BUT THE CHECKS HAVE ALL CLEARED, SO IT’S OKAY: Ibram X. Kendi’s Grift Catches Up With Him.
Archive for 2023
September 28, 2023
1939 WAS A LONG TIME AGO:
No longer a joke.https://t.co/r1crYc0OTa
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 28, 2023
DON SURBER: Telling the truth about multiculturalism: The British home secretary is a Braverman than you or me. “Britain’s immigration minister argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection, as the Conservative government seeks international support for its tough stance on unauthorized migration.”
The Global Retreat From Wokeness is well underway.
DEAL OF THE DAY: Bissell Little Green Pet Deluxe Portable Carpet Cleaner and Car/Auto Detailer. #CommissionEarned We have this, it works fairly well for small spills and for carpet.
IF YOU’RE THE ONE WHO HEARS THE DOG WHISTLE…: Steve Schmidt Finds a New ‘Nazi Dog Whistle’ for Trump.
A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY? Judge Demands List of All Indirect Co-Owners of OpenAI, in Libel Lawsuit Against OpenAI.
TONIGHT WE’RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1959: Cuba and Russia Tightening Relations.
Alongside these trade agreements, Russia is positioning Cuba as a resort nation for Russians looking to travel to the tropics. They are aiming to develop and advertise the poverty-ridden areas around Havana as a playground for tourists similar to the tourist villa of Varadero, inaccessible to most Cubans.
Cuba and Russia are moving to create a joint rum company, which would boost Cuba’s flagging rum exports. Russia is also providing financial resources and expertise to build a steel mill to aid lagging construction across the island.
Additionally, Russia is supplying more wheat and oil to Cuba, which has struggled to provide food and consistent energy supplies to even urban areas, especially to those lowest in income. As the island has been rocked by storms, citizens are repeatedly left without power for days. Cuba recently has tightened its rationing system, including eliminating chicken allowances. Rationing has driven widespread discontent across the island and contributed to record emigration rates. Cuban officials hope these imports, and steel that may feed construction, may keep more people on the island.
While these moves seem to put Cuba on the path to greater self-reliance, they may put the small island nation under the grip of Russia as it aims to build a rival axis of power to the United States.
Still, Moscow might have to wait in line behind Beijing.
THINGS YOU PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW: Measuring the Chill, Part 3. It’s both the heat and the humidity.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: America’s New Most Eligible Bachelor Is a 72-Year-Old Grandpa.
The network is going all in on “The Golden Bachelor,” a spinoff of its popular reality-dating franchise, which premieres Thursday. The show takes the well-worn conceit of “The Bachelor”—more than 20 women vying for one man’s proposal—and moves it into a new age bracket. All the participants are at least 60.
Turner, a tanned 72-year-old with a passion for pickleball, comes to the show looking for a second shot at love. The former restaurateur married his high-school sweetheart, Toni. For 43 years they built a family and life together before she died in 2017. Six years later, Turner is ready to find a partner for the next season of his life.
In an interview, Turner said he was only casually aware of “The Bachelor” before seeing the casting call for senior contestants. His daughters, enthusiastic viewers, encouraged him to apply. He quickly caught the showrunners’ eyes from nearly 30,000 total applicants. Then the pandemic put everything on hold.
“We were really fortunate that he was, frankly, still single and still interested in 2023,” said showrunner Bennett Graebner.
In February, Turner said, he was on vacation in Florida when he got the call offering him the lead. That led to a frantic search for a clinic nearby where he could get an STD test—a standard evaluation for “Bachelor” contestants—which he passed. On Memorial Day weekend, it was official: Turner would be the first Golden Bachelor.
The STD test was news to me, but all things considered it’s a good idea . . .
OF CRIMES AND COVERUPS: Fauci Diverted US Government Away From Lab Leak Theory Of COVID’s Origin, Sources Say: Fauci allegedly attacked lab leak theory at meetings at CIA, the State Department, and the White House. “Fauci had reasons to push scientists and intelligence analysts to believe the virus had a zoonotic origin since his agency had issued a grant to fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China.”
Here you go, the actual damaging misinformation that was being spread while tech companies took down your memes in the name of public safety.
Related: Did Anthony Fauci Impede the Investigation of the Covid-19 Pandemic?
FLASHBACK:
Marveling at the seamless transition from "Shadowbanning is ultra-MAGA paranoia" to "LOL of course they were de-amplifying the hard right, who thought this was news?"
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) December 9, 2022
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Michelle Obama Earned $750,000 for One-Hour Speech at Germany Tech Fair.
YOUR SENSE OF TIMING IS POORLY TRAINED AND LIES TO YOU: Telescoping.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN: Fahrenheit 451.
SHE’S NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR LITTLE BOYS, EITHER (ALTHOUGH MANY OF THEM CAN OUTPLAY HER ON THE SOCCER FIELD): Megyn Kelly slams Megan Rapinoe as ‘terrible example for our little girls’ upon retirement.
THE PAYWALL IS TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST DANGEROUS DISINFORMATION: Study Finds Signs of Heart Injury in Vaccinated People Without Chest Pain.
WELL, OF COURSE: