SURE. BUT IT’S NOT THE SAME. THINK ABOUT IT. IF MOVIE THEATERS OFFERED POPCORN AND SODA TO GO, WOULD YOU PAY THE SAME PRICE WITHOUT BEING IN FRONT OF A MOVIE? Curbside concessions: Minor league ballparks across the country are offering stadium fare to-go.
Archive for 2020
May 23, 2020
THEY’RE JUST JEALOUS: Scientists cast doubt on NASA parallel universe theory.
AND IT MUST BE SUCH THAT EVEN FRAUD CAN’T OVERCOME IT: The only opposition that will matter to today’s lock down fascism will be opposition expressed in the ballot box.
May 22, 2020
HARSH BUT FAIR:
OPEN THREAD: Who’s gonna break the shape of things unknown?
NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: The Pinchbeck Peer, Book 3. As you may know, I’m a big fan of Wareham’s work, and I enjoyed the first two books in this series. I’ve ordered this one.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: How SpaceX’s sleek spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era.
A LAWSUIT AGAINST ANDREW CUOMO OVER HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS. Summary and link to complaint.
ACTUAL JOURNALISM:
AMERICA’S PAPER OF RECORD: Stacey Abrams Says She Will Step Down As Governor If Asked To Run For VP.
I’ve seen some people say that Stacey Abrams is the Democrats’ Sarah Palin, but there are some important differences: Sarah Palin was actually elected governor, Sarah Palin could give a good speech, the press hated Sarah Palin rather than lamely propping her up, and Sarah Palin was actually attractive. Other than that, sure. Well, maybe.
Also, the claim that Palin hurt McCain is BS. The only time he was ahead in the polls was the period after he picked Palin as his running mate, and before his unfathomably stupid decision to “suspend” his campaign because of the financial crisis. Whatever excitement his lame campaign ever possessed came from his running mate, whom he treated dishonorably once she was no longer of any use to him. Because McCain was as much a moral cripple as a politician as Joe Biden is.
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INDIA SHOULD QUIT THE MOON TREATY AND JOIN THE ARTEMIS ACCORDS: Why India should exit the Moon Agreement.
WHEN THE CITY SEES BUSINESS AS AN ENEMY OR AS PREY: NYC building inspectors use ‘speed trap’-style stakeouts against contractors.
GIVEN THAT UNIVERSITIES LARGELY HATE IT, OR AT LEAST ARE ASHAMED OF IT, YES: If We Want Western Civ Revitalized, We Can’t Leave It To Universities.
BAD NEWS FOR LOCKDOWN PROPONENTS: The Results of Europe’s Lockdown Experiment Are in. Elaine He of Bloomberg crunches the numbers for 17 European countries and concludes that “the relative strictness of a country’s containment measures had little bearing” on the death rate.
OIL STILL RULES: The Global Economy’s Fuel Gauge. Oil powers almost all transportation — and Covid-19 will only intensify its dominance. The open-plan office will fall out of favor, but people will still be driving to work as the suburbs and exurbs keep growing (and as mass transit becomes even less appealing).
GHANAIAN PALLBEARERS WEIGH IN ON BIDEN GAFFE:
The most important and accurate video on the Internet right now: pic.twitter.com/X8AkaKO8ac
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 22, 2020
(Classical allusion in headline.)
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ITEM #1 ON THEIR REOPENING PLANNING: L.A. Officials Want to Open Streets, Sidewalks for Outdoor Dining.
LET’S GET BACK TO WORK: The CDC Just Gave Us the Biggest Reason to End the Coronavirus Lockdowns.
WHY NOT TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SERIOUS NEWS FOR A FEW MINUTES? Florida Man Friday: Battle of Corona vs. Coronavirus.
GOVERNMENT IS FORCE. IF YOU DON’T LIKE VIOLENCE, DON’T CALL FOR LAWS. The New York Times Recoils at the Predictable Consequences of the Mandatory COVID-19 Precautions It Supports.