Archive for 2022
October 8, 2022
LOVELY. SO, WHAT TO USE? PayPal Updates User Policy to Include Possible $2,500 Fine For Speech It Doesn’t Like.
WHAT? DID THEY FIND A DUSTY COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION? Pennsylvania Teacher Reinstated After District Suspended Him for Not Using Trans Students Preferred Pronouns.
MAY I REPEAT MYSELF? BUTCH IT UP, MARY: Sanctuary New York City Mayor Declares Emergency Over Migrants Taking Sanctuary In NYC.
Your mouth wrote the checks. You should pay them.
BAH. THE RUSSIAN ARSENAL IS AS DECAYED AND OBSOLETE AS JOE’S BRAIN: Biden: Putin’s “Off-Ramp” May Be Nuclear Armageddon.
OH, FOR THE LOVE OF! SHUT UP AND RUN: Nonbinary Chicago Marathoners Miffed At Slight.
Butch it up, Mary. It’s a Marathon, not a lingerie party.
HOW IT STARTED: Next mayor wants NYC to be even more of a ‘sanctuary’ for illegal immigrants.
Every single one of the eight Democrats running for mayor vowed to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, solidifying the Big Apple’s often infamous status as a “sanctuary city.”
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Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the son of legal Taiwanese immigrants, said, “I appreciate anyone who comes to this country or New York City for a better life.”
And Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said migrants were his neighbors growing up in Queens.
“My mother worked two jobs to provide for the six of us and we had a group of undocumented residents that lived in our community,” Adams said.
The other candidates — city comptroller Scott Stringer, former Obama housing secretary Shaun Donovan and nonprofit leader Dianne Morales — also voiced their support for the Big Apple as a sanctuary city.
—The New York Post, June 2nd, 2021.
How it’s going: Just In: Mayor Eric Adams Declares State of Emergency Over Thousands of Migrants Bused Into NYC.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday over thousands of migrants being bused to the Big Apple.
“In the next few weeks we’ll be opening a response and humanitarian relief center on Randall’s Island that will house hundreds of people who found themselves in New York City after their long journey from our Southern Border,” said Adams.
“Unless we take immediate action, that center will be full in days and we will have to open another and another and another even as winter weather arrives,” he added. “As a result of that reality, today I’m declaring a state of emergency in the city of New York and issuing an executive order. This executive order will formally direct all relevant agencies to coordinate their efforts to construct the humanitarian relief centers. We’ll also suspend certain land-use requirements to expedite this process.”
This isn’t who we are. Adams clearly needs to reread the words on the Statue of Liberty — and his own promise that New York is a sanctuary city.
Earlier: Sanctuary Cities Seethe as Illegal Immigrants Actually Arrive.
The surest sign that public policies are simply virtue signals is when the messages don’t cost anything. The easiest way to tell when that signal starts to fail is to watch politicians flounder as the costs start to rise and voters demand relief.
It was free—and meaningless—for progressive churches to post banners calling themselves “nuclear free zones” during the Reagan era. Their dwindling congregations loved it. It was free, after George Floyd‘s murder, to post woke catechism signs on your front lawn, proclaiming “In this house, we believe: Black Lives Matter, women’s rights are human rights, no human is illegal” and so on. Maybe the neighbors gave you high-fives. And for years it has been free for deep-blue cities to proclaim themselves “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants. That’s changing now that voters want some sanctuary for themselves.
Changes like this happen when voters realize the old virtue signals actually entail serious costs—and that they will have to pay them. That is exactly what’s happening in New York City and Washington D.C. now that Texas governor Greg Abbott is sending those cities a few busloads of illegal immigrants from his state.
These progressive bastions were silent when the Biden administration flew planeloads of illegal immigrants to suburban airports in the middle of the night. TV coverage was prohibited, and the arrivals were secretly dispersed. Abbott’s buses, by contrast, arrive downtown greeted by local TV crews. Now you can hear the politicians screech.
Why, it’s as if: Democrats Discover Only The Federal Government Can Solve The Border Crisis.
UPDATE: Adams unveils simple, albeit satiric, cure for New York’s illegal immigrant woes: 
(Updated and bumped.)
THE INFECTION STOPS WHEN PARENTS BECOME AWARE: Not even 4-H is immune to the infection.
Aka, you might not being interested in the culture wars, but the culture wars are interested in your kids.
October 7, 2022
DEAL OF THE DAY: Cordless Vacuum Cleaner. #CommissionEarned
OPEN THREAD: It’s my gift to you. Enjoy it.
WE’RE SEEING PROGRESS ON SPACE JUNK SOLUTIONS: Nanoracks tests tech to slice up space junk in orbit for 1st time.
SO VEGETARIANISM IS THE RESULT OF MENTAL ILLNESS, NOT ITS CAUSE? PLAUSIBLE. Vegetarians Are More Likely to Be Depressed, But Not For The Reason You Think. “Vegetarians have around twice as many depressive episodes as meat-eaters, according to a new study. The study, based on survey data from Brazil, chimes with earlier research that found higher rates of depression among those who forgo meat. However, the new study suggests that this link exists independent of nutritional intake. . . . [I]t is possible that being depressed causes people to be more likely to become vegetarian rather than the other way around. The symptoms of depression can include rumination on negative thoughts, as well as feelings of guilt.”
I suspect this explains a lot of leftist politics.
OUT: ELECTION DENIAL. IN: CONTEST DENIAL. Contestants claim Miss USA 2022 was ‘rigged’: ‘We were humiliated.’
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Sharon Osbourne wants refund after donating $900K to ‘scam’ Black Lives Matter.
MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: General is reprimanded by Army for being a Twitter warrior: Inspector general says top officer ‘discredited’ the service by trolling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson over ‘feminization’ of military.
The US Inspector General’s Office slammed a general for ‘discrediting’ and bringing ‘negative publicity’ to the military on Twitter as he blasted Tucker Carlson and online trolls criticizing women in the army.
The Army was investigating Major Gen. Patrick Donahoe for ‘improper use of social media, toxic and counterproductive leadership, and failing to treat a subordinate with dignity and respect,’ according to a report obtained by Task & Purpose.
The report notes that Donahoe ultimately put unnecessary attention on the military over his spats with Carlson and Marine veteran and COVID-vaccine skeptic Josiah Lippincott.
The investigators also took issue with the general’s public engagement with a female junior officer who was being harassed on Twitter, saying it was against the rules for him to speak to her about matters ‘unrelated’ to training.
Soldier, shut up and soldier. Given the state of today’s post-Afghanistan-debacle military, there’s no time to waste on Twitter warfare.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Chicago Man Tries to Rob Florida Man, Hilarity Ensues.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Mark Kelly Claimed Biden Was ‘Wrong’ For Not Increasing Oil And Gas Production — Kelly Voted To Kill Drilling Twice.
Related: Blake Masters Decimates Mark Kelly at Debate, Libertarian Candidate Goes Full Libertarian.
FASTER, PLEASE: Novel technique reveals surprising way to suppress tumor cells.