LIKE THIS, WHERE IT WAS JUST GILLIGAN MESSING UP THE PROFESSOR’S TIDE GAUGE AND THEY THOUGHT THE ISLAND WAS SINKING? Tidalgate: Climate Alarmists Caught Faking Sea Level Rise.
Why yes, yes there was: Quick, Before It Sinks. “The Professor, relying solely on a measuring stick (while ignoring the unchanging shoreline) to conclude that the island is sinking, displays astoundingly poor deductive skills and a questionable knowledge of geology.”
WHEN VOLCANOES ATTACK. “No active volcano is safe. Neither are dormant volcanoes. White Island was exceptionally unsafe.”
THAT’S PUTTING IT MILDLY: With Corbyn’s rise, election marks an “uncomfortable moment” for Britain’s Jews. “The dilemma British Jews face is an increasingly common one across Europe. Britain’s Jews may not much like Boris Johnson, as they opposed Brexit by a factor of two-to-one, but many, in the words of the former Chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks, see the prospect of Corbyn’s election as “an existential crisis.” Polls suggest that just six percent of UK Jews plan to vote Labour. What is occurring in Britain, and much of Europe, reflects changes in the nature of antisemitism.” Yep. It comes from the Left now, and their armies of imported anti-semites, which they fervently hope to enlarge.
NO. GO AWAY. Knoxville Mayor Rogero Pleads to Take in More Refugees. She only has a week or two left in office, so this is mostly some final-period virtue signaling: “Rogero signed a letter making her case alongside other mayors including Bill de Blasio of New York City, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, and LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, among many others.”
Plus, “No other Tennessee mayors, including Democratic Mayor John Cooper of Nashville, signed the letter.”
Like I said. But no.
GOOD: DeSantis announces civics requirements for High School seniors. I’d say that every state needs this, but given what godawful dreck they’d probably teach in a lot of blue states, maybe not.
KILL ME. KILL ME NOW. Michelle Obama Says She And Barack Will Stay Involved in Politics Forever.
IMPEACHUS INTERRUPTUS: Key swing-district Dem who led the charge on impeachment: I’m undecided.
LAWRENCE PERSON: Handicapping the 2020 Texas Senate Race.
I had no idea so many Democrats — and even a few Republicans — were vying to be rid of John Cornyn.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Five Times Obama Abused His Power and Democrats Didn’t Care.
I’VE BEEN HOLDING OFF ON METFORMIN DESPITE THE GOOD PRESS AND NOW I THINK I’M GLAD: Late life metformin treatment limits cell survival and shortens lifespan by triggering an aging-associated failure of energy metabolism. That’s the trouble with the life extension stuff — everything is very complex.
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WITH HELP FROM A COMPLIANT PRESS: How Joe Biden Gets Away With Calling A Voter A Fat, Dumb, Liar. “Much of the political Twitterati responded with praise because Biden was ‘feisty’.”
Tellingly, one of Biden’s more brazen insults produced almost no reaction: Biden said, “I think I probably have a much higher IQ than you do, I suspect,” and challenged the voter to an IQ test.
Perhaps this wouldn’t have largely have escaped notice if Sen. Elizabeth Warren or Mayor Pete Buttigieg decided to employ a similar insult. She’s a Harvard prof and he’s a Rhodes scholar, so maybe people would consider it unforgivably patronizing if they lorded their credentials over a normal voter.
But I think it’s fair to say Biden’s intellectual reputation is such that most people would think publicly offering to take an IQ test would be inadvisable. Yet he seems to skate whenever he says outrageous things that question his competence, such as when he plays into racial stereotypes or encourages people to brandish shotguns. It gets laughed off as Uncle Joe’s monkeyshines or whatever.
Biden punches down, way down, and gets praised for being “feisty.” That doesn’t bode well for how Biden would behave as POTUS, or the press during a Biden Administration, either.
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TRUANTS REJOICE: Greta Thunberg Wins ‘Person of the Year’ as Kamala Harris Flames Out.
If Harris managed to run a minimally competent and coherent presidential campaign, she might have been able to wield the considerable powers of the presidency in order to eradicate truancy from the face of the earth, beginning with the arrest and prosecution of Thunberg. Alas, she could not.
As a result, Thunberg’s recognition as “Person of the Year” comes at a time when she no longer has reason to fear punishment for her crimes. The remaining Democratic candidates for president have expressed no interest in bringing truants to justice. A day of reckoning may yet come for Thunberg and her fellow child scofflaws. But it is not this day.
Heh, indeed.™
CHRISTIAN TOTO: ‘Star Wars’ Mocks Conservatives at Worst Possible Time. “‘Rise of Skywalker’ star Daisy Ridley’s crude attack on Trump voters is part of multi-pronged insult to half the country.”
Get woke, go broke.
WAR ON MEN: A Professor Tried to End a Flirty Email Exchange With a Young Woman. Then She Threatened to Blackmail Him. “When the grad student threatened to publicize their embarrassing correspondence, he reported her. But the university decided he was the villain.”
Usually, I don’t care much for reruns, but this one might be even more entertaining the second time around.
That’s an ominous sign for Joe; recall the articles from mid-2008, when another older man with a long history in DC ran for the White House, such as this one in the New York Times headlined, “McCain a One-Term President?”
Curiously, back in April of this year, USA Today had the headline, “Joe Biden, 76, says he has no plans to limit himself to one-term in the White House.” But then, over the decades, Joe has always said plenty of malarkey.
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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT? ‘Bombshell’ Movie About Fox News Looks as Terrible as You Would Expect.
STILL A WONDER DRUG: High dose of aspirin effective against migraines for some. I dunno, I’m sure I’ve taken that much for a migraine in the past without effect. A big dose of ibuprofen, on the other hand, generally works like a charm.
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