WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: MIT researchers create skin patch that takes continuous ultrasound images.
Archive for 2022
July 30, 2022
JACK DUNPHY GOES OUT ON A LIMB: Don’t Carry Guns, Don’t Run From the Cops, and if You Do, Expect to Be Treated Roughly.
MILTON FRIEDMAN ISN’T RUNNING THE SHOW ANYMORE: ‘Statistically Indistinguishable From Zero:’ Ivy League Analysis Shreds Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act.’ A new analysis concludes that the “Inflation Reduction Act” wouldn’t reduce inflation at all.
I’m so old, I can remember when Brandon used to pretend to care about inflation:
READER FAVORITE: The Prepper’s Medical Handbook. #CommissionEarned
GOT 55 MINUTES THIS WEEKEND? If you do and if you are into things like science fiction, actual science and related issues, this video discussion on HillFaith with Dr. Sean McDowell and Dr. Stephen Meyer on the Multiverse Theory will likely get your intellectual juices flowing for a constructive discussion, pro and con, on a very popular theory of origins.
THE ZELENSKYS’ VOGUE PUBLICITY MISFIRE: Is an Annie Leibovitz shoot the best way to appeal to Middle America’s sympathies?
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife posed for renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. In one shot Olena stands near Ukrainian female soldiers at the Antanov airport. In another she holds hands with her husband in the presidential office compound in Kyiv as the pair stare pensively at the camera. In perhaps the oddest photo, Zelensky is sitting behind his wife, pressing his cheek to hers and looking pointedly at the camera in a manner best described as Zoolander-esque.
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Some critics supported the couple’s decision to take their fight to the magazine shelves. The Washington Post’s Sonny Bunch posits that the Zelenskys were smart, not silly, for appearing in Vogue. He provocatively argued that Americans have short attention spans and that we have lost focus on the war in Ukraine. According to Bunch, by “appearing in celebrity-focused magazines,” Zelensky is “taking advantage of our unseriousness” and keeping the crisis at the forefront of people’s minds.
When most Americans think of Vogue, they think of the celebrities dressing like clowns at the annual Met Gala, and thick magazines full of progressive thinkpieces, and ads for expensive face creams. Perhaps the unserious American will see that the president of Ukraine is posing in Vogue and deduce that things can’t be as dire as they were before if the first couple has time for fashion photoshoots. Before you know it, that person — due to their news ADD — has moved on to the next trending topic on Twitter.
If staying in the public discourse is important to Zelensky — and doubtless it is — then he should rethink the Anna Wintour method. A picture is worth a thousand words and an Annie Leibovitz picture is worth that plus a few eyerolls to boot.
Speaking of eye-rolls, who’s ready for the Zelensky action figure?!
Pose him alongside your Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bernie Sanders and Dr. Fauci action figures!
“HARMFUL STATEMENTS” IS A CODE WORD FOR “STATEMENTS WE DON’T WANT MADE:” Professor under investigation for ‘harmful statements against the LGBTQ community.’
SALENA ZITO: It’s the uncertainty, stupid.
When gas prices started to rise over a year ago, Biden was quick to cast blame upon anyone and everyone else, including “gas supply companies,” Vladimir Putin, gas station operators, etc. What he was not quick to say was he felt your pain.
For his evasions, Biden was rewarded with scores of stories in the New York Times , Axios , Bloomberg and countless others echoing his blame-shifting claims, all written by people who all live far from the people and small business owners who were struggling from the impact of both. The inflation, they all insisted in unison, was transitory .
At every turn, Biden has failed to look voters in the eye and tell them he feels their pain. He spends most of the time either blaming someone else or denying that the pain exists at all. It’s all in your head.
On Thursday, hours after a new government report showed that the economy had shrunk for a second straight quarter, Biden rejected the very idea that the country was in a recession. “That doesn’t sound like recession to me,” he said. He then abruptly walked away from the podium and ignored the scores of question tossed at him by the White House press.
It may not sound like a recession to you. But have you asked anyone outside of experts, advisors and your staff what it feels like to the American people?
Curiously, when Biden was a young senator, he had a much better comms team than he does as president:
BADTHINK MUST BE PUNISHED: University retaliated for anti-woke syllabus language, lawsuit claims.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE JOE’S ABILITY TO FUCK THINGS UP: Why is the baby formula crisis still getting worse? “You probably haven’t seen many stories about baby formula shortages on the cable news networks or on the front pages of the larger newspapers lately. And that lack of coverage might lead you to believe that the problem has finally been addressed. But you would be incorrect. Actually, the shortage is worse now than it was two months ago, though it varies from region to region. As of this week, 70% of all baby formula brands were out of stock. The people faring the worst are in Rhode Island, where 79.3% of all baby formula brands are currently out of stock. The most popular American brands are almost impossible to find, with imports from places as far away as Europe and Australia being the only ones available. (If you’re lucky enough to find them.) Too many mothers of infants are now complaining that the government is ignoring their plight.”
