Archive for 2021
January 29, 2021
AND YET, SOMEHOW TRUMP’S SPEECH WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE “INCITED” THIS: Capitol riot: Pipe bombs found on January 6 were placed the night before, FBI says.
DISPATCH FROM 2030: Now here’s the kind of future I was hoping for!
INTERNET BILLIONAIRE, CO-FOUNDER OF LINKEDIN, REID HOFFMAN APOLOGIZES FOR FUNDING A GROUP TIED TO DISINFORMATION IN ALABAMA RACE. “In Alabama, the Hoffman-funded group allegedly used Facebook and Twitter to undermine support for Republican Roy Moore and boost Democrat Doug Jones, who narrowly won the race.”
I WAS RIGHT ABOUT VITAMIN D: How vitamins, steroids and potential antivirals might affect SARS-CoV-2. “Evidence is emerging that vitamin D—and possibly vitamins K and A—might help combat COVID-19.”
I think we’ll find that Covid-19, in its severe forms, is primarily a disease of the obese and vitamin-deficient.
I’M STARTING A WAR FOR PEACE: Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize.
In accordance with the prophesy:
(Classical reference in headline.)
FINE. I’LL JUST GIVE MY KIDS THE PASSCODE: Disney+ restricts kids from watching content with racist stereotypes. “Children can no longer see movies like ‘Peter Pan’ or ‘Aristocats’ without a parent.”
HEH:
HEALING: Ceramic-based ink enables 3D-printed bone tissue. “A ceramic-based ink could one day allow surgeons to 3D-print bone parts complete with living cells, claim scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney.”
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Lunar cycle can influence circadian rhythms of humans, study says.
TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY — AND IT’S FUN: “Re-Occupy Wall Street,” sponsored by the New York Young Republicans. “Let your voices be heard! We are sick of Wall Street bailouts on the taxpayer dime while the little guy gets stomped!”
Sunday at Noon at — where else — Zuccotti Park. I predict better hygiene this time around.
Related (from Ed): Losing Gordon Gekko: Wall Street has gone over to the Democrats. Should conservatives miss it? From Kevin Williamson in March of 2009, after Wall Street went all-in for Obama.
FINALLY: Cuomo Announces Reopening Date for NYC Indoor Dining. “New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that restaurants in New York City will be allowed to reopen for indoor dining at 25 percent capacity beginning February 14. The announcement comes more than one month after Cuomo banned indoor dining in the city amid a spike in coronavirus cases.”
Happy Valentine’s Day!
UPDATE: Damning Report from Democratic NY Attorney General Confirms Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal.
DON SURBER: GameStop takedown of a hedge fund is Trumpism.
SEVEN OF THE TEN ARE LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO: Crime In America: Study Reveals The 10 Most Unsafe Neighborhoods.
DDT IS BACK: Just not as the insecticide banned by the U.S. in 1972. This time, DDT stands for “Defending Democracy Together.” According to Hayden Ludwig, writing for The Federalist, DDT is the creation of former-conservative-turned-Democrat Bill Kristol, and the group spent millions of dollars in dark money against Donald Trump and for Joe Biden in the 2020 campaign.
Ludwig makes clear that DDT is not some fly-by-night screeching backbencher that’s here today and gone tomorrow:
“DDT was the biggest outside political spender in the 2020 election, according to OpenSecrets, dropping a stunning $15.6 million in independent expenditures savaging Trump and aiding Democratic nominee Joe Biden. DDT beat out heavyweights such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Realtors Association, which typically dominate outside spending lists.”
The group also has a front, the Republican Accountability Project, that is devoted to, surprise!, ridding the GOP of every last little bit of Trumpism. But Ludwig says don’t bother trying to find out who is funding this agit-prop operation:
“We may never know the complete truth about who funds DDT, which is strange for a group that has aligned themselves so completely with a political ideology that demonizes ‘dark money’ on the right.” Indeed, Mr. Ludwig.
JOURNALISTS MOBILIZE AGAINST FREE SPEECH. Of all the bad political trends right now, this might be the most destructive, since our government only works when the media is a watchdog. Otherwise it’s all too easy for the natural excesses of elites to get out of control.
JOEL KOTKIN: Woke Politics are a Disaster for Minorities.
Related: Elite private school hosts racially segregated ‘dialogue sessions’ with parents, teachers. “Turns out I was wrong all this time; white people *are* racist. Seriously, minority communities don’t ask for this kind of segregation; it’s always the white liberal elites who dream this garbage up.”