Archive for 2020
August 7, 2020
THE GROWN-UPS STRIKE BACK: Minneapolis Charter Commission Blocks City Council Effort To Abolish Police Department.
SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: Biden apology for lumping all blacks together is precisely why he’s been hiding during the 2020 campaign.
AN EVENING WITH CHARLES BUKOWSKI: “Writers are very despicable people.”
WELL, GOOD: US trying for ‘clean network’ by banning ‘untrusted Chinese apps’ like WeChat, TikTok.
Related: India, Jio, and the Four Internets. “The driving impetus of the China model is, first and foremost, control over information. This is evidenced by the fact that not only does China control access to Western services at the network level, but also employs huge numbers of censors for the Internet within China, and expects Chinese Internet companies like Tencent or ByteDance to have thousands of censors of their own.”
So long as mainland China hides behind the Great Firewall — that is to say, for as long as the mainland is ruled by Communists — giving them access to endless petabytes of U.S. data and metadata is a grave mistake.
THE ADVANTAGE OF “SYSTEMIC” RACISM IS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO POINT OUT ANY ACTUAL EXAMPLES: The Invention of ‘Systemic Racism.’
DON’T GET COCKY: Ground Game: Is Joe Biden’s Campaign Committing Political Suicide? “Joe Biden and the Democratic Party may have seriously hobbled their election prospects in November by refusing to send out staff and volunteers to campaign door-to-door, building the essential ‘ground game’ that helps win elections. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) claim to have volunteers and staff knocking on 1 million doors a week across America.”
YEAH PRETTY MUCH: Riotous BLM Protesters Suddenly Realize They’re All White People. From America’s paper of record, which once tried to be a satire site.
AMERICA’S PAPER OF RECORD: ‘No, Joe! Spit It Out!’ Shout Aides As Biden Takes Huge Bite Out Of Cognitive Test.
IT’S ILLEGAL IN MANY PLACES, AND IT’S WRONG EVERYWHERE. IT’S ALSO PERVASIVE. Political Discrimination And Law Professor Hiring.
SHOCKING RESEARCH REVEALS THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK TO IMPROVE COMPANY PRODUCTIVITY: Employees perform better with a competitive workplace, study says.
WELL, WHY NOT? THEIR PRIME MINISTER & PARLIAMENT APPEAR TO BE DOING IT: Terminally ill can take magic mushrooms in Canada, new law rules.
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS INSANE: Mexico’s students to be homeschooled with television instead of in-person classes.
BE FAIR. IT’S NOT BIDEN’S. IT BELONGS TO WHOMEVER IS PULLING HIS STRINGS: The Biden Backtrack.
HOW LONG WILL WE TOLERATE THIS? Denver in Decay’ Will Capture Another City Rocked by Violence.
WE ARE UNABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTS THAT THEIR NEW UNIFORMS WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE WORN BY ANTIFA DEMONSTRATORS: The Department of Homeland Security says it will replace the military-style uniforms worn by its agents.
WAIT, BILLY THE RED IS DUMBER THAN FREDO’S BROTHER? Andrew Cuomo Begs Rich Hedge Funders Fleeing NYC: ”Please come back!’ De Blasio disagrees.
PLUGGING SECURITY ISSUES: Trump Orders Ban on Transactions With TikTok, WeChat Parent Companies.
HOW LONG WILL WE TOLERATE THIS? Comrade deBlasio Sets Up New York City Check-Point Charlie…
DEAR LORD, YES. IT’S TIME THE ADULTS CAME HOME. AND WE’RE THE ADULTS: Trump 2020: Make America Normal Again.
ARE THEY GOING TO DO THIS FOR BAD FLU YEARS? ARE WE GOING TO LET THEM? Tyranny in Los Angeles: No Water For You!
August 6, 2020
POST-PEAK? “We think there are less people getting sick:” COVID-19 testing, cases down in Tennessee.
Also: Fewer people. Yes, I am a pedant.