HMM. IS IT A SHARED PATHOLOGY, OR JUST AN EFFECT OF DISTURBED SLEEP? Suicide risk nearly three times as high for those with restless legs syndrome.
Archive for 2019
August 24, 2019
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WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: Newsweek: Cannibalism Is Taboo ‘For Now.’
However, one CNN newsreader got a jump on things in 2017: CNN’s Reza Aslan Sparks Outrage After Eating Human Brain in New Show: It Tastes Like ‘Charcoal.’
As I wrote at the time (and am recycling it here as an excuse to link to an ancient rock video), I’m so old, I can remember when the notion of CNN anchors devouring the brains of their viewers was only a metaphor. Not to mention, I can remember when Total Coelo promised me that cannibalism would taste much better. (Yet another myth painfully destroyed by Ted Turner’s demon spawn.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqCTGoWMZcQ
MISUNDERSTOOD, MISREPRESENTED, WHATEVER: Roger Kimball: David Koch’s ‘dark money’ was misunderstood. The reflexive reaction to David Koch’s death has overlooked the true nature of his philanthropy. “Neither George Soros nor Tom Steyer were available for comment on the question of what made the Kochs’ money dark while theirs was full of light and unicorns.”
Related: Bill Maher on David Koch Death: ‘I’m Glad He’s Dead’ and ‘I Hope the End Was Painful.’ “Forget ideology. Forget politics. How does a civilized human being get to the point where voicing such sentiments is believed to be acceptable by anyone in society — even political allies?”
This is how leftists feel about anyone who disagrees with them or opposes them. Remember this whenever they start their “have you no decency?” schtick.
UPDATE: Related:
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Don’t Panic: Amazon Burning Is Mostly Farms, Not Forests.
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR ATP SYNTHASES LATELY: You should, you know, because without them, you cease. And that raises some interesting questions about how they came to be.
SULTAN KNISH: Marianne Williamson Shows the Dems are a Cult.
THE ‘1619 PROJECT’ IS WHAT THE GENIUSES AT THE NEW YORK TIMES CAME UP WITH: Ken Braun of the Capital Research Center (CRC) does a deep dive into the influence of the MacArthur Foundation in the Times’ newsroom. Lots of MacArthur “genius” grant winners led the way.
And speaking of the 1619 Project, The Federalist Publisher Ben Domenech responds and includes links to five superb pieces that have appeared on his site about the Times’ work.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Or, strike a pose, there’s nothing to it:
● Shot: Joe Biden Is Looking For A New Corvette Once He Leaves Office.
—The Art of Gears car blog, January 17, 2017.
—Red State, today.
Earlier: The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To.
VIDEO: I talk about social media, politics, beer, and why Whataburger should come to Knoxville on the Beacon Center’s Overcaffeinated Podcast. (Bumped).
GRAMSCIAN DAMAGE: The Cultural Marxist attack on Western society — it’s at the root of the Democratic Party’s identity politics and political correctness.
(Classical reference in headline.)
NEWS YOU CAN USE: NBC News Claims that Heterosexuality is ‘Male Oppression.’
DO NOT TRUST PROMISES FROM FACEBOOK: Facebook Said It Would Give Detailed Data To Academics. They’re Still Waiting.
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION MORPHED INTO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: ‘I’m Radioactive.’ Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #MeToo movement. A year later, the fallout continues.
BAD NEWS FOR TECH: Americans Are Taking Longer To Replace Their Phones. Well, they’re expensive, and the new models aren’t that much better than the old ones.
I just occasionally replace the case, and the screen protector, and then it feels like a new phone, for cheap.
YOU MEAN ONLY NATIVE-BORN WHITE AMERICANS CAN BE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES?: Politico on Mike Pence and Nikki Haley: “While the two could hardly be more different — Pence is a 60-year-old social conservative, she is a 47-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants — those close to them say they have long had a warm relationship.”
NEW CIVILITY WATCH: Nancy Pelosi tells 2020 Dems, “You have to be ready to take a punch. And therefore you have to be ready to throw a punch—for the children.”
If Sarah Palin or Donald Trump had said this, it would lead the 6:30 PM news broadcasts. Just think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines to understand how Pelosi can say this with impunity.
Flashbacks:
● Sen. Rand Paul had part of his lung removed this weekend because of damage from 2017 attack.
● Actor Jeff Daniels to CBS’s Stephen Colbert: ‘We Need Someone That Can Punch Trump in the Face.’
● Ilhan Omar Retweet Suggests Rand Paul Deserved to Be Assaulted.
● Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) to 2020 Dems: Don’t Run Away from Trump — ‘Punch Him in the Face.’
● Joe Biden: I Want to ‘Beat the Hell Out of’ President Trump.
● Patti LuPone defends violent attack on Rand Paul.
● CNN Host Palled Around with, Promoted ICE Firebomber’s Antifa Group.
● Leftist Thug Caught on Video Assaulting Conservative Berkeley Student While Fellow Students Laugh.
● Journalist Andy Ngo Beaten Up at Portland Antifa Rally.
● John Dickerson, the host of Face the Nation and the “political director” for CBS, wrote an article for Slate in 2013 charmingly titled “Go for the Throat! Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party.”
R.I.P., DYNAMIC STAR: NASA’s Hubble captures image of dynamic star death.
KING OF COMEDY UPDATE: Jussie Smollett Still in Trouble?
(Classical reference in headline.)