FOCUSED LIKE A LASER… ON THEIR CULTISH IDEAS: Pentagon Officials Worked To Finalize Climate Plan During Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal, Emails Show.
THE FULL SCOPE OF IT: Fifth Amendment.
FOR THE RECORD, CENSORSHIP DOES NOT “COUNTER” IT SUPPRESSES – WHICH STRONGLY SUGGESTS THIS IS A LEFT-WING GROUP: There’s a New Player in the Government’s Censorship Game.
OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS: Garland stiffs Congress on Hunter-related subpoenas. “This letter shows precisely why Garland elevated Weiss to a special counsel. Following the spectacular collapse of Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal last month, he needed to put an additional layer of protection between Hunter’s wheeling and dealing and President Joe Biden.”
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Why establishment knives are out for Elon Musk.
WELL, I CALL THAT A WIN: Tenn. special session produces drama, little movement on gun laws.
I’ve seen a lot of lefty moms on social media around here complaining about the security; they’re the same ones who cheered the takeover of the state capitol by a Bloomberg gun mob and who are always going on about the horrible January 6 “insurrection.”
OPEN THREAD: Hump Day. At least for the shrinking number with M-F work weeks.
SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB, EH: Canada Issues 2SLGBTQI+ “Travel Advisory” For The U.S., Whatever That Means.
WHY NOT JUST HIRE SPACEX? ESA postpones Ariane 6 hot-fire test again.
GOOGLE CENSORS ISSUES & INSIGHTS: It is highly doubtful that there has ever been a censorship machine as pervasive and powerful as Google. Google can manage its search results to favor or disfavor as it pleases, and Google can cut off the flow of advertising dollars to those expressing unapproved opinions.
Issues & Insights, the excellent opinion and analysis site that carries on the great work of the editorial section of Investor’s Business Daily, has been dealing with Google’s censors for some time and some interesting insights are being gleaned. But one insight in particular stands out:
“But what really kills us is when Google slaps the ‘unreliable and harmful’ label when we report on our own I&I/TIPP poll, which it has done before. Now it’s blocking its ads from appearing on the poll showing that Trump’s support increased after the three indictments. ‘Even After Three Indictments, Trump Support Rises: I&I/TIPP Poll’ How, we wonder, are we supposed to ‘fix’ that to Google’s satisfaction? Change the results?”
Thus is illustrated the stark reality about why those on the Left increasingly substitute censorship for reasoned discourse – they are determined to change reality to match their ideological illusions without regard for the costs or harms that result.
OLD AND BUSTED: The 1619 Project.
‘The new hotness? The 1609 Project! Why 1609 Scientists Declared “There Is No Climate Crisis.”
TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! OR, TO ASK THE QUESTION IS TO ANSWER IT: Why Is Biden Going Into Hiding on the 9/11 Anniversary?
I DON’T THINK THESE CHARGES ARE AS UNFOUNDED AS THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS: “While it’s hard to know precisely what is driving the decline in interest in law school, it seems plausible that the criticism—that law schools place too much of an emphasis on political indoctrination and not enough on preparing all of their students for professional and financial success—has resonated with prospective students.”
And if you look at most law schools’ websites and press releases through the eyes of a normal person instead of an inhabitant of the academic bubble, you can see why potential applicants think that. It’s not just “conservative papers” that give the impression that law schools care more about trendy ideas than about educational rigor, it’s the law schools themselves.
Then there are the shouting-down incidents at places like Yale and Stanford. If you want people to think of you as serious places, try acting like it.
MITCH MCCONNELL FROZE AGAIN…AND IT HAPPENED AT THE WORST TIME:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election.
The Kentucky Republican froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent for 19 seconds before being escorted away from the cameras. McConnell, 81, returned shortly afterward and continued his news conference, telling reporters, “I’m fine.”
When it became apparent that McConnell had frozen again on Wednesday, an aide came up to him and asked, “Did you hear the question, senator?” McConnell continued to be unresponsive.
Once McConnell re-engaged, he responded briefly to another question about Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican; his aide needed to repeat the question to him. McConnell was then asked about former President Donald Trump, another question that had to be repeated. McConnell brushed off the question because he does not usually engage in Trump-related topics. He then left.
Exit question from Roger Kimball that answers itself: Has America lapsed into a gerontocracy?
MILE MARKERS ON THE ROAD TO DETROIT: Joe Montana Sues San Francisco With Neighbors Over Sewage-Damaged Homes.
“For many years, the city has had actual and constructive knowledge that the sewage and storm drainage system in and around the [Marina Boulevard area] cannot sufficiently handle anticipated conditions and rain events,” said the claim, which The Standard first reported on in early August.
The residents are represented by prominent San Francisco attorneys, including Khaldoun Baghdadi, former head of the city’s Human Rights Commission. Baghdadi said residents filed the claims in June—which are often a precursor to a lawsuit—to put themselves “back where they were” financially before the flooding. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday.
“We don’t only trust the city to maintain the sewage infrastructure, but we pay it for doing so,” Baghdadi said. “When the city makes the decisions that cause raw sewage to flood homes, it is responsible for compensating residents.”
Thanks to rampant NIMBY-ism, so much of the Bay Area is built around postwar infrastructure that is rarely, or has never been upgraded.
GREAT MOMENTS IN SPIN: KJP Leaves Jake Tapper Visibly Befuddled While Claiming Reporters Can’t Keep Up With Biden.
“Look, people have come after the president about his age,” Jean-Pierre continued. “They did it in 2019. They did it in 2020 leading into the general election. And they did it in 2022. And guess what, he beats them every time. Because he has his finger on the pulse of what it is the American people need. He talks about issues that really matter to the American people. And he is delivering.”
As Biden himself would say, “Malarkey.”
OUT ON A LIMB: No matter how much you disdain CNN, it is not enough.
Two men in Uganda are facing separate charges of “aggravated homosexuality,” an offense punishable by death under the country’s controversial new anti-gay laws https://t.co/vwNet7XDuJ
— CNN (@CNN) August 29, 2023
AN IDEA SO OLD-SCHOOL, IT JUST MIGHT WORK: How to Save Hollywood With This 1 Weird Trick.
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