A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING: Florida homeowner shoots 3 home intruders, 2 fatally: sheriff.
Archive for 2020
July 11, 2020
OPEN THREAD: And we’re having fun with no money. So stay up late!
THE PRESS WILL IGNORE THEM, EXCEPT WHEN IT CALLS THEM WHITE SUPREMACIST: ‘Back the Blue’ rallies spreading nationwide despite ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Defund the Police’ rhetoric.
UPDATE: Hundreds of pro-cop supporters march to 122 Precinct to stand with NYPD.
THEY’LL BE BACK: First launch of Chinese Kuaizhou-11 rocket ends in failure.
(SLAPS PRINTER) THIS BABY CAN PRINT 8 UNTRACEABLE AR-47 ASSAULT PISTOLS IN 8 HOURS: Sure, it’s a stock illustration the Daily Star used for an article, but still… If only my CR-10 could do this! (I suspect a lot of media folks think it can.)
WAIT, I HEARD SWEDEN’S APPROACH WAS A FAILURE: Sweden’s coronavirus death toll is now approaching zero, but experts are warning others not to hail it as a success.
NOT THE BABYLON BEE: The key to safety on college campuses this fall? Student willpower to avoid parties.
Senator Blutarsky asks, “What could go wrong?”
TWITTER SUSPENDS, REINSTATES AUTHOR AFTER HIS JOE ROGAN INTERVIEW: “Twitter censored author James Lindsay the day after he discussed cancel culture with podcast host Joe Rogan.”
Critic of cancel culture cancelled by Twitter after discussing the dangers of cancel culture? Evidently Twitter has an implicit omertà in its user’s agreement.
Related: Cancel culture: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
TO BE FAIR, HE’S PRODUCING MORE WORTHWHILE STUFF: Elon Musk just became richer than Warren Buffett.
COME ON, CHAPS, FIGHT FOR HARVARD’S GLORIOUS NAME. WON’T IT BE PEACHY IF WE WIN THE GAME? Ivy League cancels fall semester sports due to coronavirus pandemic.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Unidentified Suspect Seen Defacing NYC Mural To Read ‘Orange Lives Matter.’
LET ME JUST GET OUT AHEAD OF THE STORY AND SAY THAT GHISLAINE MAXWELL DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE: Ghislaine Maxwell filmed US politicians with underage girls, former pal claims.
(Classical reference in headline.)
AN L.A. COP SURVEYS THE DAMAGE: Demoralizing the Police. As cops become objects of derision and scorn, violent crime soars in American cities.
BECAUSE IT’S A BLUE STATE. DUH. Why Isn’t California Criticized Like Florida on Covid-19? “The pundits always single out Florida. Or Texas. Or Arizona. Or all three. . . . Virtually everything you can say about Texas, Florida and Arizona can also be said about California, starting with the shape of its Covid curve, which climbs gradually until mid-June and then explodes. . . . Another similarity is that the number of people who have died of Covid-19 in California is remarkably low — just more than 6,500 in a state of almost 40 million people. In Arizona, the number of deaths just crossed 2,000. In Florida, 4,009 deaths have been recorded, and in Texas, the number is 2,813. New Jersey has recorded more deaths than all four states combined.”
Think of the press as a psychological warfare operation targeted at normal Americans and you won’t go far wrong.
TRAPPING PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS AND THREATENING THEM IS INHERENTLY VIOLENT AND VERY DANGEROUS: Portland Rioters Surround Car and Driver Shoots His Way Out. The people doing it enjoy the feeling of power it gives them over someone helpless; but there’s no guarantee that the person they’re threatening is actually helpless.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD STRAYS INTO SCIENCE FICTION: Socialist Professor Refuses Salary, Frees Himself From Bonds Of Capitalism.
SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Pandemic Exposes Scientific Rift Over Proving When Germs Are Airborne.