HOPE IS NOT A PLAN: Fauci: ‘Hopefully’ Forcing Kids to Wear Masks Won’t Have ‘Lasting Negative Impact.’
It’s not science, either.
Archive for 2021
August 9, 2021
OPEN THREAD: It’s pain in any language.
OUR ENTITLED RULING CLASS: Private jets and no masks — how Obama’s party was height of elite hypocrisy.
Or to paraphrase Homer Simpson: The height of elite hypocrisy so far.
THE ADULTS ARE BACK IN CHARGE! Tax Dollars Smolder After White House’s Most Asinine Vaccine Push Yet.
Ladies and gentlemen, TikTok influencer, “Benny Drama:”
“I’m sure this will convince your average Trump voter in Tennessee to go out and get the vaccine, right? Actually, I’m not sure exactly who this is supposed to be targeting. Given that black Americans are the least vaccinated group in the country, are they supposed to be moved by this idiocy? Somehow, I doubt they are.”
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China is working on a lander for human moon missions.
NEWSWEEK CALLS IT THE DOOMSDAY VIRUS: Massachusetts coronavirus breakthrough deaths: 73% had underlying conditions, median age was 82.5; There have been 100 breakthrough case deaths in the state. A friend writes: “Turns out post-vax breakthrough covid is a lot like regular covid. A disease of the elderly and infirm.”
This isn’t the Black Death. It’s not even the 1958 flu. In fact, at this point, if it weren’t hyped in the press no one would notice.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: AOC and Cori Bush Accidentally Rip Texas Fleebag Democrats (Video).
As Glenn has joked, getting AOC and the rest of “the squad” elected was Roger Stone’s last and greatest political dirty trick.
WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH PIERS MORGAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY. Piers Morgan: Cuomo Is A ‘Fork-Tongued…Charlatan Sleazeball’ Who ‘Soared To Gold-Medal Levels Of…Hypocrisy.’
Related: Two more women contacted AG’s Office with allegations against Gov. Cuomo.
More: Time’s up for Roberta Kaplan.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:
THE DEMAND FOR HATE CRIMES IN AMERICA FAR EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY: Colorado Rockies Fan Accused Of Shouting Racial Slur At Marlins Player Was Yelling At Mascot ‘Dinger.’
More from Robert Spencer at PJM: Man Shouts N-Word at Colorado Rockies Game — No, Wait, It’s Just More Leftist Hysteria.
Good. Glad we have that cleared up. In this age of Trumpist white supremacism and all the other fictional Leftist race bogeymen out there, one could easily have gotten the impression that shouting the most toxic racial slur in America today at the top of one’s lungs in a ballpark crowded with tens of thousands of people was just fine with the Colorado Rockies.
Like the Rockies, ESPN went with the claim that the man had shouted what is now known as “the n-word” as if it were established fact: “Colorado Rockies investigating after fan uses racial slur during Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson’s at-bat.” So did the Denver Post: “Fan yells racial slur at Miami Marlins’ Lewis Brinson at Coors Field; Rockies investigating.” And the New York Daily News: “Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson repeatedly called N-word by fan during game against Rockies.” And the Washington Post: “‘Disgusted’ Rockies investigating racial slur shouted while Black Marlins player was batting.” And AP: “Marlins’ Brinson target of fan’s racial slur in Colorado.”
Predictably, the most unhinged Leftist sportscaster in history, Keith Olbermann, was among the many who registered his dismay that the Rockies hadn’t announced “what they did to” the fan. (Would lynching be in order, Keith?) “Shouting the N-word at a game? Where is the @Rockies statement on how they apprehended the racist and what they did to him? Where is @mlb’s investigation? This is a private business and they are responsible for the conduct of their patrons.”
Even the London Daily Mail had an article based around the original version of the story. (Note the Daily Mail’s original URL of their since-corrected story.)
Related: ‘Amazing:’ The Colorado Rockies appear to have left a little something out of their update on the fan who didn’t actually use the N-word. “Hey @Rockies, when are you actually going to publicly apologize for making a false accusation against a fan before having all the facts?”
Flashback: What Happened To You?
THIS SEEMS TO TURN MOSTLY ON DEFINITIONS: There’s No Such Thing as a Fast-Expanding Bullet. (Or Even an Expanding One.)
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Who does she think she is, Dan Savage? Or maybe John Waters?
ERICK ERICKSON: I Stand By My Tweet.
If climate change is settled science, biological sex is even more settled. Less than five years ago, the transgender movement argued that sex was biologically determined, but gender was socially constructed. Now, rapidly moving the goalposts, sex is also now claimed to be a social construct.
Twitter may not like that I called Laurel Hubbard a man, but Hubbard is a man even if he has decided otherwise. None of us should indulge in a lie for the sake of someone’s self-esteem. That is not healthy for society.
Thus we arrive at Twitter suspending Allie Beth Stuckey’s and my accounts for daring to point out Hubbard is a man.
While leftwing progressives accuse Trump, Trump supporters, Tucker Carlson, and anyone they dislike of authoritarianism, fascism, totalitarianism, and a host of other -isms, it is quintessential totalitarianism to silence and disappear the views of those unacceptable to the rulers.
Read the whole thing.
IT’S NOT REALLY ABOUT MASKS: “Why are fully vaccinated people treated the same as the unvaccinated?”
IN OTHER WORDS, IT CREATES HERD IMMUNITY: Delta Spreads So Quickly It ‘Runs Out Of Candidates’ To Infect, Says WHO Expert. Running out of candidates to infect is the normal end-state for a pandemic.
HOW MANY ‘BLUE-COLLAR’ JOBS WILL BIDEN’S BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL CREATE? An Ivy League Analysis Just Destroyed Biden’s Biggest Argument for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.
CHICAGO COPS GIVE COLD SHOULDER TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AT HOSPITAL AFTER TWO OFFICERS SHOT.
Flashback: Democratic Mayors Defunded Their Police, While Spending Millions On Their Own Police Protection. Chicago “spent $17.3 million between 2015 and 2020 to guard ‘unnamed city officials.’ That’s as Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’s opposed to defunding police while — we found — 400 police officers positions were quietly cut during 2020.
THIS IS PAINFUL: Someone Got Their Ferrari Roma Stuck in an Italian Alleyway.
TIGHTENING THE SCREWS: Pentagon to require COVID vaccines for all service members. This is a signal — as the Pentagon admits — that the Pfizer vaccine will receive full FDA approval next month.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Basic Practical Riflery For The New Shooter.