HARSH BUT EMINENTLY FAIR:
Flashback: Bernie Bro James T. Hodgkinson, Attempted Assassin Of Steve Scalise, Already Being Erased From History. And additional examples of leftist violence and eliminationist rhetoric at the link.
UPDATE: Ex-Sanders consultant arrested after allegedly planting weapons in jail for ‘evil’ escape plot.
(Updated and bumped.)
WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING MEN CAN DO. ALSO, EQUALITY DEMANDS WE DROP HARD COURSES THAT WOMEN DO BADLY IN. Greek and Latin are hard: Oxford classics faculty proposes dropping Homer and Virgil from required curriculum so female students will do better on the tests.
A HATCHET IS A HANDY THING TO HAVE: Review: CRKT Jenny Wren Compact Hatchet.
LARRY TESLER, PIONEER WHO INVENTED ‘CUT, COPY AND PASTE’ FOR COMPUTERS, DIES AT 74. Larry Tesler, pioneer who invented ‘cut, copy and paste’ for computers, dies at 74. Larry Tesler, pioneer who invented ‘cut, copy and paste’ for computers, dies at 74. Larry Tesler, pioneer who invented ‘cut, copy and paste’ for computers, dies at 74.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Bloomberg Posts Funny Video, Breaks the Internet. “Just so you’re sure where I stand on Bloomberg, I would rather gnaw off my own forehead than see him become president. (What I would to myself to avoid seeing a Bernie Sanders presidency is so much worse, so much graphically worse, that I won’t even hint at what it might be.). So whatever else I’m about to write, please don’t mistake any of it as a defense of Bloomberg’s candidacy. But I know an enjoyably silly video when I see one, and this is one.”
Video and much mockery at the link.
IT’S MORNING AGAIN IN AMERICA: The Economic Report of the President is out today (link is to PDF). Two really important findings: the booming economy isn’t simply a straight-line continuation of the Obama economy and the boom is also benefiting groups that have historically been excluded from economic benefit.
Another personally-gratifying finding is that deregulation will save American households $3,100 per household per annum over 5-10 years. As many of these deregulatory reforms are ones we’ve been campaigning for over the past decade or so at CEI, it’s wonderful to see the benefits being realized.
CALL ME CYNICAL, BUT I FEEL LIKE “FOOD INSECURITY” IS A TERM THAT WAS INVENTED ONCE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAUSIBLY ARGUE THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY GOING HUNGRY: Pro/Con: Is Food Insecurity on Campus a Problem?
Earlier: “Food desert” research is bogus. Plus: “‘Knoxville’s Federally-Designated ‘Food Deserts’ Include Super Walmart, Sam’s Club, Kroger. Plus a couple of tasty oriental supermarkets.’ And a Trader Joe’s.”
And as I have noted, “if you want minority neighborhoods to have more farmer’s markets, you’re just promoting white privilege, so shut up, racist.”
NOT THE BABYLON BEE: McDonald’s Is Selling a Quarter Pounder Candle Pack With Scents Like Pickles, Beef and Cheese. “It’s recommended to burn all six candles in the set at the same time for ‘maximum deliciousness.’ First there was Gwyneth Paltrow’s, uh, floral candle — and now this.”
The 21st century is not turning out as I had hoped, to coin an Instaphrase.
SOCIALISM: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LEAVE:
● Shot: New York’s Suffolk County To Attempt To Ban Smoking In Private Homes.
—WLNY, CBS’s New York affiliate, yesterday.
● Chaser: Not shocking: New York and New Jersey losing the most people.
—Jazz Shaw, Hot Air, today.
A recent reminder from Gov. Abbott, for those fleeing another big blue nanny state to Texas:
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Media Gaslighting 101: Rescuing ‘Birds of Prey’ from Reality.
LET’S HOPE THEY’RE WORKING HARDER ON THE QUALITY CONTROL: Boeing using Spokane to test largest two-engine passenger plane ever built.
WE’RE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WE’RE HERE TO HELP: DU Professor: Municipal Broadband experiments failing nationwide.
WHAT SWEET MUSIC THEY MAKE: PJM’s Raymond Ibrahim to Speak at U.S. Army War College Despite CAIR’s Howling.
INTENSIVE TESTING to develop better jackets and outdoor clothing. “The chamber needs just two hours to go between its maximum temperature (122°F) and its minimum (–58°F, wind chill –85°F, in full blizzard conditions), although it uses about two thirds of the entire building’s power capacity to make this drastic temperature change.”
