Archive for 2020

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The press is doing a lot of things that are irresponsible and deeply dangerous.

THE CRINGE IS STRONG IN THIS ONE: Biden tells troops “Clap for that, you stupid bastards.” “An old clip of Joe Biden has surfaced of the then Vice President saying to troops gathered for some sort of ceremony, ‘Clap for that, you stupid bastards’ in the middle of a story about one of the people on the dais with him.”

HARRY REID HAS SECOND THOUGHTS: Activists to Senate Democrats: Time to play hardball on SCOTUS. Opponents of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee—including former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—are urging Democrats to invoke rarely-used Senate rules to delay the high-court confirmation.

Flashback: What was Harry Reid thinking when he ended the Senate filibuster for federal judge appointments? “Senator Mitch McConnell stood on the Senate floor and issued a warning to the Democrats who then controlled the majority. ‘I say to my friends on the other side of the aisle, you’ll regret this,’ McConnell, then the minority leader, told them. ‘And you may regret it a lot sooner than you think.’”

THE GIRONDISTS ALWAYS LOSE OUT TO THE MONTAGNARDS IN THE END: Suicide of the Liberals.

CHARLIE STROSS, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Russian scientist claims team battled creature under Antarctic ice. “Dr. Anton Padalka told authorities in Switzerland that the researchers discovered a bizarre and deadly life form dubbed Organism 46-B – a highly intelligent octopus-like creature that claimed the lives of three of the team members.”

UPDATE: I didn’t even have to say his name three times: Stross emails and says this is a plagiarized version of someone else’s short story from 2012. Nice work, Yahoo! News.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Faculty Struggle With Burnout During COVID-19.

I feel like faculty, overall, have had things a lot easier than say grocery workers or meatpackers, but we’re also a bunch of delicate complainers.

PLEASE. OUR ONLY HOPE TO AVERT THE COLD CIVIL WAR GOING HOT IS A TRUMP WIN SO MASSIVE THAT THERE’S NO PERCENTAGE IN NONSENSE AND DESTRUCTION:  Driving Voters to Join Team Trump.