BYRON YORK: It’s official: The dossier was malarkey.
The reporting did terrible damage to a new president as he took office. And now, the Horowitz report definitively shows that it was all garbage.
The report makes clear the dossier never had even a shred of credibility. Steele had no firsthand knowledge of anything in the document. He got all his information secondhand or thirdhand from sources who themselves heard things secondhand or thirdhand.
Read the whole thing.
LIFE FINDS A WAY: After Bone Marrow Transplant, Man’s Semen Contains Only Donor’s DNA. “His strange situation could affect the future of forensic science.”
TO LIVE IS TO BE IN DANGER: Terrifying Medical Case Shows Why You Should Be Wary of Confetti Stars This Christmas.
UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: Dentist who rode hoverboard while pulling tooth faces patient in court.
THE PARADOX OF THE NOSTALGIC “PROGRESSIVE:” Tom Brokaw: Journalists Used to Be Trusted, But Social Media Ruined That.
As Richard Fernandez noted a week ago: Press Oracles Hope to Resurrect the Cronkite Age, When They Controlled the News.
Good luck returning to that era. When RatherGate broke in September of 2004, Glenn wrote:
The world of Big Media used to be a high-trust environment. You read something in the paper, or heard something from Dan Rather, and you figured it was probably true. You didn’t ask to hear all the background, because it wouldn’t fit in a newspaper story, much less in the highly truncated TV-news format anyway, and because you assumed that they had done the necessary legwork. (Had they? I’m not sure. It’s not clear whether standards have fallen since, or whether the curtain has simply been pulled open on the Mighty Oz. But they had names, and familiar faces, so you usually believed them even when you had your doubts.)
The Internet, on the other hand, is a low-trust environment. Ironically, that probably makes it more trustworthy.
No wonder Tom is so nostalgic for the good ol’ days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMas1bVidw
RAYMOND IBRAHIM: Move Over Baby Jesus: The ‘Baby Muhammad’ Jihad Comes to America.
Demography is the future.
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE: Air pollution exposure worsens lung function in current, former smokers.
THE DEEP SEVENS ARE UP TO SOMETHING: What’s creating thousands of craters off the California coast?
SOME VERY IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS: So, perhaps sensing vulnerability on the part of Chick-Fil-A, McDonald’s is testing out a chicken sandwich of its own in the Knoxville area. Naturally, for the sake of you, dear readers, I had to give it a try. The presentation in a cardboard box was standard McDonald’s. The sandwich was hot, fresh, and not the least bit squshed. It actually tasted quite good: Hot, juicy, very real, non-processed-seeming chicken breast with lots of flavor. It came with just a bit of mayo and lettuce and tomato. (I got the “deluxe;” the regular version comes with just pickles.) Honestly I thought it was at least as good as a Chick-Fil-A, though to be honest the fried chicken sandwich was never one of my favorites. Between this and Popeye’s, Chick-Fil-A is facing double-barreled competition in its core product. But at least they have a lot of customer loyalty and goodwill to fall back on.
Photo: My actual sandwich, pre-eating.
Okay, not as much fun as the 2004 ketchup-blogging, but that was the elegant blogging of a more civilized age.
BY WHAT VALUE OF “COOL,” EXACTLY? How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned on Elizabeth Warren.
MAY THESE RED GUARDS SUFFER THE FATE OF THE ORIGINALS: The Cost of America’s Cultural Revolution: Social-justice crusaders are stripping the future of everything that gives human life meaning: beauty, sublimity, and wit.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Pelosi and Nadler Voted Against Clinton’s Articles of Impeachment Including Obstruction of Justice and Lying Under Oath.
NOW OUT FROM MY FRIEND NIKKI GOESER: Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me. You’ll see her on some Fox shows talking about it this week.
IT’S LIKE A VAMPIRE THAT WON’T STAY DEAD: Dems Resurrect Russia Collusion in Announcing Articles of Impeachment.
MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Cut out Washington noise: Let’s pay respect to the men who died last week serving the U.S. “My fellow Knoxvillian Alex Haley used to say, ‘Find the good and praise it.’ And rather than write about the impeachment clown show or other aspects of Washington dysfunction, I’m going to follow his advice.”
HE ISN’T WRONG: Trump on IG Report: ‘This Was an Attempted Overthrow… We Caught ‘em Red-Handed.’ “And a lot of people were in on it and they got caught. They got caught red-handed. And I look forward to the Durham report, which is coming out in the not-too-distant future. He’s got his own information, which is this information plus, plus, plus. It’s an incredible thing that happened and we’re lucky we caught them.”
And this from Michael Goodwin: IG report proves whole investigation was as corrupt as Comey. “Taken together, the findings and statements from the Justice Department are potentially more important even than when Mueller reported he found no evidence Trump colluded with Russia. In effect, we now can say for certain that the search for collusion itself was corrupted from the start and that the numerous examples of misconduct were not honest mistakes.”
Read the whole thing(s).
MODERATE HOUSE DEM: I’m Struggling To See How The Evidence Here Justifies Impeachment.
HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURTS: US – China Trade War: Chinese Exports To US Fall 23% Amid Tensions Between Washington, Beijing.
Related: Chinese official says Beijing wants US trade deal ASAP.
Make ’em sweat.
STEAK IS SO AMAZING, IT CAN EVEN FIX WHAT’S WRONG WITH A VEGAN: Vegan influencer eats meat for 30 days, shocks fans by saying she’s healthier than she’s ‘felt in years.’
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