Archive for 2023
October 1, 2023
IT’LL BE IN TIME FOR THE ELECTIONS: Preparing for the next pandemic: Study offers improved method for tackling bird flu.
GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTSMANSHIP: Watch: College Football Player Suspended After Appearing To Stomp On Player’s Head.
This is disgusting – Louisiana Tech LB Brevin Randle deliberately stomped over a defenseless player's head.
Somehow this wasn't flagged but he should be suspended immediately.pic.twitter.com/qMGr3W0n4J
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 30, 2023
SALENA ZITO ON the voters who’ll vote for Biden no matter what.
DEAL OF THE DAY: DASH Zakarian 11″ Nonstick Cast Iron Skillet. #CommissionEarned
MOTORIST FINED AFTER DOG SEEN BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR:
Police in Slovakia have fined a car owner whose dog was behind the wheel.
A speed camera photo, posted on Facebook, appears to show a smiling canine in the driving seat of a Skoda.
The car owner insisted that his pet — a brown hunting dog — had suddenly leapt into his lap.
But officers in the village of Sterusy, north-east of the capital, Bratislava, said footage showed this was not the case as there was no sudden movement in the car.
But why? He’s both a very good boy, and an excellent driver.
WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF SEX DISCRIMINATON? Duke’s female-only scholars program constitutes sex discrimination, civil rights watchdog says.
NEW YORK POST: Jamaal Bowman’s stunt is absurd, even for the Democrats. “On Saturday, in a move that shamed his party, his delegation and the state of New York, Bowman pulled a fire alarm at the Capitol as his party tried to delay a House vote on a stopgap spending bill. Pulled a fire alarm. It was as dangerous as it was immature.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Former congresswoman turned UMich prof compares MAGA hats to Nazi uniforms during lecture.
I remember when funding for higher education was defended as encouraging civility and critical thinking.
IF YOU WONDERED WHERE I’VE BEEN: I’ve been in a dry place and it had nothing to do with Burning Man. It’s good to be back.
SKYNET SMILES: Future Shock: World’s first humanoid robot factory set to open later this year where robots will be helping build other robots.
The key word there is “humanoid.” We’re talking clunky Boston Dynamics-style robots, not Rutger Hauer and Darryl Hannah out of Blade Runner.
(At least for the moment.)
J6 PEOPLE ARE FACING LENGTHY JAIL TERMS FOR LESS: Should Rep. Jamaal Bowman be expelled from Congress? “Bowman got caught trying to obstruct Congressional business and now he’s making up a story. Here’s the thing – Bowman started a charter school in the Bronx. He is the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action. He knows what a fire alarm looks like and how they are used. He knows it is not a door opener. Bowman assumes everyone is dumb enough to take his explanation and let it drop.”
Or that they’ll pretend to believe it because punishing a black Democrat is fraught. But: “It’s kind of insurrectiony, isn’t it? Obstructing the business of Congress. He did so before what is described as a high-stakes House vote occurred on a stopgap measure to temporarily keep the federal government funded, avoiding a shutdown. Democrats wanted the shutdown in order to blame Republicans for it and complained they needed time to read the 70-page resolution.”
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: “The Marine Corps says it won’t have a full stock of the woodland-pattern camouflage combat utility uniform ― the everyday outfit for most Marines ― until summer or fall 2024.”
Our armed services can’t provide barracks, food, or uniforms for the troops, but their pronoun game is on fleek.
BOMB CANADA, THE CASE FOR WAR:
September 29, 2023—Ottawa–Gatineau—Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Today, the CRTC is advancing its regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework and ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.
On May 12, 2023, the CRTC launched its first public consultations. After thoroughly examining all the evidence on the public record, including over 200 interventions, the CRTC is issuing its first two decisions.
First, the CRTC is setting out which online streaming services need to provide information about their activities in Canada. Online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues will need to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023. Registration collects basic information, is only required once and can be completed in just a few steps.
Second, the CRTC is setting conditions for online streaming services to operate in Canada. These conditions take effect today and require certain online streaming services to provide the CRTC with information related to their content and subscribership. The decision also requires those services to make content available in a way that is not tied to a specific mobile or Internet service.
You went full Ingsoc, Canada. Never go full Ingsoc.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Robby George’s Speech About Free Speech Is Shouted Down At Washington College.
‘MILTON FRIEDMAN ISN’T RUNNING THE SHOW ANYMORE:’ The US Is Starting To Feel The Pain Of Years Of Massive Deficit Spending.
Actually, our press had the playbook, he just gave them an excuse to run with it. And though Taibbi may not be ready to admit it, they ran that playbook with Obama, too.
WHAT HOLLYWOOD HAS FORGOTTEN: Creating New Stories That Don’t Suck.