Archive for 2024
July 23, 2024
BECAUSE BEING TIED TO A DONKEY’S TAIL AND MAKE TO WALK BAREFOOT THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF DC, WHILE BEING FLOGGED IS APPARENTLY CRUEL AND UNUSUAL: Raskin and Comer Send Joint Letter to Cheatle: ‘We Call on You to Resign as Director’ of Secret Service.
I’M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT TO SAY, BUT JUST GETTING THIS OUT THERE: Getting It Out of the Way.
WHO SAYS ALL THE ARTISTS ARE FAR-LEFT PROGRESSIVES? SINCE THEY CAN GO INDY, NOW, TURNS OUT THEY’RE– JUST PEOPLE: MAGA Naga T-Shirt.
WHETHER DEAD OR IN THE FREEZER, I PREDICT A FUNERAL IN OCTOBER: Biden is not home free.
SOME OF US REALLY HOPE THIS IS SOMEHOW FAKE. BECAUSE IF NOT, THE COUP IS COMPLETE, BRANDON IS DEAD: Kamala speaks to Biden over phone at campaign HQ.
July 22, 2024
SO WHO’S A BIG WINNER OUT OF ALL THESE CRAZY EVENTS? ELON MUSK. His X (“formerly known as Twitter”) is ground zero for everything. Even the Biden Administration, which went to some lengths to destroy Musk and Twitter after Musk purchased it, wound up making its big announcement on Elon’s platform. And it’s been the most useful information channel, since the established press has been pretty useless, and is rapidly becoming moreso as it becomes clear what messages it’s supposed to be transmitting.
A KAMALA HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD PROBABLY BE EVEN WORSE THAN BIDEN’S.
The Middle East policy difference between the Trump and Biden administrations is the difference between a depleted Iranian regime and the #AbrahamAccords vs. a revived Iranian regime and October 7.
To ignore this indisputable fact is to ignore reality.
Sadly, the West has…
— Dumisani Washington (@DumisaniTemsgen) July 22, 2024
SO WHY DIDN’T THE U.S. DO THIS ALREADY?
Huge, long lead time, capital equipment sourced from the other side of the planet will take months to a year for the Houthi to replace depending on how much oil money Iran has to throw around.
And there will be another opportunity to intercept the Houthi's replacement cranes by…
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) July 22, 2024
KAY HYMOWITZ: The New Girl Disorder. Why are young women so prominent in anti-Israel protests?
UPDATE: Link was bad before; should be working now.
OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.
THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COULD BE INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY: Anti-Israel Radicals Are ‘Hopeful’ Kamala Will Cast Aside the Jewish State. They Have Plenty of Reasons To Be.
Anti-Israel radicals who resigned their government posts over President Joe Biden’s support for Israel are betting on Vice President Kamala Harris to adopt more hardline policies toward the Jewish state. It’s a good bet: Harris throughout her vice presidency touted her public opposition to Israel’s war on Hamas and praised campus protesters who have violently harassed Jews.
Harris, who is on track to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee following Joe Biden’s departure from the race, was among the first administration officials to chastise Israel for its conduct during the war. In December, just two months after Hamas slaughtered more than 1,200 Jews, Harris publicly broke with Biden’s support for Israel, saying the Jewish state had killed “too many innocent Palestinians” and “must do more to protect innocent civilians.”
Since that time, the vice president has repeatedly thrown her support behind anti-Israel protesters in America, saying they show “exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza.” Such comments are driving “optimism” among anti-Israel elements in the Democratic Party, according to reports, with several administration officials who resigned over Biden’s support for Israel expressing hope that a Harris presidency will bring about a break in U.S. relations with the Jewish state.
Biden’s absence could make this week’s meeting with Netanyahu something else: Kamala Harris aide says VP will meet Netanyahu at White House, doesn’t announce time.
How much will she be rehearsing ahead of time? Too Fun to Check: Harris’ Mock Prep For … a Media Dinner Party?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Polaris Dawn crew shows off new SpaceX spacesuits for 1st private spacewalk.
JOHN PODHORETZ: Gone Biden Gone.
