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October 13, 2020
TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK? Democrat Attorney Generals request more time to scrutinize DOL independent contractor rule.
FASTER, PLEASE: Chemists create new crystal form of insecticide, boosting its ability to fight mosquitoes and malaria. Every time a mosquito dies, the world becomes a slightly better place.
GET WOKE, GET SICK: Fighting Racism Instead of Disease. The intrusion of critical race theory into medicine and public health threatens the well-being of all Americans—especially nonwhites. More evidence that the public-health profession has become a hazard to public health.
THE REAWAKENING OF THE BLACK GUN-RIGHTS MOVEMENT. New video from Reason TV:
As Larry Correia wrote in June, when Joe Biden’s rioters were in full flight, “Liberal ‘allies’ are quick to call gun nuts the bad guys, but we’re not trying to disarm people. We want everybody to be able to defend themselves. It’s a common thing to see some meme on the internet, showing a black family shooting or posing with their guns, with some caption like ‘bet this offends the NRA’, which is liberal projection, because in reality in my social circles everybody is like, ‘f**k yeah, good for them’. And the harshest complaints I’ve seen have been about trigger finger discipline or lack of eye protection. My side isn’t the one that wants the state to have a monopoly on force. We know the 2nd is for everybody, regardless of skin color or where you live. You f**kers are the ones who keep declaring we can’t fight the government with AR-15s because they have tanks and nukes, but then you bumbling f**kheads try it by throwing rocks?”
TRAILER FOR A RUSSIAGATE DOCUMENTARY: The Plot Against The President. “This is a bombshell documentary and essential viewing for anyone who gives a damn about the US.”
The full film is due out later this month.
SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: (Watch) Joe Biden Just Made Another Trump Ad. “Reporter: ‘56% of Americans said that they are better off today than they were 4 years ago under the Obama-Biden administration. Why should they vote for you?’ Biden: ‘Well if they think that, they probably shouldn’t.’”
RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 50 Years of Music, with 50-Year-Old White Guys. They start with the year of their birth, and work forward one year per episode. Fun, informed, and frequently hilarious. Highly recommended.
REMINDER: “WOKE” IS JUST A SYNONYM FOR “STUPID AND CRAZY.” Woke warriors outraged over Gal Gadot being cast as Cleopatra because she is not black are ridiculed for not knowing the Egyptian Queen was GREEK.
END THE LOCKDOWNS: Deaths in Colorado rose 20% during first 6 months of pandemic, reflecting COVID-19’s broader toll on health. “COVID-19 is now state’s fourth leading cause of death, but fatalities caused by ODs, heart disease and more also rose.”
MICKEY KAUS: Andrew’s Landslide: The internal contradictions of Sullivanism.
Sullivan seems to entirely blame Trump for “tribalism” and “polarization,” which is why Trump needs to be expunged and cauterized etc.. Trump certainly hasn’t cured those problems — or even tried — but given the Democrats’ inability to come to terms with his 2016 victory, their immediate full-on opposition, their ongoing attempts to reverse the election’s result— plus the pre-Trump ascendance of Critical Race Theory (critqued most accessibly by Sullivan himself) and the eruption of Black Lives Matter protests (against police brutality, not Trump’s policies), it seems as if at least some percentage of the blame should fall on Democrats who’d feel vindicated by a landslide.
Indeed, a Dem landslide — or any Dem win at all — will encourage more of the deeply antisocial behavior we’ve seen over the past four years.
One other thought: People seem to think that if the Dems win, Trump will go away. But why should he? He can continue as a thorn in the side of the new administration, with a huge megaphone, deep pockets, and a large — and post-election, angry — following. Twitter will probably kick him off, but then he can start his own social media network, and possibly his own television network now that Fox is going wobbly. And Trump will be the center of attention, overshadowing the Harris/Biden administration almost from day one.
Meanwhile, read all of Mickey’s post. I love it when he writes long-form.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: ‘Antifa Is Just an Idea’ Myth, Obliterated.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: Is a Joe Biden rally still a Joe Biden rally when Donald Trump protestors outnumber the Joe Biden supporters at the Joe Biden rally?
Answer: We aren’t sure, but it sure is fun watching the clip.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- It isn’t that Claire McCaskill lies, it’s that she’s so bad at it.
- Ignorant wokescolds take over your weather app.
- The Biden Snapchat filter no woman can go without, even if she doesn’t want it.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
MARK STEYN: When Woke Puts You to Sleep.
The non-homicidal side of wokeness is, alas, incredibly boring. Even as the hospitality industry collapses around the western world, a new hotel has opened in Washington, DC to “celebrate female empowerment”. Is that what you’re looking for on your next business trip? The hotel restaurant (see top right) is dominated by “a massive pointillist portrait of late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that’s made out of 20,000 hand-painted tampons (the release notes organic tampon company CORA donated them all).”
I’m relieved by that parenthesis. Don’t you hate it when you go out for dinner and the floor-to-ceiling portrait of a recently deceased judge is made of non-organic tampons?
Does anyone on the planet still get excited by this butt-numbingly tedious crapola? Is there anything more sleep-inducing than corporate wokeness?
Nope.
ST. JOHN’S TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM (AND CITY): DROP DEAD. After investigating Prof. Richard Taylor for a history question vaguely having to do with slavery, St. John’s, located in Queens, has now told other history profs they can’t even invite him be a guest speaker on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Taylor was a 9/11 first responder, spending 700 hours at Ground Zero, including digging through the rubble for bodies, and has spoken on it before. No shame at St. John’s, I guess.
HIGHER EDUCATION HAS CHOSEN SIDES: Like Biden and Harris, law school deans refuse to comment on court packing question.
CHINA’S ASPIRATIONAL ARMY: StrategyPage’s latest Forces update examines the Peoples Liberation Army’s modernization program. The conversion of divisions to brigades is well underway.
From way down near the end of the update:
While China wants an army that can perform as well as Western forces, they won’t get it until they convert to an all-volunteer force and upgrade initial combat training to Western standards. China is switching to Western training methods but is not yet willing to spend what it takes to pay all the troops what they are worth.
Well worth reading.
VERY RELATED: Quad deterrence.
HERE’S HOW THAT SPACE PROGRAM IS COMING ALONG: This spacecraft is being readied for a one-way mission to deflect an asteroid. “Can slamming into a space rock at 15,000 miles per hour prevent it from hitting Earth? The DART mission aims to find out.”
Faster, please.