OPEN THREAD: Come Monday, it’ll be all right.
I WANT WHAT HE’S SMOKING: Larry Hogan still has visions of the presidency dancing in his head.
FASTER, PLEASE: Boom’s supersonic jet moves toward debut flight.
IT CAME FROM A DISTANT GALAXY, LONG AGO: Material Found in Ocean Is Not From This Solar System, Study Claims. “The analysis contributes to a growing field of study on the exchange of rocky materials between stars. In theory, objects orbiting one star could be flung with enough force to send it into the orbit of another on a fairly regular basis. In cosmic terms, however, ‘regular’ could still make it a rather rare catch for human observation. We only confirmed our first local interstellar exchange in 2017, when the odd behavior of an asteroid dubbed Oumuamua caught our eye.”
TO BE FAIR, THAT’S JEMELE’S JOB: Somehow Jemele Hill finds racism in coverage of Deion Sanders’ Colorado win. And it pays tolerably well.
TWO WHITE HOUSES IN ONE!
● Shot: Biden makes appeal to unions as possible UAW strike looms over 2024 reelection bid.
—The Washington Examiner, today.
● Chaser: Pete Buttigieg Wants You to Stop Driving Cars.
No gas stoves, no gas-powered cars, and no beer are just a few things the Biden Administration has put the kibosh on.
The Democrat-controlled White House is now fear-mongering Americans into believing all cars cause climate change and promote racism and should, therefore, be banned.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appointed an Obama-era group made up of 24 “leading experts” to advise him on “transportation equity,” claiming the privilege of owning a car ignites “systemic racism” and should be banned because of their negative impact on the environment.
Members of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity include “spatial policy scholar” Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, who says, “All cars are bad” and calls for “zero emission transit.”
However, she told the Free Beacon that she is not “advocating for a complete erasure” of cars but hopes to convince Buttigieg to re-direct the U.S. from relying on private motor vehicles.
—Townhall, today.
Why isn’t Biden supporting the UAW’s strike, then?
TRUST YOUR LEADERS. FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.
Joe Rogan & Bill Maher Discuss How Pfizer Sold Their 100% Effective Claim & Why Ivermectin Was Demonized
“I didn’t believe that. I said that’s bullsh-t. Then Robert Kennedy, Jr sent me an email with the actual studies and I read it and I was like holy sh-t!”@joerogan… pic.twitter.com/GQDXxgZDhM
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 2, 2023
GEORGE ORWELL TO THE RED COURTESY PHONE, PLEASE: How a kids playdate in Oakland became a flashpoint for racists.
The equity and inclusion committee at Oakland’s Chabot Elementary School didn’t publish the emails and phone numbers of organizers when advertising its “playdate” for students of color on Aug. 26.
“Something told me not to do it,” said Briana, the co-chair of the committee who is Black, has a child who attends the school and asked that I not use her last name due to safety concerns. “Maybe it was my ancestors talking to me.”
Those ancestors must have known racism is still thriving in the nation. The Bay Area is no exception.
Two days after the playdate, hate mail, racist phone calls and bomb threats were sent to the school and several Oakland residents after extremists online deemed the event an affront to their delusional idea of equality. About 30 students and staff members were safely evacuated from the school before classes began. Parents dropping their kids off for school were told to go home. Police eventually swept the campus with bomb-detecting dogs but turned up nothing suspicious.
“Creating spaces for Black, brown and AAPI kids is seen as some kind of zero-sum game for people who are against it,” said Macheo Payne, a professor of social work at Cal State East Bay. “They ask where the white spaces are, which disregards how those spaces exist by default in society.”
Exit quote:
"Racists tried to stop segregation that violates civil rights." is a fun one. https://t.co/58cYbtIDmQ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 3, 2023
GOOD: Flash mob erupts on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in support of Iranian protests. And much better than “climate” loonies gluing themselves to the floor or whatever.
NATIONAL SOCIALISTS DECLARE THEIR SUPPORT FOR JOHN GILL! So-called Nazis resurface in Orlando, voice support for Biden over Trump: ‘He sends rockets to Ukraine.’
STILL A FEW BUGS IN THE SYSTEM: EV owners are fed up with charging stations that lack a single amenity — I had to pee in a bush.
READER FAVORITE: USB Wall Charger, Surge Protector. #CommissionEarned
TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Biden says he hasn’t ‘been able to break’ for East Palestine visit, despite Lake Tahoe getaway and DE trips. ‘I haven’t had the occasion to go to East Palestine,’ Biden says seven months after Ohio train derailment.
Or as America’s Newspaper of Record notes: Nation Torn Between Being Mad Biden Never Shows Up For Work And Being Glad He Never Shows Up For Work.
NOBODY TELL HOWARD WOLOWITZ: Scientists create soft and scalable robotic hand based on multiple materials.
According to teh Google, the last Christian sentenced to death by Christians for blasphemy was in 1697. Thomas Aikenhead became the last person in the UK to be executed for the crime of blasphemy.
“Repression in Saudi Arabia has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than peaceful tweets,” Human Rights Watch Saudi Arabia researcher Joey Shea said.
FASTER, PLEASE: Let me show you some proof that US culture is trending quickly to the right.
.@BillMaher: "Murders have been happening in Chicago among the African American community for far too long and not really reported in the way they should be. It's amazing how black lives don't seem to matter when they are taken by black lives."@JoeRogan: "Austin defunded the… pic.twitter.com/HZS5vgcKRy
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 2, 2023
DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Scrubs Her Lockdown Record.