BOOK PLUG: Reader Jim Maruschak writes: “I know that you occasionally do Reader Book Plugs and even Reader Brother Book Plugs. I have one of those for you. My brother, Dan Maruschak, has just published an epic fantasy novel, Broken Rule, on Amazon Kindle. I would appreciate if you would mention it on your website.” Done!
Archive for 2019
February 26, 2019
I’M EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: US soldiers and Marines want to punch holes in ships, and that’s bad news for China.
YES. NEXT QUESTION? Is “Trump Derangement Syndrome” a Real Mental Condition?
OUT: RUSSIAN COLLUSION. IN: Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A DONNER PARTY: Amtrak Train with 183 People On Board Has Been Stranded in Oregon Snow for 36 Hours.
YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Who Is the UC Berkeley Puncher?
AT LEAST NO SNAKES WERE HARMED IN ITS PRODUCTION: CBD Oil Is Everywhere, but Scientists Still Don’t Know Much About It.
AVNER ZARMI: Why Trump’s ‘Style’ Matters.
There are a couple good points here about Reagan’s successes, but overall I think it’s an unfair piece. If Trump’s “style” — which is far less at odds with actual Washington norms than elites dare to admit — is the price for solid SCOTUS picks, tax reform, deregulation, and shrinking our footprint in the Middle East, then it’s a small price to pay.
IT’S CALLED CONCEALED CARRY FOR A REASON: Subtle CCW: Keep It Concealed. You may choose to carry openly where that’s legal, of course — Tennessee, for example, makes no distinction — but be sure you’re doing so on purpose, not just because you’re crappy at concealed carry.
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DON’T STRAY FROM THE NARRATIVE, COMRADE: Angry About Video of Starving Venezuelans, Maduro Detains Jorge Ramos. “I never thought they were going to do something stupid like this, I never thought they were going to take the whole interview and rob us.”
Well, you were a chump.
YES. NEXT QUESTION? Did the Dietary Guidelines help make Americans fat? The article says otherwise, noting that Americans ate more calories in general after the dietary guidelines came out. But that misses the fact that high-carb diets make you hungrier.
THE INTERNET OF NOSEY THINGS: Privacy group urges feds to force Google to dump Nest. “Had warned FTC of privacy concerns even before hidden camera scandal.”
FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: U.S. Destroyer, Cargo Ship Pass Through Taiwan Strait in 4th Warship Transit in 5 Months.
Any nation opposed to freedom of the seas should exempt themselves from maritime trade.
BUT SCREENCAPS ARE FOREVER: Rep. Omar deletes tweets that sparked political firestorm.
Washington Examiner’s Jerry Dunleavy first noted that representative erased three posts that were considered by some as anti-Semitic. Fox News has confirmed that those tweets have been deleted.
Omar’s Twitter troubles date back to 2012 when she claimed that Israel has “hypnotized the world” regarding the Jewish state’s ongoing conflict with Palestinians.
The Minnesota Democrat then reignited accusations of anti-Semitism when she suggested that the GOP’s support of Israel is bought, saying that its stance is “all about the Benjamins.” She later named AIPAC as a group that pays pro-Israel politicians despite the fact they don’t make financial contributions to campaigns.
Amid uproar, Omar issued an apology.
Well, if you count “sorry not sorry” as a real apology, that is.
I USE AN APP FOR THIS: Study: Self-monitoring diets not time-consuming, work best.
IF THE PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO COME OUT TO THE BALLPARK, NOBODY’S GOING TO STOP THEM. CNN says climate change extremes are getting so bad that ‘normal people’ aren’t talking about them much:
CNN morphed into Yogi Berra so slowly, I hardly even noticed. But perhaps if CNN were to take the initiative and discuss what it’s willing to do as a network to reduce its own output, such as cutting back on programming hours, and pulling televisions out of airport departure lounges (“ban the plane!”, as AOC’s GND demands), they’d certainly get people talking.
ROBERT W. MERRY: The Coming Socialist President? “Just because Democrats are lurching leftwards doesn’t mean they’re going to lose in 2020.”
The Democrats are swinging hard left, because they perceive Trump as weak due in no small part to the NeverTrump dead-enders eager to help elect a Democrat.
So why not take a gamble on a once-in-a-lifetime chance to elect someone who would make Barack Obama seem moderate?