AS ALWAYS, I SHALL STICK WITH MY LYING EYES:  Who You Gonna Believe: Your Wallet or Your Lying Eyes?

ABOUT 2024:  HAYEK: Michelle Obama’s Magical Turnout Machine.

MOST OF US HAVE NOTICED:  Under Biden, America skids towards poverty — government data show median wage has fallen to just $40,847.18.

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OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China makes progress on Raptor-like engines for super heavy rocket.

TOXIC INDUSTRY: New Research: Higher Education Linked to Increased Risk of Depression and Anxiety.

MY DOC IS VERY DOWN ON THESE DRUGS: These people experienced complications from weight-loss drugs. Here’s what it’s like. “Stomach paralysis, gastrointestinal illness and suicidal thoughts are just a few of the problems patients have dealt with.”

SKYNET STROLLS: A sensing paw that could improve the ability of legged robots to move on different terrains.

HERE’S A DEEP DIVE INTO 2024 BY AUTHOR AND SEMINARY PROFESSOR WAYNE GRUDEM: Trump’s Legacy Is at Stake.

READER FAVORITE: Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner. #CommissionEarned

HMM: Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments.

ELON WINS ONE: Labor board dismisses claim that Tesla fired workers over union organizing. “The labor board official, however, found merit to two separate claims that Tesla maintained an unlawful rule on the acceptable use of technology in the workplace and solicited grievances from workers in an attempt to thwart support for the union, NLRB spokeswoman Kayla Blado said on Monday. If Tesla does not settle those claims, the NLRB will issue a complaint against the company that will be heard by an administrative judge, Blado said.”

More possible grist for a Supreme Court case on whether administrative law judges are constitutional.

2020? When should you come out of Covid isolation? Experts weigh in.

SHOCKER: There’s a Connection Between the First American Released by Hamas and Hunter Biden’s Artwork.’

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: New Jersey Teachers Union: Not Only Do We Not Want Basic Skills Test For the Children We Supposedly Teach, We Want An End to Basic Skills Tests for Teachers, Too.

DON’T GET COCKY: Not Only Can Trump Win, Right Now He’s the Favorite To Win. “As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. Elections analysts seem to know that they are obliged to mouth the words that Trump can win, but deep down, they don’t believe them. The notion that Biden is the favorite is deeply internalized, likely for a variety of reasons.”

PIRACY: Zim container ship diverts as threat to Israel-linked vessels mounts. Somebody is behind this. I’ll bet the Israelis know who.

JOURNALISM: Sports Illustrated Caught Using AI Generated Articles Written by Fake Authors.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, CAMPUS ANTI-SEMITISM EDITION: NY Times Op-Ed: Universities (And Law Schools) Are Failing At Inclusion

Universities are supposed to be centers of inquiry and curiosity — places where people are tolerant of difference and learn about other points of view. Instead, too many have become brutalizing ideological war zones, so today the most hostile place to be an American Jew is not at some formerly restricted country club but on a college campus.

How on earth did this happen? I’ve been teaching on college campuses off and on for 25 years. It’s become increasingly evident to me that American adolescence and young adulthood — especially for those who wind up at elite schools — now happen within a specific kind of ideological atmosphere.

It centers on a hard-edged ideological framework that has been spreading in high school and college, on social media, in diversity training seminars and in popular culture. The framework doesn’t have a good name yet. It draws on the thinking of intellectuals ranging from the French philosopher Michel Foucault to the critical race theorist Derrick Bell.

Well, David — yes, this is David Brooks pointing out the obvious — some of us have been warning about this for over two decades. Welcome to the party, pal.

SQUATS AND LUNGES FIXED MY KNEE PAIN 20 YEARS AGO: Building up thighs may prevent knee replacement. Mostly squats, though I did a lot of lunges initially. It has never come back.

CHANGE: Vietnam upgrades ties with Japan to highest level.” The move underlined Vietnam’s increasingly strategic role as an important link in global supply chains amid trade tension between China and the West, which is helping to bring foreign investment to the southeast Asian country as some companies relocate operations from China.”

YES: Disrupt Violent Left-Wing Networks. With the active encouragement of the media, the left operates in a culture of impunity. This must stop.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Men’s Wallets. #CommissionEarned

AN INSTINCT FOR THE CAPILLARY: Liz Warren Demands Probe of ‘Sandwich Shop Monopoly.’