To be fair, they don’t really want people to have babies anyway.
UPDATE: From the comments: “It’s not a crisis if the administration no longer acknowledges it exists.”
Buried lede: Marvin Kalb, at age 92, is still alive. (And still serving as a Democratic Party operative with a byline.)
JULIE BURCHILL: The toxic cult of the superhero.
Finally shipped them off to college, but they’re still finding life hard, and seeking comfort in the myths of their youth? No worries; just let them transfer to Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, USA, where they can be wet-nursed through the awful business of coming to maturity in the most affluent and free country the world has ever known by seeing it through the eyes of superheroes: ‘Many topics that dominate the conversations in modern society – race, feminism, immigration, gender and sexuality, politics, religion, and more – can be daunting to students who may not know how to engage in discussions about these topics. “These conversations, to young people, are threatening,” says Professor Annika Hagley. “To take these seemingly scary conversations and put them in a character they love or know, it’s a very effective way to give them access to have a conversation.”’
It’s hard for me to express the contempt I feel for the pretentious fools who peddle this stuff and the privileged saps who swallow it. All around the world children are dreaming of education above all else, which will enable them to get a decently paid job to pull themselves out of poverty. Meanwhile, a sizeable minority of first-world students apparently need to be coaxed and babied by mythical beings in order to take the next step towards adulthood.
It’s probably not surprising. We live in an era in which – due to everything from social media to computer games – everyone is encouraged to see themselves as a hero in their own game of life. It’s interesting that it’s often people on the left – like the Veep – who are into this way of thinking, when it’s historically more of a right-wing thing, going right back to Ayn Rand. With so many experiences lived online, it’s hardly surprising that life has started to seem like a game – with points to collect (the obsession with fitness data), money to be made (crypto coins) and (fictional) battles to be won.
Exit quote: “We need sensible stoics – not self-deceiving, self-diagnosed superheroes.”
In a world of participation trophies and since it seems like superhero movies are the only thing that Hollywood produces these days, it’s not surprising that schools and therapists have glommed on to them to coddle students, thus producing an endless feedback cycle.
BLACK WOMEN BECOMING GUN OWNERS: Black women are the most dependably Democrat voters, but Hans Bader looks at how that fact may be changing, thanks to the rising violent crime rates that typify progressive Democratic law enforcement. As they say, things that cannot continue, won’t, one way or another.
PUBLIC HEALTH: Demand for monkeypox vaccine far outpaces supply. Officials fear spread will continue at Decadence. “Even as Louisiana receives thousands of doses of the monkeypox vaccines, officials say it’s likely not enough to ward off further spread of infection with the approach of the Southern Decadence Festival, the annual LGBTQ celebration that typically draws 250,000 people to the French Quarter over Labor Day weekend. . . . Although anyone is susceptible to monkeypox, which is spread through close contact, the virus has been circulating among men who have sex with men, putting that group at higher risk of infection. . . . There are two ways to qualify for the monkeypox vaccine right now. The first is being a close contact of someone with a diagnosed case, which is identified through contact tracing. The second is by meeting the state’s requirements for high risk: Gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men who have had multiple or anonymous sexual partners, have engaged in commercial sex or had sexual contact in a social venue, all in the last two weeks.”
ROT IN DOJ RUNS DEEP: Remember a decade ago when Lois Lerner and the IRS were targeting conservative, evangelical and Tea Party nonprofits? One of the Department of Justice (DOJ) officials who had a hand in that abuse of government power was Richard Pilger. Guess where Pilger is today, according to Just the News. He’s the chief of the Elections Crime Branch of DOJ’s Public Integrity Section. You just cannot make this stuff up.
DEAL OF THE DAY: Water-Resistant 70 Inch BBQ Grill Cover. #CommisssionEarned
HONESTLY, THERE’S JUST A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE DOJ: There’s a Serious Problem With the DOJ Investigation Into Hunter Biden.
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NEWS YOU CAN USE: How Not to Catch Monkeypox for Dummies.
HOW…. INTERESTING: China’s Army Posts “Get Ready For War!” Message On Social Media, State Mouthpiece Says PLA Has “Right” To Intercept Pelosi’s Plane.
So, is the PRC that close to collapse they’re about to do something that stupid to try to stop it? Interesting.
I WOULD SAY I WANT THEM HIT WITH A “SHUT YOUR TRAP TILL YOU LEARN TO THINK:” But I think it’s too late for most of them. The View Hit With Cease And Desist.