Archive for 2022
March 28, 2022
SO I BOUGHT ONE OF THESE NUKALERT DEVICES JUST IN CASE. They last ten years, and the way things are going there’s some nontrivial chance I’ll want it over that period. Longtime reader Bill Rudersdorf writes: “I just got my NukAlert™ recalibrated. I’m not a super serious prepped, but I like to know about radiation risks. www.NukAlert.com – the factory is now Sold Out, but Amazon still lists stock. This sort of knowledge is very, very important.”
It’s dead-simple to use, has clear instructions on what to do, and really could be attached to a keychain (it’s a bit bigger than a car keyfob) if you wanted to. You probably won’t need one.
UPDATE: On the other hand, for the people making the “kiss your ass goodbye” jokes in the comments, we’re not talking Dr. Strangelove here. Possibly we never really were, but Putin is unlikely to launch a full-scale strike, and if he did probably literally 90% of his missiles wouldn’t make it. (I believe it was Paul Bracken who said that during the Cold War the U.S military thought 80% of our missiles wouldn’t work right, either missing their targets or failing to detonate.) Nuclear warheads require a lot of maintenance, which doesn’t appear to be a Russian strong suit. But if you’re downwind from one that does explode, it’s helpful to know how bad the radiation is, so you know whether to shelter and when to come out. That’s what these are for.
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BATTLESWARM BLOG: Former CIA Officer Mike Baker On Bad Intelligence And Putin. “If you look at what he did in Chechnya, if you look at what he did helping Assad in Syria, if you look at what he did annexing Crimea, if you look at Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia. Every step of the way he’s been following in his mind this stated desire, that he’s made very public over the years, to rebuild his sphere of influence.”
OKAY, GROOMERS: Disney Vows to Help Repeal Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill: ‘It Should Never Have Passed.’
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law on Monday, The Walt Disney Company issued a statement vowing to help repeal the controversial legislation.
“Florida’s HB 1557, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed into law,” the statement reads. “Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that. We are dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country.”
Earlier: Nolte: Disney’s Support for Child Grooming Is a Game Changer. “In what will be remembered as one of the greatest betrayals in the world of entertainment, the Walt Disney Co. has not only come out against Florida’s ‘don’t-groom-little-kids’ bill, Disney is agreeing to use its brand and platforms to take up the slack with its own grooming.”
UPDATE: The Right Can Win on Parents’ Rights. Following Trump’s lead, a grassroots movement has forced the GOP to fight.
MORE: “If the same Hollywood elites who upheld degenerates like Harvey Weinstein now oppose our efforts to protect parental rights, I wear that like a badge of honor,” DeSantis says at signing ceremony.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Two Gas Stations Sue Their Competitor Because Its Prices Are Too Low.
MEN ARE BETTER AT EVERYTHING, I GUESS, EVEN BEING WOMEN: British Cycling warns athletes will be punished for speaking against org’s transgender policy.
Related: Emily Bridges, the trans cyclist who could ‘retire’ Olympic medalists. “Bridges, before coming out as transgender, was an up-and-coming cyclist named Zach Bridges who set the British junior 25-mile (40.2km) record in just over 47 minutes. By comparison, the women’s record is two minutes slower.”
FEEL LIKE A REFUGEE: Can a Hunted Man Get Asylum in Joe Biden’s America? “‘UCA News reported back in November 2020 that “posters offering a reward of 10 million rupees (US$62,860) to kill a Pakistani Christian,’ Faraz Pervaiz, ‘for posting anti-Islam content on social media have appeared in Karachi in southern Pakistan.’ Since then, Pervaiz told me Sunday, the bounty has grown to $375,000 and has followed him halfway around the world, to Thailand, where he is being actively hunted by Muslims who are enraged at his alleged ‘blasphemy.'”
OF COURSE, MAYBE WOMEN DESTINED FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE HAVE WEAKER IMMUNE SYSTEMS: Use of antibiotics by women in midlife linked to later cognitive decline.
