Archive for 2022
March 23, 2022
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Brain implant allows patient with advanced ALS to communicate.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (RUSSIA EDITION): Putin loses his 15TH top commander as Ukraine continues to take out elite troops: Colonel is latest to die as Russia suffers worst loss of military leaders since World War Two.
Related: ‘The Ukrainians Are Listening’: Russia’s Military Radios Are Getting Owned.
REALCLEARINVESTIGATIONS: A Pharma Giant Imposed ‘Follow the Mandate’ on Vaccine Objectors. They Are Now Ex-Workers. “Lilly is just one of many major corporations that have publicly announced vaccine mandates for their employees. But specific policies have been imposed in private. The accounts of the former Lilly employees, including their never-before-disclosed allegations of unfair treatment, open a window on a largely secretive process that has roiled the American economy. The objections of some also illuminate a trend seen across the healthcare industry: resistance to vaccines rooted in science and professional training, beyond objections solely based on religion or ideas of personal liberty. In this instance, those affected were in the business of manufacturing and selling drugs, including monoclonal antibodies used to treat COVID-19.”
THESE ARE THE CRAZY YEARS: Why Does Satire Keep Coming True?
‘IS THIS A JOKE?’ How a Classic Star Trek: TNG Episode Broke the Rules of the Franchise. “The episode’s final scene hinges on a surprise cameo from a future TV sitcom legend: Cheers’ Kelsey Grammer as the Bozeman’s captain, Bateson. Grammer’s casting as a captain who has seemingly been stuck in this loop for at least 90 years is one of Frakes’ favorite stories from the production. ‘This was pre-Frasier,’ Frakes says. ‘Before he had his spinoff, he was just a member of the [Cheers] ensemble. And they shot that show right around the corner from us, because we were on the same lot. And Kelsey, he was a Trekker. A huge Star Trek fan. And he asked to be on the show, like a number of actors that were fans, like Whoopi Goldberg did. That’s how I understood it. It was just one day of shooting and I had no idea. But it was fun to shoot.’ ‘Fun’ is a word both fans of ‘Cause and Effect’ and its creators throw around often when discussing this landmark episode of the series, which, after three decades, still remains an outstanding and popular installment of the franchise, which currently clocks in at over 800 episodes.”
STILL POPULAR: Hanes Men’s Long-Sleeve Beefy Henley T-Shirt. #CommissionEarned (Bumped)
CALIFORNIA TURNED INTO EAST GERMANY SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: San Jose now turning its guns on First Amendment. “I don’t know if the San Jose city government is officially the most authoritarian body in the country, but they’re definitely making a run for first place. The California city is already taking aim at legal gun owners through its ordinances requiring them to purchase insurance and pay an annual fee for exercising their right to keep and bear arms, and now the city council appears poised to approve a new ordinance targeting the First Amendment as well.”
THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW: Illinois Town “Issue[s] 62 Tickets to an Elderly Couple for Having Lawn Chairs in Their Front Yard.” “If the reader is thinking that things have, at this point, gone completely off the rails, buckle up, because the ride is not yet over.”
If we’re going to return to corporal punishment, it should start here. The proper remedy for officials who overreach their power is horsewhipping and the stocks. Naked, to strip them of any shreds of dignity. Because oppressors don’t deserve dignity.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Joe Biden and World War III for Dummies. “Who had ‘Big Mouth Biden Talks His Way into the Third World War’ on their Everything Sucks 2022 Edition bingo card?”
Host Adam Carolla and Maher spoke at length about regulations that inhibit California citizens. Both referenced the complexities of setting up their solar panels.
“I have a picture of eleven people at my house that finally showed. Eleven people. To turn on a lightbulb, basically, I had to build a shed to house the thing. I had to build its own home. Which could probably house the homeless, people could probably live in that shed,” Maher said.
He added, “All the regulations that, I mean, I don’t know if it’s Orwellian, or Kafka-esque, or both of them, but it’s just strange. Very strange. The hoops you had to jump through to do something that the state was advising you to do. Solar power was something- I thought I was being a good citizen trying to hook up.”
