HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UC-Irvine To Be 100% Online For 2Ls/3Ls In Fall 2020; 1Ls May Choose To Be On Ground For 1 Or 2 Classes Each Week.
Related: UC-Berkeley Joins Harvard In Going 100% Online For Fall 2020 Semester.
Also related: Rising 2L Sues Harvard Law School, Demands Lower Tuition For ‘Inferior’ Online Classes.
INVESTMENT GURU PETER SCHIFF: Woodrow Wilson’s Take Down Means Repealing Federal Income Tax and Federal Reserve Should Be on the Table.
OPEN THREAD: I’ve lost my harmonica, Albert.
MEDIA FAIL: Trump says the most violent cities are all run by Democrats; Washington Post retorts, “Only 19 of 20, and the 20th is run by an independent, so there.”
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET AN ELITE UNIVERSITY TO BACK FREE SPEECH AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM? A minority female professor saying “white lives don’t matter.”
THIS IS BIG, IF IT PANS OUT: Coronavirus traces found in March 2019 sewage sample, Spanish study shows. I’d want to be extra-sure this wasn’t a case of a false positive, or lab contamination, before drawing conclusions, though.
MY USA TODAY COLUMN: When Black Lives Matter to Democrats — And When They Don’t.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
—The Atlantic, today.
Chaser: The Atlantic fires conservative Kevin Williamson for actually believing what he says.
—Hot Air, April 5th, 2018.
WEIRDLY, NOBODY WANTS TO BLAME ALL THOSE MASS PROTESTS FOR THE INCREASE IN WUHAN CORONAVIRUS CASES AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE. So they’re blaming bars, but there’s a problem:
Colorado, where bars serving primarily drinks were allowed to open at reduced capacity last week, is seeing a minor uptick in new cases. South Dakota, which never implemented a lockdown order, is seeing its number of new cases go down. Meanwhile, states like Washington are seeing a big spike in new cases despite bars remaining closed in most of the state, and indoor dining being allowed only at reduced capacity. Parts of Pennsylvania, which has also been slow to reopen, are seeing spikes in new cases as well.
Related: Chart: Did Austin’s protests lead to coronavirus upswing? (Yes.)
THERE IS HOPE FOR REASON AND HUMANITY: Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman Zion Lights quits green movement to become lobbyist for nuclear power saying: ‘I changed my mind.’
The former XR communications head said she had felt ‘duped’ after being surrounded by anti-nuclear campaigners until she read more into the radioactive fuel. . . .
Zion, who was grilled on the Andrew Neil Show last year, added to City Am: ‘Surrounded by anti-nuclear activists, I had allowed fear of radiation, nuclear waste and weapons of mass destruction to creep into my subconscious. I realised I had been duped into anti-science sentiment all this time.’
Good for her.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
Shot: CNN’s Coates Excuses Anarchy: Statue Vandalism Is ‘Symbolic Speech.’
—NewsBusters, today.
Chaser: CNN Sets Up Fence to Defend Atlanta HQ While Hosts Carry Water for Rioters.
—PJ Media.com, June 19th.
Obligatory:
21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: People Still Won’t Stop Kissing Chickens, Even Though It’s Making Them Sick.
THAT’S NOT CREEPY AT ALL: Entering a Building May Soon Involve a Thermal Scan and Facial Recognition.
So will they make us remove our masks?
DISPATCHES FROM THE “IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT” PARTY. Shameless: Minneapolis City Council Votes To Disband Police — But Pays $4500 A Day For Private Security.
BRYAN PRESTON: The Week They Drove Old Dixie Down. “The band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks has predictably started a virtue-signal cascade event when they dropped the Dixie, coincidental I’m sure, with dropping a new album. In fact, I did predict it when I put Winn-Dixie and Dixie Cups on the clock to change their names.”
HMM: Starting in 2024, Full Mercedes-Benz Lineup Will Have Autonomous Capability. “The features include what Mercedes calls ‘state-of-the-art automated driving functionalities’ that will be able to “automate driving of regular routes from address to address,” but since Mercedes is only promising Level 2 and 3 autonomous driving, the driver may need to take over in some situations during the drive. Mercedes says future automated parking functions that use this system could offer up to Level 4 capabilities, which means the car could go park on its own.”
I EXPECT THE SAME RULE TO APPLY TO FUTURE PRODUCTIONS OF HAMILTON. IT’S ONLY FAIR. ‘The Simpsons’ Will No Longer Have White Actors Voice Non-White Characters.
GOOD. SOCIAL MEDIA IS TOXIC AND DESTRUCTIVE. Coca-Cola pauses advertising on all social media platforms globally.
Social media companies have been “demonetizing” people on the right for years. Now it’s their turn. Demonetize Facebook and Twitter! And YouTube, and Instagram, and . . .
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