I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, IT’S MORE ATTEMPTS TO STAMPEDE US: A Poxy, Diseased Lot.
That’s what our would-be rulers are. Ignore them.
Archive for 2022
May 22, 2022
May 21, 2022
OPEN THREAD: Shout to the top.
COLLUSION: McKinsey’s consulting work with Russian weapons manufacturer draws scrutiny in Washington. “McKinsey has come under scrutiny in Congress for its work with state-owned companies in China, with lawmakers questioning if the company should be awarded national security-related contracts given its extensive presence in China. McKinsey also faces accusations of ignoring possible conflicts of interest when it advised both opioid manufacturers and officials regulating opioids at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”
TO BE FAIR, THAT’S JUST BECAUSE SHE’S DISHONEST, SELFISH, AND AWFUL: Whitmer Pledged To Cut Her Pay for Duration of Pandemic. She Gave Up After Five Months.
GOOD LUCK, GUYS: Russia tries to rebound in Ukraine as prospects for victory fade.
Russia’s original battle plan has failed. Their current plan seems to be to throw some stuff at the wall and hope something sticks, while doing as much damage to civilian infrastructure as possible. Their next plan, I predict, will be trying to withdraw with as much (spoiler: not much) of their combat capability as they can preserve.
I EXPECT JOHN CARTER TO EMERGE, THOUGH I WOULD PREFER DEJAH THORIS: ‘Dog door’ on Mars found by Curiosity rover is a rocky ‘doorway into ancient past,’ NASA says.
OLD AND BUSTED: Learn to Code.
The New Hotness? Learn What’s a Joke! This story about the NLRB going after the Federalist over a tweet is outrageous.
It was a joke on Twitter, an obvious one, but a left-wing activist decided it was a violation of the law and made it into a federal case which took nearly three years for the courts to set straight.
The whole thing started in 2019 when employees at Vox staged a walkout:
More than 300 Vox Media employees staged a walkout on Thursday as staffers and management failed to come to an agreement for a union contract after more than a year of negotiations.
The walkouts affected Vox Media’s group of popular websites – such as Vox, SBNation, The Verge, Eater, Recode, Curbed, and others – and some were not publishing new content on Thursday.
“Our unit members are taking their sites dark today to show management how important these issues are to us,” tweeted the account for the Vox Media Union.
Ben Domenech, publisher of the Federalist, found it amusing that a left-leaning, pro-union website was being shut down over union troubles and he posted a joke about it on Twitter:
Read the whole thing.
DISPATCHES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE AND HYGIENE THEATER:
AS LONG AS IT MISSES: Asteroid 4 times larger than Empire State Building to fly past Earth.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Maine Superintendent Told Staff To ‘Slow The Process Down’ After Parent Requested Gender Material Be Removed From Classroom. A Maine school superintendent told school staff to slow walk the process after a dad asked the school to remove gender identity materials.
IF A LICENSE CAN BE GRANTED, THEN IT CAN BE DENIED: New Plan from Senate Democrats Would Make Your 2nd Amendment Rights a Privilege.
WITH DNC IN MIND, CITY BANS CARRYING URINE, FECES: Fertilizer Shortage? Try Peeing On Your Plants, Say Experts.
(Classical reference in headline.)
THAT’S MUCH SHORTER THAN M*A*S*H’S 11 SEASONS OF THE KOREAN WAR: Mark Felton on The Forty-Minute Korean War of 1984 (video):
PRISONER OF WOKEZKABAN: Hurrah for new HBO boss uncanceling J.K. Rowling.
Along with the moves by Ron DeSantis, who refused to be bullied by Woke Disney; Elon Musk, who has vowed to unshackle speech on Twitter (if he ever actually buys it); and Netflix, which last week informed its squeaky-toy coterie of aggrieved activists that Dave Chappelle is more important than they are and “Netflix may not be the best place for you,” the rise of [Warner CEO David] Zaslav suggests that the Great Unwokening may already have begun.
The way things are going, it may soon be safe to state true things again.
Much more like this, please.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Rex Murphy: How ridiculous is it for universities to ‘cancel’ sonnets? Let me count the ways.
UPDATE: In response, Neo has composed a sonnet about cancelled sonnets, as part of a post titled: Now a university in England has rejected the sonnet as too white and Western.
(Updated and bumped.)
XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT! California Church Shooter Has Chinese Communist Party Ties:
The shooter who targeted Taiwanese congregants at a Southern California church is associated with a group tied to the Chinese Communist Party that calls for China’s takeover of Taiwan, Radio Free Asia reported.
David Chou, a 68-year-old Chinese immigrant who on Sunday killed one congregant and wounded five others at Geneva Presbyterian Church before being subdued by parishioners, in 2019 participated in an event hosted by the Las Vegas Association for China’s Peaceful Unification. The group is controlled by the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department and argues that “peaceful unification” between China and Taiwan “is the only way to avoid war.”
Eric Swalwell and Fang-Fang could not be reached for comment.
SORT OF LIKE WOKE POLITICS, REALLY: Most Mass Shooters Aren’t Insane, Their Actions are a Quest for Significance Gone Horribly Wrong.
MADE IN THE USA: Bifold Leather Wallet For Men. #CommissionEarned
THIS DOESN’T, OF COURSE, SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T LIE: Plaintiffs Can’t Challenge Supposed Disinformation by Government Agency, Unless It Affected Them Specially.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Blue state COVID learning loss widened racial achievement gaps relative to red states: Study. “Teachers union and school districts were often involved in contentious battles over remote learning throughout the pandemic.”