Carolla then chimed in with his own experience of installing solar panels. After reading all the state and county regulations Carolla decided, “fuck it,” and abandoned the project.
Progressivism isn’t about being a good citizen, it’s about jumping through all the hoops and then still giving up.
HMM: A Transparent Voting Process That Can’t Be Corrupted, Hacked, or Cheated — Democrats Will Hate It. “Welcome to Redo Voting, the world’s first and only transparent, unhackable, incorruptible, paper-based voting system. No wiggle room on chain of custody, no Zuckerbucks to buy influence, and no reason to stop counting votes at 10:30 p.m. when the Republican presidential candidate is pummeling whatshisface, you know, the thing.”
Previously: Paper ballots are hack-proof. It’s time to bring them back.
DEAL OF THE DAY: Fahren H11/H9/H8 LED Headlight Bulbs, 60W 12000 Lumens Super Bright LED Headlights Conversion Kit. #CommissionEarned
JOE BIDEN DID THAT: Gas Prices Shoot Up at Fastest Rate on Record. “Inflation-adjusted gas prices aren’t at record highs. But if March prices average $4.22 a gallon, as they have so far, they still show that motorists will have been saddled with the biggest month-over-month price increase since EIA records began in the mid-’70s. The next-highest increase was after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.”
Katrina was a natural disaster. Joe Biden is a rolling series of man-made disasters.
PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: ‘Atmosphere of terror’: Third professor sues Texas college alleging censorship.
“STUDENTS FOR REVOLUTION:” Texas students protest in favor of ‘sex change’ operations for minors.
Will this help bring the Hispanic vote back into the Democratic Fold?
“I LOVE MY COOL SON”: In a first, brain implant lets man with complete paralysis spell out thoughts.
TO BE FAIR, SNL HAS BEEN A CHEERFUL TOOL OF THE REGIME SINCE THE BEGINNING: Saturday Night Live Became Part of the Stasi to Protect Hunter Biden.
MATT MARGOLIS: I’ve Been Permanently Banned From Twitter for Telling the Truth. “What happened? Well, I was replying to a tweet by a social worker who made a rather ridiculous assumption regarding the Lia Thomas issue.”
IF ONLY THE SUPREME COURT CAN AVOID ACTING LIKE A PEANUTS CARTOON: I am optimistic about the two race-preferential admissions cases before the Supreme Court—Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. Of course, it may be that the Supreme Court will do a “Lucy with the football” number, but … well … for now at least I remain optimistic.
Note that amicus curiae briefs in support of SFFA aren’t due till early May. There’s still time for you to write one if you are so inclined. I’ll be working on mine in the month of April.
Here’s the amicus curiae brief that Peter Kirsanow and I filed at an earlier stage in the proceedings. Our new brief will expand on the themes in it and add one or two more.
UNEXPECTEDLY: Medical Marijuana Leads to Addiction, Not Shown to Be Effective. “Gilman said it was ‘disturbing’ that patients treating symptoms of depression or anxiety with marijuana were the most vulnerable to developing cannabis use disorder. The study concluded that marijuana may ‘pose a high risk or may even be contraindicated for people with affective disorders.'”
I’ve never thought people should go to jail for smoking the stuff, but it was never medicine.
MARK PERRY: “Let’s Work Together to Challenge the Selective Double Standard for the Enforcement of Title VI and Title IX in Higher Education.”
Strong majorities of Americans oppose race and sex discrimination and reject the notion that it’s all a matter of whose ox is being gored. But they don’t speak up. Take a look at what Mark Perry has to say about filing Title VI and Title IX complaints. Sometimes they work, and the college or university backs away from the discrimination. Always they remind the college or university (and the federal bureaucracy) that we’re not all onboard with the program.
I CREDIT DISNEY: Suburbs switch to Trump, and he leads Biden 45%-42% in 2024 clash.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY, COMRADE PUTIN: As Russia stalls in Ukraine, dissent brews over Putin’s leadership.