Archive for 2021
March 11, 2021
WELL, THAT’S ONE WAY TO DO IT: Defending Yourself Against Dog Attacks: Man Bites Dogs.
THE FORGOTTEN WAR: Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who died as a prisoner of war in Korea.
Kapaun was identified on Mar. 2, the DPAA announced Friday. His remains were among the 867 buried as “Unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, according to a DPAA news release.
Also known as the “Punchbowl,” the NMCP is the final resting place of many servicemembers’ unidentified remains. The Korean War Disinterment Project, initiated in 2018, is a seven-phase plan to disinter and identify all of the Korean war remains in the Punchbowl.
“After 70 years Chaplain (Capt.) Kapaun has been accounted for. His heroism and resilient spirit epitomized our Army values of personal courage and selfless service,” said acting Secretary of the Army John E. Whitley.
Indeed.
MATT MARGOLIS: Senate Republicans Are Failing Us… Big Time. “How did Fudge get sixteen Republicans to vote for her confirmation? And How did Garland get twenty?”
LIVE IN FIVE… FOUR… THREE…: ‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, Preston, VodkaPundit LIVE AT 3:30PM EASTERN THURSDAY.‘
IN A WORLD BASED ON LIES, IT’S THE ULTIMATE CRIME: Georgetown law professor fired for telling the truth.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Don’t look now but we’re raising an entire generation of Harry and Meghans. “Harry and Meghan are a metaphor for millions of young people spitting on the tradition they’ve inherited, knowing neither its worth nor what they owe it.”
DOC EDGERTON SMILES: Ultra-quick Cameras Reveal How to Catch a Light Pulse Mid-Flight.
AIRSTRIP ONE RECEIVES LATEST NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY UPDATE: Mum’s the word: British university scraps the word ‘mother.’
When it comes to illness and disability, for some reason using the word ‘diabetic’ is no longer allowed and staff are instead encouraged to use language that focuses on people’s ‘abilities, rather than limitations’. In the eyes of Manchester University, someone is no longer ‘suffering from cancer’ but are a person ‘living with cancer’. Similarly, the university no longer says that someone is a ‘victim of dementia’ — presumably because dementia is something to be appreciated in the eyes of the inclusivity team.
Arguably though it’s on gender where the most radical changes take place. From now on gender-neutral terms are in vogue in Manchester, which means that ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘mother’ and ‘father’ are no longer appropriate for use in university materials, to be replaced by ‘individuals’ and ‘guardians’. Cockburn imagines that things might become tricky this weekend when Brits celebrate Mother’s Day, which will presumably now have to be styled ‘Guardian’s Day’.
Really looking forward to David Gilmour and Roger Waters reuniting to update The Wall to reflect the current UK “Progressive” linguistic trends.
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Anabolic steroids may do long-term harm to testicles, study says.
KURT SCHLICTER: The Emperor Is Naked and Senile Too.
So, how does this go? How does this all play out?
You’d think, if you have ignored the last couple decades of American culture, that those close to Joe Biden who care more about Joe Biden’s dignity and welfare than their own selfish interests, would act to conclude this shameful tableau. But there are no people close to Joe Biden who care more about Joe Biden’s dignity than their own selfish interests, so they’ll all try to ride this elderly nag until he drops. Maybe literally. But to get them to act voluntarily, he’ll have to be in a coma – well, more of one than usual – before the refs call the 25th Amendment penalty and send Sleepy Joe back to Delaware and his friend Nutsy the Squirrel, who lives in the sycamore in the backyard and sometimes talks to him.
Likely, at some point, the rest of the elite will decide that the masquerade has gone as far as it can and the ruling caste no longer benefits by pretending Ole Gropey is A-OK. The elite is ruthless when it senses one of its own has outlived his usefulness – remember Emmy-winning American hero Andrew Cuomo? He’s toast, and his girl-grabbing wasn’t even near as gross as Grandpa Badfinger’s antics. Oh, and Cuomo killed a few thousand normal people but hey, he made some liberal women who knowingly hung out with male Democrat politicians uncomfortable and that’s convenient for getting him out of the way, so sayonara, sucker.
