SPOILER: BECAUSE SHE WASN’T ACTUALLY VERY SICK. My triple-vaxxed, 85-year-old mother caught COVID. Medical triage made her doctor useless.
Needlessly to say, this is all somehow the fault of President Trump, because of course it is. And no word on whether the triage was race-based.
SALENA ZITO: Biden, Unhinged.
If President Joe Biden’s disorderly and lethal Afghanistan withdrawal was the moment that fractured voters’ regard for him, then his vicious Atlanta speech last week may be the moment that defines his presidency.
Speaking Tuesday at Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, Biden uttered venomous, brutal accusations lacking factual basis. His shouting-in-the-wind delivery was inexplicable, and his decision to lash out at members of his own party — Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema — appears to have only strengthened their resolve not to give in to his demands.
Biden called those who disagree with his political views on legislation “domestic enemies.” He compared them to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and former Alabama Democratic Party Committeeman and ardent, violent segregationist Bull Connor. In American politics, that is about as divisive as one can get — at least he didn’t mention Hitler.
Biden bears no resemblance today to the man who ran for president, pledging over and over again to unify the country and restore a sense of calm and normalcy to politics. From the day he was sworn in to office and signed executive orders putting thousands out of work in the energy industry, he ceased to be that guy from Scranton that people thought he was.
He never, ever was that guy. Reporters knew he wasn’t but wanted to fool enough people to get him in. Plus:
The scope of Biden’s fall from grace — from glib middle-class Pennsylvanian to venomous, lying politico who will say anything to please left-wing activists — has been staggering.
This has not gone unnoticed by voters. Last week’s Quinnipiac poll showed that a plurality of voters (49%) now believe Biden is doing more to divide the country than to unite it.
Biden’s approval rating among adults was at an abysmal 33% points; independents gave him 24%; Hispanics a bit more at 28%. His approval rating within his own party has fallen 12 points since November.
The media tried to write off his fall as temporary last August, when a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed the public disapproving of his incompetent performance in Afghanistan by a 2-1 ratio. At the time, this event marked the first time in his presidency his approval rating was net negative.
But in the time since, Biden has only kept losing support.
There’s more to go.
YEP. AND THE NORMAL-AMERICAN MAJORITY HAS STARTED TO PAY ATTENTION TO UNIVERSITIES. Penn Prof: Firing Amy Wax Could Open Door To Censorship Of Faculty Teaching Critical Race Theory.
It’s ironic, of course, that Penn is considering disciplining Amy Wax for saying there are too many Asians, when Penn’s admissions policy, along with those of the entire Ivy League, has taken that position for years.
ON SUNDAYS I PUT UP A PROMO POST FOR MOSTLY INDIE WRITERS. THERE’S ALSO A VIGNETTE CHALLENGE: Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.
YOUR BODY, THEIR CHOICE: Family Fights for Ivermectin for Dying Loved One, Courts Say ‘No.’
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION: University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel fired by board after investigation.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has unanimously fired school President Mark Schlissel for cause following an investigation into a relationship with a subordinate, the board announced Saturday evening.
In a letter to Schlissel posted on the school website, the board spelled out its concerns and said his conduct was “particularly egregious considering your knowledge of and involvement in addressing incidents of harassment by University of Michigan personnel, and your declared commitment to work to ‘free’ the University community of sexual harassment or other improper conduct. . . . With regard to the actions of Martin Philbert, on August 3, 2020, you sent an email to the entire University of Michigan community, writing that: ‘The highest priority for our regents and leadership team is to make our community safe for all.’ You also declared to the community that your leadership would ‘determine what we need to do to address the fear of retaliation in our community and build a culture that does not accept misconduct or harassment at any level.'”
Generally, the more someone yammers about ending harassment, the more likely that someone is to be a harasser.
Meanwhile, here’s more background on (ex) President Schlissel. More here.
Also: U-M Refuses to Disclose Its President’s Politicking. “The University of Michigan is withholding some emails its president sent regarding President Donald Trump, claiming their content is protected under the Freedom of Information Act. The university, which took 106 days to respond to the open records request, claimed the content in those emails were ‘preliminary and advisory in nature.'”
NEWS YOU CAN — AND PROBABLY SHOULD — USE: Your earbuds are gross — here’s how to clean them the right way.
OH, AND IN CASE YOU WONDER WHAT I ACTUALLY SOUND LIKE: Episode 101: Sarah A. Hoyt.
Two things:
For those who do know what I sound like: I do say Moose and Squirrel near the end.
Be aware once you hear my accent, it can’t be un-heard. You’ll find yourself hearing it when you read these nightly postings, for good or ill.
IN CASE YOU WONDER WHY I’VE BEEN ABSENT SO MUCH THESE LAST TWO WEEKS: Do not be alarmed.
THAT’S NOT COVID, WHICH MOST COLD VIRUSES ARE. THAT’S GOVERNMENTAL PROPAGANDA: Hallucinations and headaches: Seven ways COVID can affect your brain.
Not to mention pains where I sit. The government is good for that too.
AT THIS POINT THE ONLY QUESTION IS STUPIDITY? MALICE? OR BOTH? Friday Thoughts: Mandates.
WELL, I HOPE THEY’RE PINING FOR THE FJORDS: Rep. Clyburn says Dems’ voting reform bills on ‘life support’ — but not dead.
I mean, Scandinavians might know what to do about them.
NOW? NOW? NOW? Kamala Harris is now officially a joke.
RIGHT NOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSPIRACY AND NEWS IS 2 WEEKS: Conspiracies as Realities, Realities as Conspiracies.
THERE IS NO RATIONAL REASON FOR THIS: Aussie Climate Activists Still Rejecting Nuclear Power.
BEHOLD, MY SHOCKED FACE: The EU has lost its mind: Private jet/yacht emissions are totally fine, the rest of you can go cuddle your cats to stay warm.
Also, I wish to enjoin our EU friends to learn some vital French. To wit “Aristo, Aristo, ala lanterne.” It tends to have salutary effects on this kind of jumped up self-importance amid self-regarding elites.
LET ME BE RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD, NOTHING IS WORSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN MARXISM: Claim: “Organized Labor”, “Moderate Democrats” Impeding Californian Climate Efforts.
WHAT THEY SAID: That senile fucking Jew-hating bastard in chief.
JUST WHEN YOU THINK THIS IS THE STUPIDEST TIMELINE: Teacher alleges she was fired for not ‘meowing’ back at student who identifies as a cat.
It gets dumber.
NEVER HAD A MORE PATHETIC FUHRER HAD MORE EAGER SYCOPHANTS: Big Tech Accelerates Politicized Purge As Biden Issues “Special Plea”.
OH? WELL, WELCOME TO THE PARTY PALS: CNN Skewers Biden’s Voter Suppression Lies. Yes, CNN.
GIVEN THIS AMOUNTED TO A BIO-WEAPON RELEASE BY CHINA: The New Fauci Emails May Be Even More Damning Than You Think.
And that they’re already our declared enemy, can we call it treason now? And treat it appropriately?
BEHOLD! MY SHOCKED FACE: U-Haul Growth Index Confirms Blue to Red State Exodus.
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