Archive for 2022
August 5, 2022
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, ANTI-SEMITISM EDITION: Yale Postdoctoral Association called out by members to correct anti-Semitic statements.
NEW MANAGEMENT PROMISED A RENEWED FOCUS ON NEWS BUT THEY HAVEN’T CHANGED A THING: CNN ratings collapse as network looks for ‘new revenue’—including ‘extending’ the brand in China.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Sorry Dems, You Can’t Monkeypox This Election. “We all knew this was going to happen. The Democrats have tossed up what is probably the last Hail Mary pass that they have to help stave off disaster in November.”
THE FBI AS A CENTER OF CORRUPTION AND DISHONESTY: The Evasive Mr. Wray.
LAYING OFF 300 WOULD BE BETTER: Manchin-Schumer OKs paying 300 IRS agents same as Harris. “The tax and spend deal cut by Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer includes a provision to allow the Internal Revenue Service to create a high-priced strike force of 300. According to a new congressional analysis, the pay for those 300 could be as high as the $235,100 given to Vice President Kamala Harris. The spending is part of an additional $79.6 billion set aside for the IRS in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, according to the Congressional Research Service.”
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Fauci and other health ‘experts’ are messing up monkeypox just as they did COVID, Ebola and AIDS.
TAXES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Vulnerable House Dem Penalized for Late Property Tax Payments.
THAT’S HATE-SAUSAGE: Cracker Barrel’s plant-based sausage patty sparks backlash. “Are you kidding me? Who do you think your customer base is?”
DON’T GET COCKY: Arizona’s Democrat Senator Seems Pretty Nervous After Last Night’s Primary. “Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is bracing for impact after Republican Blake Masters easily won the GOP primary in Arizona Tuesday night. In an email to supporters, Kelly noted the strength of Masters’ Trump endorsement and fretted about low fundraising dollars. “
DEAL OF THE DAY: Valano Men’s Long Sleeve Shirts. #CommissionEarned
ALSO, MAKING EVERYTHING ELSE WORSE: Bloomberg editors: Biden’s “inattention and ineptitude” is making the border crisis worse.
RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT: The Light of Rutupaie Going Out.
VICTORIA TAFT: The Supreme Court’s Bruen Gun Decision Is Even Bigger Than You Think. “Since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made crystal clear in his ruling in New York Pistol and Rifle v. Bruen that the Second Amendment is not a second-class civil right, the question becomes: how far does this decision go? After consulting several gun and constitutional lawyers, here’s the short answer: very far. Read on.”
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: ‘I was really struggling to get it up’: Why younger men are turning to Viagra. “Of all the men who’d experienced erectile dysfunction, almost a third (29 per cent) said it was because they were ‘worried about not being able to get or maintain an erection’.”
EVERY SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS LEAVES LONG TERM DAMAGE: The Myth — and Grift — of Long COVID.
I’m still suffering from problems of the pneumonia that almost killed me 27 years ago. Covid isn’t special.
ONE IS STARTING TO SUSPECT THIS IS THE AIM: Shipping’s New ESG Rules Could Starve Millions.
WE HAVE BARELY JUST BEGUN: No, America Isn’t Over.
And — mark my words — we’re going to the stars, dragging the rest of humanity with us and trailing glory all along the way.
Over, my sore feet.
ALL OF THEM ARE MENTALLY DAMAGED. HUBRIS IS A HECK OF A DRUG: Biden’s press secretary claims the overturning of Roe v. Wade was ‘unconstitutional’.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, OUR HOUSES DON’T FLOAT ANYMORE THAN THEIRS DO: Tied to the Madman.