Or as America’s Newspaper of Record describes the moment: Heroic Secret Service Agent Dives In Front Of Biden As Reporter Tries To Ask A Question.
In any case, think of Biden as the lame opening act for: Kamalamania: prepare for President Harris.
HE’S ALSO A GRANNY-KILLER: The Latest Allegations Against Cuomo Just Got a Whole Lot Worse.
JOANNE JACOBS: Researchers say school closures endanger children. “Children are no more likely to die Covid-19 than they are of seasonal flu, write Dr. Tara O. Henderson, Dr. Monica Gandhi, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg and Dr. Daniel Johnson. They are much more likely to die of suicide, in some cases ‘driven by school closure’.”
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THOSE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS “STEVE:” The times when an average American consumed 90 bottles of whiskey a year. By 1820s, whiskey was sold at twenty-five cents a gallon, making it cheaper than wine, beer, tea, coffee and even milk.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Savage ABC News Boils Biden’s Bunny.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is ABC News like Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction?
Answer: When they’ve been ignored by their one-time fling.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Revealed: Another pandemic panicmonger who sent his kids all the way to Austria to go to school
- S.E. Cupp brings you yesterday’s news — tomorrow!
- China makes Trump one with everything
Bonus Sanity: Black Pro Soccer Player Will Not Kneel for BLM Anymore.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
CANCEL CULTURE IS ALL IN YOUR MIND: ACLU Under Fire for Helping to Destroy Lives of Smith College Workers Falsely Accused of Racism.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s space programme: A rising star, a rising challenge.
UNEXPECTEDLY: Predictable Train Wrecks on Crime and Immigration.
The most consequential effect of open immigration and lax criminal enforcement is to undermine the safe, stable environment law-abiding citizens need to go about their lives, free from predation. Providing that environment — and signaling clearly that you intend to provide it — is the first responsibility of government.
That means punishing crimes. The goal is not vengeance. Nor is it solely to provide justice for the victims, important as that is. It is also to send a strong message to would-be criminals: Don’t do it. It’s not worth it. Right now, we are sending the wrong message and, by doing so, we are encouraging law breaking on a massive scale.
That encouragement is the unifying theme behind these policy disasters, one on the border, the other in our cities. The other unifying theme is their justification under the fashionable rubric of “social justice” and “equity.” What those feel-good arguments ignore is that our criminal laws are democratic efforts to preserve personal safety and community integrity. Failing in those responsibilities harms all law-abiding citizens.
Mission accomplished.
THIS IS ALL PERFECTLY NORMAL. MOVE ALONG NOW: White House press corps ushered away after asking Biden questions — again.
LOOKING FOR GLEICHSCHALTUNG IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: Shock! Sarah Silverman Is Done With ‘Absolutist-ness’ of Dem Party.
On March 8, comedian Sarah Silverman posted an Instagram video from her podcast where she talked about how annoyed she was with her own political party. As an admitted Democrat, it’s surprising that Silverman spoke about how the “absolutist-ness” of the party is “such a turn off to me” and how she doesn’t want to be affiliated with any party at this point.
In talking about the Democratic Party, she said, “It’s so fucking elitist, you know, for something called progressive, it allows for zero progress,” calling it “righteousness porn,” and concluding, “I really, I think I don’t want to be associated with any party anymore.”
The left is constantly seeking to ride the moral high horse by claiming to protect anyone from bad ideas (ideas they don’t like), but instead they silence opposing ideas and do not allow people to think for themselves. Silverman finally noticed the hypocrisy and was bold enough to say something about it. She stated, “Every party, it comes with so much fucking baggage that no ideas can be taken at face value. And without ideas, what are we?”
People who confuse surveyor’s marks with swastikas, asked the military to overthrow ‘fascist’ Trump, and dressed up as Hitler to mock someone who tried to shrink government regulations?
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR CONUNDRUM FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE: As a crop, cannabis has enormous carbon emissions.
I’m guessing that “pot smokers” and “climate alarmists” are two Venn circles with a lot of overlap.