JUSTICE: Louisiana Supreme Court rules BLM organizer can be sued by people injured during riot. “Mckesson is named as the principal defendant in the lawsuit because of his role and planning an promoting the demonstrations. Considering violence during previous protests, and that Mckesson had prior knowledge of the events, the lawsuit alleges he is responsible for the resulting violent criminal actions that occurred.”
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPHECY:
● Shot: “Will Smith won his first Academy Award on Sunday night and offered his apologies to the Academy and others for an earlier incident in which the actor appeared to strike presenter Chris Rock.”
—CNN, today (Emphasis mine).
● Chaser: With Babylon Bee Off Twitter, Users Forced To Get Fake News From CNN.
—Headline, the Babylon Bee, Friday.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: All-private Axiom mission to ISS could launch as early as April 3.
BE LIKE CHRIS ROCK: “Physical violence in response to mere words is never an appropriate choice. But too often, the same people who engage in provocative and potentially offensive speech are only doing it so they can run to the authorities or the Twitter mob when their targets lash out. The restraint and good humor demonstrated by Rock should be a role model for those who want to defend free expression from bullies on the right and the left—and from whichever side of the culture war ends up claiming Smith.”
DO TELL: ‘Magic mushroom’ therapy may interact with other medicines. “Alternative” therapies have their own risks, interactions, and side effects. Those aren’t just limited to approved drugs.
HAPPY EASTER, MR PRESIDENT: Easter bunny battered by candy business inflation. “A Post survey of seasonal sweets shows the average cost of an Easter basket has skyrocketed to $61.83, up from $50.46 in the pre-pandemic spring of 2019. That’s an increase of 22.5%, more than double the already historic 9% percent inflation rate in the same period.”
WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF TARDY TRUTH-TELLING GOING ON: Jon Stewart boldly takes on Mueller 4 years too late.
YES, THEIR EARLIEST STUFF HIT THE HARDEST, BUT DON’T GO SLEEPING ON PRESENCE AND IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR: The Great Zeppelin Raid – How a Devastating 1916 Airship Attack Forced Britain to Rethink its Defenses.
RUSSIAN RESET: Is Putin Signaling an End Game to the Ukraine War?
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY TOLD US THE FUTURE WAS URBAN: Joel Kotkin: The exodus continues from America’s biggest cities: Covid, crime and hybrid work are remaking urban life. “Consider that in 1950, the core cities accounted for nearly 24 percent of the U.S. population; today the share is under 15 percent. Between 2010 and 2020, the suburbs and exurbs of the major metropolitan areas accounted for about 90% of all US metropolitan growth; over that time suburbs and exurbs of the major metropolitan areas gained 2.0 million net domestic migrants, while the urban core counties lost 2.7 million.”
Of course, they told us a lot of things.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Conan The Barbarian Acquires Biology Degree So He Can Know Whose Lamentations He’s Hearing.
DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR AMERICA: Jon Gabriel: What Is a Women’s History Month? “Since 1987, America has recognized March as Women’s History Month. In this year’s proclamation, President Biden wrote that the event ‘provides an opportunity to honor the generations of trailblazing women and girls who have built our Nation, shaped our progress, and strengthened our character as a people.’ Truly a noble effort. But in 2022, nothing can be so simple. We can’t even agree what a ‘woman’ is, let alone ‘history’ or ‘month.’”
Exit quote: “In a book about life in the Soviet Union, Elena Gorokhova (a woman, by the way) explained the great fictions their society was built upon. ‘They lie to us, we know they’re lying, they know we know they’re lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.’ As we honor Women’s History Month, a similar zeitgeist reigns in the United States.”
HOLLYWOOD IS SUCH A CLOWN SHOW: Academy Tells Reporters Not to Ask About Smith Slapping Rock in Post-Oscars Presser.
Oh, and also Hollywood is a sex-grooming gang.
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