Archive for 2020
August 12, 2020
TO BE FAIR, THE RAIDERS WERE FAN-FREE LONG BEFORE COVID: Las Vegas lawyer sues China over fan-free Raiders games.
THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Joe Biden Courts Islam, not Muslims.
JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: Health questions for Biden off-limits for media, unlike Reagan, McCain and Trump.
OUR ANCESTORS MUST HAVE BEEN IRRESISTIBLY SEXY: Some Humans Are Carrying DNA From an Unknown Ancient Ancestor.
LOL, NO. Dear Men: Stop Working Out. Physical fitness creates a cycle of toxic masculinity that must be eradicated.
Related: From America’s Newspaper of Record: Men’s Health Magazine Celebrates Body Positivity With First Obese Cover Model.
SARAH PALIN COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: The Left Is Already Painting Kamala Harris as a Victim of Sexism.
AND THAT’S JUST THE PORN: Digital content to total half Earth’s mass by 2245. Extrapolations like this are meaningless, but fun.
ANGELO CODEVILLA: Millenarian Mobs.
UNDER LORI LIGHTFOOT’S PERMISSIVE APPROACH TO CRIME, even the “safe” areas aren’t safe anymore.
Chicago is truly a tale of two cities, especially regarding public safety. For those living in the city’s elite downtown and North Side neighborhoods, the carnage plaguing the South and West Sides has, for decades, seemed a world away—something they’d read about in the Chicago Tribune, but rarely, if ever, experience. Recent events have shattered those expectations, awakening many to the reality that, even along the Magnificent Mile, the line between peace and chaos is paper-thin.
Early Monday morning, caravans of mostly black Chicagoans from around the city descended on its famed shopping district, ransacking and looting luxury retailers like Coach, Louis Vuitton, and Burberry. Police responded, making more than 100 arrests, but the damage was done—and not just the brazen thefts. Two people were shot, and not by police.
The episode was apparently sparked by misinformation regarding a police shooting on the South Side on Sunday.
Misinformation? More like disinformation.
BROOKS BROTHERS LIKELY TO BE SOLD FOR $325 MILLION:
The New York-based clothier picked Sparc Group LLC — a partnership between mall owner Simon Property Group and brand-licensing firm Authentic Brands Group — as its winning buyer late Tuesday after scrapping a bankruptcy auction planned for earlier in the day.
A federal judge will consider whether to approve the sale at a hearing set for 10 a.m. Friday.
Brooks Brothers chose Sparc’s initial $305 million offer last month as its “stalking horse” bid, the price for other potential buyers to beat. Brooks Brothers spokesperson Arielle Patrick said the 202-year-old company received other bids but she declined to say who submitted them.
Endorsed – but only if the new Brooks Brothers brings back the classic Traditional Fit shirt.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Last Blockbuster store is now on Airbnb for a nostalgic ’90s sleepover. “Problem is, you’ve got to be located in Deschutes County, where the last ever Blockbuster is located in Bend, Oregon. Sandi Harding, the store’s manager, is offering three one-night reservations in September as a way to thank her local community.”
THIS WOULD MAKE CERES A MUCH MORE VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE: Ceres: An Underground Ocean?
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Report: Kamala Harris Already Vetting VP Picks.
GOOD NEWS: U.S. reports fewer than 50K new COVID-19 cases for 3rd day in a row. And, of course, the number of deaths has been much, much lower than predicted.
TO BE FAIR, “WOKE” IS JUST SHORT FOR “STUPID AND CRAZY.” MAKE THAT SUBSTITUTION EVERY TIME AND IT WILL ALWAYS MAKE SENSE. The Upper West Side is falling apart, and lefties seem too woke to care.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: How To Reduce Recoil With Shotguns.
TODAY AT 3:30pm EASTERN: VIP Gold Live Chat with VodkaPundit, Kruiser, and Bryan Preston.
There will be cocktails.
DIXIECRATS TRIUMPHANT: The Confederate Roots of the Administrative State.
(Classical reference in headline.)