LOL, CHRIS, AT THIS POINT NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU SAY: Chris Christie: I will continue to pretend that Trump cares what I say.
Archive for 2023
September 12, 2023
BOOK OF THE DAY: Shoulder Pain? The Solution & Prevention, Revised & Expanded.#CommissionEarned
SILVER ALERT: Have You Seen This Man? “Someone in Washington law enforcement needs to issue a silver alert for the man who used to be Joe Biden, who is currently play-acting as President of the United States and last seen wandering aimlessly around various events in India, Vietnam, and Alaska. And while they’re at it, maybe round up the Cabal that actually runs the “Biden” White House for elder abuse — and for criminal conspiracy to completely ruin a once-great nation.”
AARON RODGERS DONE FOR SEASON AS TORN ACHILLES CONFIRMED.
UPDATE: “You roll the dice, you take your chances:”
This is incredible. A Wisconsin bar offered free drinks if the Jets lost. After Rodgers went down, they started running up their tabs. The news was live when the jets won in overtime and everyone realized they had to pay. pic.twitter.com/1QDVJq9Zlr
— David Hill (@davehill77) September 12, 2023
SPACE: Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b. “A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. Webb’s discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b could be a Hycean exoplanet, one which has the potential to possess a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and a water ocean-covered surface.”
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO: We must end the experiment of science cooperation with China.
The Biden administration’s decision to request a six-month extension of the expiring U.S.-China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (STA) follows a noisy campaign by U.S. scientists urging renewal of the landmark 1979 accord.
To hear the scientists tell it, the STA has contributed to nearly every significant scientific breakthrough over the last 40 years.
In reality, the agreement codifies the disadvantageous terms of the immediate post-recognition U.S.-China relationship, shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how China uses global science cooperation and sends a contradictory message about the seriousness with which the administration is approaching U.S.-China economic security issues.
Signed by the Carter administration as the first major bilateral agreement following U.S. diplomatic recognition of China, the STA reflects the geopolitical reality of the late 1970s. As scholars like Dr. Michael Pillsbury, writing in “The Hundred Year Marathon,” have noted, the U.S. provided extraordinary technological transfer, both civilian and military, to China in the years immediately following diplomatic recognition, with the goal of accelerating Chinese development as a counterweight to the Soviet Union.
Needless to say, the geopolitical dynamics of U.S.-China relations have dramatically altered in the decades since.
Indeed.
MY NEW ARTICLE (bumped): “Students for Fair Admissions and the End of Racial Classification as We Know It.” Forthcoming in the Cato Supreme Court review, which always comes out on Constitution Day. Download it while it’s hot (downloads are free).
WELCOME TO THE PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY: Why Are California Schools STILL Canceling Games for COVID?
WHEN REALITY BITES: George Washington University arms officers after other safety measures fail.
Punch line: “The campus group ‘Students Against Imperialism’ demands the reversal of arming the GWPD, calling the officers ‘incompetent.'”
“Students Against Imperialism.” Could you guys be any more of a cliché? And who in their right mind would listen to anything that a group called “Students Against Imperialism” said?
HMM: F-22 Raptor Destroyed An ‘Object’ Over The Great Lakes: Chinese Spy Balloon Or Something Else? “In February, headlines were made when a U.S. F-22 Raptor shot down a Chinese Spy Balloon off the coast of South Carolina. The 200-foot-long surveillance device had traced a path across Canada and most of the U.S. before being destroyed when it was safely out to sea. While this initial confrontation garnered much attention, less was given to follow on actions that same month. High altitude objects were detected in U.S. airspace and shot down three more times in February.”
Whatever just happened over the Great Lakes, that last line gives lie to early Administration excuses that we lacked the ability to shoot down high-altitude objects.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Sure Would Be Nice If We Had a President Who Was a Patriot. “Rumor has it that Biden’s puppet masters didn’t want to run the risk of having Sir Sniffsalot embarrass the nation while speaking at any prominent 9/11 ceremonies. In an effort to avoid that, they thought it best to dispatch the old boy to Vietnam to hang out with commies, because they’ve never heard of optics.”
DOES IT HAVE TO BE TEMPORARY? Maybe a Temporary Government Shutdown Is Necessary. The Alternative May Be Worse.
DON SURBER: Tommy Tuberville’s war: He’s holding up military appointments. It’s hilarious.
In light of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court sending abortion back to the states, Biden and the Pentagon decided to give women in the military and military dependents time off and free transportation to an abortion clinic in a locality where it is legal.
