Archive for 2022
June 10, 2022
OPEN THREAD: I woke up with the rising sun I was blinded by the light.
WHY SPACEX IS OUR FUTURE, NOT NASA: NASA audit reveals massive overruns in SLS mobile launch platform.
Remember: The cost overruns aren’t a bug to these people. They’re a feature.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Pessimism confirmed: Consumer sentiment plummets to 40-year low.
But that’s okay, according to this at the World Economic Forum: Psychologists say a good life doesn’t have to be happy, or even meaningful. So stop complaining, serfs.
THE T800S ARE COMING: Scientists Have Developed ‘Living’ Skin For Robots, And It’s Quite Something.
LYING LIARS CALL TRUTH A LIE: China calls lab leak theory a political ‘lie’ after new WHO report.
Everyone knows what really happened.
UPDATE: And I should note that it’s a big sign of Chinese weakness that it couldn’t stop the WHO — which it has, rather suspiciously, worked to have big influence with for many years — from publicly entertaining this notion.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH OUR BRILLIANT PLAN TO MAKE PEOPLE SWITCH TO ELECTRIC CARS? Battery shortage is affecting U.S. energy, drive to replace fossil fuels with other sources.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Uvalde Shows Once Again That Cops Are Just Armed Bureaucrats: What happened in Uvalde is part of a pattern, not an aberration. “Large numbers of cops showed up. They hid behind walls to protect themselves. They milled around, conferred, and secured the perimeter, as the shooter emptied his weapon on helpless kids. They certainly wrote reports. As one headline noted, ‘Police delays may have deprived Texas schoolchildren of lifesaving care, experts say.’ That’s a safe bet. A few other items reinforce the bureaucratic tendencies of police agencies. On Thursday, police threatened to arrest journalists who gathered at the school district headquarters, which shows that officers often can be proactive when it suits them. Second, state officials accused school police of refusing to cooperate with a Department of Public Safety investigation after Texas officials criticized their inaction. Police offered shifting explanations.”
WHY I DOUBT THE JANUARY 6 SHOW TRIAL WILL RESONATE MUCH WITH THE PUBLIC:
MADE IN THE USA: New Balance Men’s Sneakers. #CommissionEarned
TITANIA MCGRATH: Laughter is a fascist hate crime. Titania’s creator, the British comic Andrew Doyle, is in fine form with her latest woke insanity: a proposal for stand-up comedy routines to be pre-approved by a “Humor Protection Squad.” As she writes, “I have always maintained that if you find yourself laughing at stand-up comedy, it probably isn’t sufficiently progressive.”
She explains why Dave Chappelle had it coming: “The fact that Chappelle — a black man — was assaulted on stage is irrefutable proof that his comedy incites violence against minority groups.”
A PROBLEM WITH A DELICIOUS SOLUTION: There are too many pink salmon in the Pacific.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Why Is Liz Cheney so Unlikable?
FASTER, PLEASE: New screening test for those at risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
ANN ALTHOUSE ON THE 1/6 COMMITTEE: “They should be scrupulous in how they use evidence or they ruin their own credibility. This seems like a blatant example of stretching — of making the evidence fit the conclusion you want to draw.”
It’s a show trial. Also, using family members to condemn the accused is a show-trial thing.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (COMMUNIST CHINA EDITION): New Trend For Young Chinese: Give Up And ‘Let it Rot.’ “Unspoken is just how these young working-age Chinese who have given up manage to afford food and shelter, but I’m just assuming they’re following the time-honored tradition of sponging of their parents. What are they going to do, kick out their only heir?”
BELATEDLY, A SMALL DOSE OF SANITY: White House: CDC to end COVID-19 test requirement for those flying into U.S.