A COMPELLING ARGUMENT, BUT BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE: Why We Must Ban Facial Recognition Software Now. Or is it?
Archive for 2019
October 18, 2019
HILLARY CALLS TULSI GABBARD A RUSSIAN TOOL, AND TULSI GABBARD ISN’T SITTING STILL FOR IT:
And it just gets better from there. But I love this comment by a Hillary defender and the response:
I’ve said before that I think Tulsi Gabbard is the only one in the Democratic field who would take on Trump effectively, and this response shows why.
EVERYTHING IS RACIST: Dan Crenshaw Slams Dem. Who Called Him Racist For Not Wanting Illegal Aliens to Vote.
NARRATIVES DON’T SET THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW: NYT, Liberal Media Bury the Truth in Latest Mar-a-Lago ‘Hate Group’ Controversy.
“YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVERSE COURSE. WE URGE YOU TO TAKE IT.” Five members of Congress, led by Sens. Wyden and Rubio, give some sound advice to the CEO of Activision-Blizzard over kowtowing to the Chinese Communist Party. I get that China has lots of money, but I suspect that buys them a lot less pull with voters and consumers than many in government and business seem to think.
WHEN YOU’RE A LEFTIST WHO’S LOST THE DAILY BEAST… Hillary Clinton Appears to Claim Russians ‘Grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard to Run as Third-Party Candidate.
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats mocked the idea that Russians were under all the beds.
Flashback: Inside Hillary Clinton’s tinfoil-hat brigade.
HEINLEIN’S CRAZY YEARS (CONT’D): Alleged Scientists at London Aquarium Seek Public’s Help in Naming Their ‘Gender-Neutral’ Penguin.
It’s Pat!
THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IS USUALLY AWFUL, BUT IT’S JUST FOUND A NEW WAY TO BE AWFUL: World War II glamour girls barred from hospital over fears of catcalling by veterans. Whoever is behind this idiotic decision should be fired.
UPDATE: Well, that didn’t take long. California VA recants, will allow World War II glamour girls to visit hospital patients.
THANKS, BETO! 2019 Firearm Sales Up in Recent Months.
AT AMAZON, Fall Deals in Grills and Outdoor Cooking.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Naked Man Steals American Flag from Yacht and Much, Much More.
ARE WE SURE HER CAMPAIGN ISN’T ANOTHER OF ROGER STONE’S DIRTY TRICKS? Kamala Harris Warns Migrant Caravans That Their Children Will Have to Drink Toxic Water If They Come to America.
Not to mention — pizza made with crickets!!
THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Democrat Sen. Pat Leahy Praises Anti-Semitic Cleric Just To Spite Trump.
Incidentally, across the big pond, the Corbynization of Jeremy Corbyn’s party also continues apace: After 55 years, UK Jewish MP quits Labour, condemns Corbyn, over anti-Semitism.
EVERYTHING IS RACIST: Harris Aide To Buzzfeed Editor: Reporter’s Tweet Is ‘Whiteness Manifest.’ “Imagine being so desperate to create a stir in the press that a campaign aide has to object to a reporter’s tweet and then call the reporter’s editor-in-chief a racist. ‘It’s whiteness manifest.’ What? Perpetual victimhood isn’t a good look for a female candidate trying to project strength. She is woman, hear her whine.”
Related (From Ed): Jon Levine of the New York Post tweets, “For anyone interested, I have confirmed that the author of this text was [Ian Sams] — per a person familiar with the matter.” Sams was also the person who tweeted, then deleted this Photoshop of Nancy Pelosi appearing to ream out Kamala Harris, which received bipartisan ridicule on Twitter yesterday:
AMERICA’S “INDIVIDUAL SANCTIONS” WEAPON: Do individual, targeted sanctions work?
Twenty years ago, self-serving activists like Samantha Power exaggerated the effectiveness of sanctions. By themselves, these efforts are rarely decisive. America, however, casts a vast, interconnected economic and diplomatic net that can deny perps the fruits of their crimes.
My column discusses two recent cases where the U.S. Treasury and State Departments employed individual sanctions as coercive diplomatic tools.
RED ARROWS AND THUNDERBIRDS: The USAF Thunderbirds and the RAF Red Arrows fly a 15-ship parade-style flat pass to close out the Great Pacific Airshow over Huntington Beach, Calif., Oct. 6, 2019.
LIFE EXTENSION: Rapamycin for longevity. Not ready to take it yet, but I’m following with interest.
HMM: Elon Musk Has a Plan to Make Tesla Profitable by Raising Prices and Making It Harder to Change Your Mind. “Tesla is eliminating refundable deposits and banning customers who return their vehicle from ordering the same trim level for a year.”
OLD AND BUSTED: In the 21st century, food will be replaced with Jetsons-style pills.
The New Hotness? ‘Futurist’ Predicts: Within 20 Years, You Will Eat Pizza Made of Crickets Willingly.
GRANDMA’S OFF HER MEDS AGAIN: Hillary Clinton Claims Tulsi Gabbard, Jill Stein Are Russian Tools.