REVIEW: The 2020 Alpina B7 Is the Best Thing BMW Makes. Which is funny, because BMW doesn’t really make it.
Archive for 2020
October 22, 2020
#JOURNALISM: Seen on Facebook:

UPDATE: A retired journalist friend texts: “Everybody’s got their political leanings. But there’s basic fairness. And then there’s the job. You’re a shark. There’s blood in the water. You’re supposed to start biting shit. Do these people have no self respect?”
No, they don’t. They’re lapdogs to Democrats, attack dogs for Democrats, and they take pride in their obedience to the party’s messaging apparat.
I GUESS HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY: Not Even Barack Obama Can Draw a Crowd Like Donald Trump.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: The Unspeakable Corruption of Joe Biden. “I can scarcely imagine burying one of my children, much less both of them. But it’s nearly impossible to comprehend what Biden has done and is doing in the years after the deaths of two of his own.”
Read the whole thing, if you don’t mind me saying so myself.
I DON’T THINK “GRID UNIFICATION” IS A GOOD IDEA: Why Does the U.S. Have Three Electrical Grids? A new investigation argues that the politics is delaying electric grid unification.
HMM: Silicon Valley Billionaires Dumping Tons Of Money Into Texas Senate Race. “For some reason, PACs belonging to Silicon Valley Billionaires have decided to dump a ton of money into the Texas senate race at the last minute.”
Cornyn seems to enjoy a comfortable lead.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Peer-based anti-bullying initiatives may harm victims more, researcher says.
SUCH AWFUL PEOPLE: Anti-Trump Lincoln Project Caught Spreading Iran Disinformation.
JUST THREATENING IT IS HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE: The Threat of Court Packing: How It Would Destroy The Republic.
S.G. CHEAH: The Radical Left’s Anti-White Sentiment Is Starting To Sound Like Nazi Rhetoric About Jews. And don’t get them started on Asians. For that matter, they’re not much on Jews, either.
NO, BUT THEY STOP RATIONAL THINKING: Can Lockdowns Really Stop Death?
To the calm (rational) mind, it is clear that “suppression” is a set of “brakes” that should only be imposed to the minimum extent necessary to manage hospital capacity. Any “extra” suppression just saves infections for later — when you may or may not have a vaccine or improved treatment — at extraordinary cost. To scared (irrational) people, however, suppression provides at least some “hope” of avoiding a horrific early death. You cannot blame terrified people for their feelings, but you can and should blame the media and government for misrepresenting personal risk during a pandemic.
Read the whole thing — a thoughtful explanation of the collective hysteria.
AD ASTRA, PER ARDUA: Trump Admin Claims Victory in New Space Race.
LET THEM EAT MASKS: The Coming Post-COVID Global Order. Lockdowns in the West could leave billions of people in the developing world stranded in a “neo-feudal future.”