THE FIFTH COLUMN MARCHES ON: Dems Oppose Bill Alerting ICE To Illegal Immigrants Trying To Buy Guns.
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February 19, 2019
AN INTERESTING CONCEPT: Hormesis and Government. And no, hormesis is not a synonym for horsh*t you phillistines.
DON’T THINK OF IT AS DEFACING. THINK OF IT AS TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: I Disapprove of Dismantling Monuments, But…
MS. LOGAN SHOULD TAKE BACK HER INSULT TO HONEST HORSE SH*T WHICH IS AT LEAST USEFUL AS FERTILIZER: “That’s Not Journalism, That’s Horseshit”.
CRY BULLIES. WE HAVE THE MOST WHINY RULING CLASS EVER. THEY MANAGE TO BE DESPOTIC AND TIRESOME BOTH. HARD TO ACHIEVE: Whiny feminism on display.
THEY KEEP TRYING TO ERECT IT, AND IT KEEPS COLLAPSING THROUGH LACK OF MORTAR. OR REALITY. OR SENSE. AND THE REST OF US ARE GETTING TIRED OF THIS: On the Collapse of a National Narrative.
#METOO GOT FAR ENOUGH AND RIDICULOUS ENOUGH IT NOW PROVIDES COVER FOR THE REALLY BAD ABUSERS. IT’S THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF EFFECT. OR IF YOU PREFER THE JUSSIE WHO CRIED MAGA EFFECT: Casey Affleck’s continued success proves Hollywood’s hypocrisy.
February 18, 2019
OPEN THREAD: Make it special.
FASTER, PLEASE: Japan approves test of iPS cells for treating spinal injuries. “Japanese scientists will test the use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat spinal cord injuries, a health ministry panel that approved the research project said on Monday.”
NOW OUT FROM MICHAEL ANTON: After the Flight 93 Election: The Vote that Saved America and What We Still Have to Lose.
WEIRD, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ONLY HAD THE HOUSE FOR A MONTH: Gallup: Record High Name Government as Most Important Problem.
Gallup has asked Americans what they felt was the most important problem facing the country since 1939 and has regularly compiled mentions of the government since 1964. Prior to 2001, the highest percentage mentioning government was 26% during the Watergate scandal. Thus, the current measure is the highest in at least 55 years.
The current percentage of Americans naming government as the most important problem is nearly twice as high as the 18% recorded in November.
Gallup blames the shutdown, but I’m not so sure about that.
LAWS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: British investigators: Facebook intentionally violated data privacy laws.
IT’S SATIRE, BUT IS IT REALLY? Nation’s Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn’t Actually Happen.
Why is that? As the Washington Post noted in 2006, even Bill Clinton admitted this was true:
…[Bill Clinton] said Democrats of his generation tend to be naive about new media realities. There is an expectation among Democrats that establishment old media organizations are de facto allies — and will rebut political accusations and serve as referees on new-media excesses.
“We’re all that way, and I think a part of it is we grew up in the ’60s and the press led us against the war and the press led us on civil rights and the press led us on Watergate,” Clinton said. “Those of us of a certain age grew up with this almost unrealistic set of expectations.”
Almost…
GOLDMAN SACHS ASKS: Is Curing People A Sustainable Business Model?
The potential to deliver ‘one shot cures’ is one of the most attractive aspects of gene therapy, genetically-engineered cell therapy and gene editing. However, such treatments offer a very different outlook with regard to recurring revenue versus chronic therapies,” analyst Salveen Richter wrote in the note to clients Tuesday. “While this proposition carries tremendous value for patients and society, it could represent a challenge for genome medicine developers looking for sustained cash flow.”
Richter cited Gilead Sciences’ treatments for hepatitis C, which achieved cure rates of more than 90 percent. The company’s U.S. sales for these hepatitis C treatments peaked at $12.5 billion in 2015, but have been falling ever since. Goldman estimates the U.S. sales for these treatments will be less than $4 billion this year, according to a table in the report. “GILD is a case in point, where the success of its hepatitis C franchise has gradually exhausted the available pool of treatable patients,” the analyst wrote.
It’s all a matter of pricing, though don’t expect the “activists” to understand, or care, about that.
TYLER O’NEIL: Facebook Bans Conservative Articles on Jussie Smollett Hate Hoax. “You’re not allowed to say that Jussie Smollett carried out a hate hoax.”
In the old-school blogosphere, freedom of speech still is free — in both senses.
THEY’RE BACK! HOUSE DEMS PLANNING EARMARK RESTORATION: You knew they would as soon as they got back in power. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Nita Lowey (D-NY) think bringing back “directed congressional spending” is just a dandy idea. They must have some new bridges to nowhere to fund.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Will History Survive?
The news that the University of Notre Dame, responding to complaints by some students, would ‘shroud’ its 12 134-year-old murals depicting Christopher Columbus was disappointing. It was not surprising, however, to anyone who has been paying attention to the widespread attack on America’s past wherever social justice warriors congregate.
Notre Dame may not be particularly friendly to its Catholic heritage, but its president, the Rev. John Jenkins, demonstrated that it remains true to its jesuitical (if not, quite, its Jesuit) inheritance. Queried about the censorship, he said, apparently without irony, that his decision to cover the murals was not intended to conceal anything, but rather to tell ‘the full story’ of Columbus’s activities.
Welcome to the new Orwellian world where censorship is free speech and we respect the past by attempting to elide it.
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