DEMOCRATS WARNING TRUMP WILL REJECT ELECTION RESULTS SHOULD LOOK IN THE MIRROR: “Even as liberals make chilling predictions about Trump’s attack on democratic norms, they champion such politicians as Stacey Abrams, a middling Georgia state legislator whose national fame relies on a baseless contention that her gubernatorial seat was stolen in 2018….The last Democrat who lost a presidential race honorably was Michael Dukakis.”
Archive for 2020
May 19, 2020
FLASHBACK: Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average, according to a new study. Nothing’s happened in the last couple of years to make me doubt that.
IGNORE THE THUG BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Communist China Using COVID-19 Crisis to Crack Down on Hong Kong.
MATT RIDLEY: The growing evidence on vitamin D and Covid. “The argument that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to more severe cases of Covid is gaining ground. It is now reaching the point where it is surprising that we are not hearing from leading medical officials and politicians that people should consider taking supplements to ensure they have sufficient vitamin D. This is not the same as arguing that vitamin D is a magic bullet that will cure the disease. Vitamins are not medication, the taking of which will have positive effects on everybody. They are top-ups: things that hurt you when you don’t have enough of them in your system but do no extra good when you have enough. Indeed, with many vitamins, including D, taking too much can be toxic.”
I LIKE THE CUT OF HER JIB: Nikki Haley Responds To Trump’s Actions Against China’s Huawei, Offers Grim Prediction For China.
In response to a Wall Street Journal report on the Trump administration crackdown on China’s Huawei, Haley, who has been hammering China for weeks over its role in the COVID-19 crisis, tweeted, “China will lose their bucket over this move. It is hands down the right move for us in terms of national security.”
Haley’s comment on national security is a reference to the administration’s repeated warnings about the threat posed by China’s attempt to dominate the 5G market.
The Trump administration’s new rule requiring licenses for foreign manufacturers to ship products to Huawei has already resulted in negative fallout for the Chinese company. As reported by Reuters Monday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced microchips, has announced that it has stopped new orders from Huawei in response to the administration’s new rule.
More like this, please.
ANALYSIS: SADLY TRUE.
WAIT, I THOUGHT CHINA HAD BEATEN THIS DISEASE BECAUSE OF ITS SUPERIOR ORGANIZATION THAT WE SHOULD EMULATE: Mysterious new coronavirus outbreak hits China – 108 MILLION now back into lockdown.
But if you think a second wave is inevitable down the road, all the more reason to get as much economic activity going now as we can.
JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE LOCKING A RELIGIOUS MINORITY UP IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS WHILE THREATENING THEIR NEIGHBORS: China expert says communist regime unlike anything ‘since the Third Reich.’
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Censorship Has Mutated and Is Thriving During Coronavirus Pandemic. “Matt Taibbi — not exactly a rightwing stalwart — warned last month of what he called the ‘Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis.’ He was responding to a rather insane and disturbing article in The Atlantic that was basically making the case for adopting a more ChiCom approach to dealing with internet speech. That’s right, a venerable American publication was advocating for more censorship.”
ALEX BERENSON: They hate me because I’m a class traitor.
TAXES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: AOC owes $2,000 in unpaid taxes from failed business venture.
TO BE FAIR, WHITES, YOUTHS, AND SUBURBANITES AREN’T PART OF HIS “PATH TO VICTORY.” Poll: Biden ‘struggling’ in New York with whites, youth, suburbanites.
SPACE: Elon Musk responds to claim he needs 10,000 missiles to terraform Mars. “The SpaceX CEO is not too concerned about reports that the firm would need a huge amount of missiles.”
If they mean warheads rather than missiles — the report is badly written enough to use the two interchangeably — then 10,000 is only about one-seventh as many as the US and USSR built during the Cold War.
Whatever the number is, I’m kind of looking forward to the day that Musk announces he’s a nuclear power, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it were to happen soon.
#TIMESUP: Dem Congressman Admits to Decade-Long Affair with Former Intern. “The Nevada congressman is the second Democrat of the 116th Congress to be accused of sexual impropriety while in office. Former congresswoman Katie Hill of California’s 25th district resigned from Congress in October after revelations about her ‘throuple’ relationship with her husband and a campaign staffer. She denied a separate report she had a sexual relationship with her legislative director.”
But luckily for him, nobody cares about #MeToo stuff anymore so long as Joe Biden is the nominee.
UPDATE: In Soviet America, the future is certain but the past is always changing.