Tuberville said, hey, wait a minute. The Hyde Amendment forbids using federal money on abortion. He said either change the law or change the policy. The Biden administration and Congress refuse to do either one.
A filibuster would be shut down quickly. But a Senate rule allows one senator to hold up military promotions and new assignments for generals and admirals.
The Senate rubberstamps military promotions as it shows no interest in holding the Pentagon accountable. Tuberville is a newbie, having been elected in 2020. He learned of this rule and used it to stop the promotions in February. They are piling up. The Pentagon is upset and some of his Republican senators are upset as well.
Given the general quality of Biden’s appointments, the likelihood that national security is being harmed here seems pretty low. “McIntyre quoted Tuberville as saying, ‘We’ve got 44 four-star generals right now. We only had seven during World War II. So I think we were a little overloaded to begin with. I don’t care if they promote anybody to be honest with you.'”
DECONSTRUCTING THE NEWS: “It sounds exciting, but the sentence just goes on to make vague, questionable assertions. My impression was that Twitter (AKA X) has stopped censoring conservative speech. If you think it now looks like ‘a conservative media company,’ perhaps you’re observing how important censorship has been to the dominance of liberal speech in social media.”
YOU DON’T SAY: NASA Admits Space Launch System Costs Are Unsustainable.
NASA’s cost estimates at each stage have been very optimistic, and the GAO objects to the agency’s decision to monitor cost via the five-year production and operations cost estimate. The GAO report says these are poor tools to control costs, and NASA hasn’t even been consistent about updating the five-year estimates.
So far, NASA has spent $11.8 billion developing the SLS. The 2024 budget proposal includes another $11.2 billion to see the program through 2028. Will that be enough? The GAO says, no, probably not. A previous report by NASA’s inspector general suggested the $2 billion launch cost for each Artemis mission was unrealistic, and the real number was closer to $4.1 billion.
The Artemis program has suffered from numerous delays, and the report says that NASA has not been accounting for how these schedule changes affect costs. The SLS and Orion capsule contain components built all over the US (in a lot of influential congressional districts, naturally). Even minor changes cause logistical challenges and ballooning costs. However, the GAO says that at least one NASA official claimed additional SLS delays would not impact the bottom line, which seems hard to believe. On the other hand, NASA’s leadership did admit that the SLS is too expensive to support the lunar program as currently envisioned.
To be fair, NASA never wanted SLS. It’s a frankenrocket cobbled together by congresscritters eager to support existing jobs at existing contractors, and that was somehow supposed to save money by repurposing reusable Space Shuttle engines — designed five decades ago — into disposables ones.
HOW DARE HE PARDON SOMEONE WHO BUCKED THE NARRATIVE JUST BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS RAPED! Democrats Lash Out At Youngkin For Pardoning Father Of Loudoun Rape Victim: Soros-funded prosecutor calls pardon ‘unprecedented and inappropriate intervention.’ LOL, we’re being lectured on justice by a Soros-funded prosecutor.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: China deploys 42 fighter jets, warships near Taiwan.
IT’S BEEN THE CHOICE OF OUR POLITICAL CLASS FOR OVER TWO DECADES: Polarization is a choice: Political elites justify polarizing decisions with self-fulfilling prophesies.
THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE HIGHLY VISIBLE DECAY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: Don’t look now, but conservatives are scoring big school-choice wins in Biden era.
HELL, I’M RELIEVED IT WAS WITH HER HUSBAND: Candidate in high-stakes Virginia election performed sex acts with husband in live videos.
Gibson had an account on Chaturbate, a legal website where viewers can watch live webcam performances that feature nudity and sexual activity, according to the screenshots reviewed by the AP. The videos show GIbson and her husband, John David Gibson, having sex and at times looking into the camera and asking viewers for donations in the form of “tokens” or “tips” to watch a private show.
Chaturbate videos are streamed live on that site and are often archived on other publicly available sites, the Post reported. More than a dozen videos posted under Gibson’s Chaturbate username were archived on one of those sites — Recurbate — in September 2022, the month after she announced her candidacy. The most recent were two videos archived on Sept. 30, 2022. It is unclear when the livestream occurred.
She’s trying to claim this is an invasion of privacy, but when you post sex videos to a publicly accessible website, it’s not “revenge porn” for someone to notice.
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW: Milwaukee Police To Withhold Gender of Crime Victims Under Pressure From LGBT Activists.
You can bet that if they’re keeping this under wraps, it’s because it would hurt the narrative if you knew the truth.