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Archive for 2021
January 28, 2021
THE OLIGARCHS STICK TOGETHER:
“NET ZERO,” INDEED. Biden climate plan aims to put U.S. on path to ‘net-zero economy.‘
DISPATCHES FROM THE HOUSE OF STEPHANOPOULOS: ABC News President James Goldston, 52, announces he’s leaving in March after seven years at the helm.
In 2017, the network’s chief investigative reporter, Brian Ross, aired an incorrect story which claimed Michael Flynn was ready to allege in testimony that President Donald Trump had asked him to reach out to the Russians.
Goldston issued a scathing rant to his employees after the incident.
He said he has never felt ‘disappointment and rage’ comparable to what he has felt in the fallout of the mistake and that the network was conducting a ‘full review’.
In 2019, House Republicans also demanded ABC provide more information related to a spiked interview with Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts in 2015.
Flashback: ABC’s Excuse for Failing to Report on Jeffrey Epstein Makes Absolutely No Sense.
DONALD TRUMP HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay will be offered vaccination, the Pentagon says. “The Pentagon has decided to offer coronavirus vaccines to detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, possibly starting next week, according to a prosecutor in the case against five prisoners accused of conspiring in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”
Found via NRO’s Dan McLaughlin (aka “Baseball Crank”) who tweets, “Elections have consequences. If you worked in the World Trade Center on 9/11, as I did, you can join me and wait in line behind them.”
NEWS I HOPE YOU CAN’T USE: Hormonal IUD effective option for emergency contraception, study finds.
WHEN YOU BREAK INTO SOMEONE’S HOUSE AT NIGHT, YOU SHOULD BEAR ALL THE RISK OF THINGS GOING WRONG: The Houston Cop Charged With Murdering Dennis Tuttle During a Disastrous Drug Raid Portrays His Victim As the Aggressor. “Hardin made it sound as if the cops were overwhelmed by a barrage of gunfire. But the evidence indicates that nearly all the rounds were fired by the cops, who responded to Tuttle’s defense of his home with overwhelming force, shooting blindly and wildly through the front of the house and into walls, cabinets, and the ceiling.”
STILL A BIT PRICEY FOR ME, THOUGH THE USED ONES DEPRECIATE A LOT. WHICH MAKES THEM CHEAPER, BUT . . . 2021 Bentley Flying Spur V-8 Is Sensibly Extravagant.
WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO SPEND A BIT MORE. OKAY, SEVERAL BITS. Review: Wilson Combat WCP320 Handgun.
AND JUST LIKE THAT SHE REVERTS BACK TO THE MEAN: AOC Accuses Ted Cruz of ‘Trying to Get Me Killed.’
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Hot takes, cold drinks.
OF COURSE IT DOES: Oregon Weighs Race-Based Vaccine Preferences.
WOKE POLITICS ARE DISASTROUS FOR MINORITIES: This one by the esteemed Joel Kotkin is on the must-read list for today.
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: The city that leads the nation in COVID-19 vaccine distribution is… Amarillo, Texas.
MAYBE THE BIDEN ERA WILL BE AN ERA OF UNITY AFTER ALL:
Related: Robinhood Hit With Class Action Suit for Muzzling GameStop Uprising.
THAT’S OKAY, THEY’LL STILL VOTE DEMOCRATIC: Biden Administration Affirms Support for Protectionist Jones Act, Throwing Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans to the Sharks.
DON’T WORRY, JOE HAS A PLAN FOR THAT: From first to sixth: Huawei’s phone business tanks thanks to US sanctions.
HIS POSITION HAS EVOLVED: After Claiming He’s ‘Not a Fan,’ Biden Forms a Commission to PACK the Supreme Court.
Given how incredibly political this pandemic has been from the beginning, many people smell a rat. Is it really the case that the reopening of the American economy, particularly in blue states, is so perfectly timed? Do the science and politics really line up so well?
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● Washington, D.C. will resume indoor dining.
● Maryland’s governor has decided that the state needs to reopen schools now and no later than March 1.
● Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan says Michigan restaurants can reopen for indoor dining on February 1. Her health adviser decided to resign. Let us hope it is the beginning of many.
● Chicago’s mayor is now demanding an immediate opening of restaurants and bars. Chicago is also threatening teachers unions that they must return to work.
● New York Governor Cuomo has dramatically reversed his rhetorical course and demanded a reopening of the city. More announcements are expected in the coming days.
● California Governor Gavin Newsom, incredibly, has lifted all stay-at-home orders across the state and is permitting dining to open up. Many restaurants have defied orders for months now, and good for them. This new announcement shows that their defiance had an influence.
● Montana’s new governor has lifted some Covid restrictions.
Why, it’s as if: Without Trump to blame, coronavirus turns the corner.
AND CHINA IS PREPARING TO SQUEEZE: The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors.