YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Gillibrand, Booker, Buttigieg Defend MS-13. If we had a functioning press corps, these presidential candidates would be asked to explain why.
Archive for 2019
April 6, 2019
FASTER, PLEASE: Synthetic antibody rapidly protects mice and monkeys from Zika.
BRITTANY HUNTER: On Suicide, Above and Beyond, and Healing Through Music. (Bumped).
21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Nebraska woman, 61, bears her own grandchild for gay son and his husband.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: NY college pres.: ‘A campus is not the place for free speech.’ Free speech nonprofit the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education would beg to differ.
(Via Maggie’s Farm.)
ROGER KIMBALL: Why the Left can’t understand Tucker Carlson.
Third, this monologue, like many other statements from Tucker Carlson, illustrates something about him that his enemies, as well as many of his friends, are loathe to acknowledge. It is this: though he is conservative, and though he is a sharp and effective critic of many of Trump’s enemies, he is by no means an unreflective supporter of the president. On the contrary, he dissents from Trump on many issues — from his policy in Syria to the slate of possible domestic initiatives he mentioned in his recent monologue.
This is the hardest thing for the Left (and, again, some ditto-head elements on the Right) to swallow: there are some independent commentators out there who call the shots as they see them and offer commendation or criticism on the basis of their own principles, not on the basis of parti pris. When it comes to the virtue of independence, Tucker Carlson leads the pack.
This fact causes painful disturbances in The Narrative.
Read the whole thing.
ISN’T THIS KIND OF AN ADMISSION THAT THE REGULAR MODEL IS INSECURE? Amazon adds HIPAA compliance to Alexa Skills, opening door for secure health apps.
I BELIEVE THIS: Exercise key to keeping thin after weight loss, study says. I also think that putting effort into exercise encourages you not to waste it through bad eating.
JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: WH Correspondents’ Association Hails CNN’s Kavanaugh Coverage.
I’M NOT OPTIMISTIC: Maybe this is the beginning of the end of Trump derangement syndrome. “Those who are coming to terms with the wrongness of their belief in the Russia collusion may take refuge in the idea that the other side is delusional. . . . I just don’t believe Greg Sargent’s scattershot approach is anything but an attempt to recover from the devastating loss of the fantasy that the President of the United States is in some elaborate, nefarious collusion with Russia.”
Plus, from the comments: “It’s what their audience wants, nothing else. It’s a business.”
THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT WORKING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Second Child Sex Offender Unmasked at Drag Queen Story Time, Houston Activists Say.
AT AMAZON, Spring Savings on Outdoor Power Tools.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: How Professional Merit and Scientific Objectivity Became Casualties of Social Justice Insanity.
RADICAL CHIC, THE GERITOL YEARS: By Meeting Al Sharpton, Democratic 2020 Hopefuls Endorsed Racism, Homophobia, Misogyny, and…
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Who is ‘Titania McGrath’ and why do woke liberals hate *her* so much?
WHY ARE YOUNG AMERICANS SO MISERABLE? This is important. If you read nothing else this weekend, give this article by the Washington Free Beacon’s Charles Fain Lehman a close, thoughtful look, especially the concluding sentence. Then I would humbly suggest that you check out this observation on HillFaith.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: #MeToo Founder Blasts Biden’s Jokes About Allegations: ‘Disrespectful and Inexcusable.’
SIGNING BOOKS TODAY IN HOUSTON: Today (April 6) from 3 pm to 5 pm I’ll be signing books at the River Oaks Bookstore in Houston. The address is 3270 Westheimer (the corner of Westheimer and River Oaks Boulevard). The bookstore’s an independent and has been in business for years. Click the link for more information. Embrace The Suck will be available as well as Cocktails From Hell.
ROGER WATERS HARDEST HIT: Israeli spacecraft sends back pictures of the dark side of the moon.