So, yes, Biden had to go. But the solution here is probably no solution. I’m not saying Kamala Harris can’t win the presidency against Donald Trump. The Lord is the only one who knows, and given how He’s altered reality for the past 25 days, I wouldn’t put it past Him to keep throwing us for loops because, let’s face it, we’re sinners and we’re bad and we deserve everything we’re getting. We have the greatest country on earth, the greatest constitution, the greatest economy, the greatest everything, and we’ve ended up fostering a political culture so generally nauseating that even Screwtape must be feeling a little sorry for us.
But left to her own devices and without some form of divine or demonic or newsy intervention, Kamala Harris is exceedingly unlikely to win the presidency. I say this because we saw her in action as a candidate for a year in 2019. She was so extraordinarily bad at it she had to drop out of the race in December before voters—any voters—let her know in no uncertain terms how much she stank up the joint. Had it not been for Biden’s pledge to pick a token vice president—I mean, when you say you’re going to pick a woman of color, you are literally tokenizing the office—she would likely be a relatively obscure member of the Senate.
Why do I say this? Because she’s been a relatively obscure vice president. She has not risen even to the barely discernible standards of the world’s least consequential office. Moreover, to the extent that people even think about her, they just don’t like her very much. We know this because polling tells us so, not because Fox News tells us so. Her approval rating is 38.6 percent. That is very bad. It’s so bad that Donald Trump’s approval rating is higher.
What the Democrats who are now doing a St. Vitus Dance of ecstasy over the change in their fortunes are not reckoning with is that the entire appeal of the Democratic party in 2020 was its seeming stability as opposed to Donald Trump’s unsteadiness in a crisis. Well, the country has been in a crisis for 25 days as it reckons with the meaning of its infirm president, and you know which party looks unstable? It’s not Trump’s party.
In contrast, as Podhoretz writes at the conclusion of a post from yesterday titled, “Trump Is Now a Three-Fer,” “He’s the closest thing we have to an incumbent president now—and the candidate of change. And Kamala Harris has some major work to do to overcome the instability that has emanated from her party during the most unstable moment in American politics since the Florida recount.”
PAULA BOLYARD: The Worldwide IT Outage Isn’t Funny, but the Memes Sure Are.
We joked about the satiric tweet below on Saturday, but apparently, it really is entering “fake but accurate” territory: Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS. “Southwest was often criticized for its outdated systems, but an old but proven operating system saved it (and its customers) from the stress that most other airlines were experiencing. Nevertheless, Southwest passengers weren’t 100% unaffected by the CrowdStrike crash, as many airports also encountered system issues. Aside from Windows 3.1, Southwest also uses Windows 95 for its staff scheduling system. It is a newer operating system — about three years younger than Windows 3.1 — but it’s ancient compared to today’s tech. Many of the airline’s staff have been complaining about it already.”
JOHN GILL CALLS INTO KAMALA CAMPAIGN EVENT: Slurring, raspy Biden calls in to Kamala Harris’ first visit to campaign headquarters: ‘I love you!’
🚨 Biden (allegedly) calls in to his former campaign HQ before Kamala speaks: "I know yesterday's news was surprising" pic.twitter.com/qZODLao6UW
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 22, 2024
Interesting gaffe by Kamala: “It is so good to hear our President’s voice. Joe, I know you’re still on the reco… on the call… and we’ve been talking everyday…”
No, I don't think that was AI or fake or whatever. This whole situation is just super weird. The first time he's spoken since his announcement and it's on the phone to a campaign rally where he just kinda rushes past it? That's weird!
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) July 22, 2024
As America’s Newspaper of Record notes, “America Just Kinda Curious If President Alive.”
Is it too much to ask for a photograph with Biden holding a copy of today’s issue of the New York Times?
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): A friend writes: “There’s nothing normal about this, and we should not be coerced into pretending there is.”
BOTTOM PROBLEM OF THE DAY: Eyelash Extensions Can Be Seriously Dangerous, Expert Warns.
I LIKE IT:
Biden can’t meet with Bibi for health reasons and Kamala won’t meet with Bibi for political reasons.
Bib should meet with Trump. https://t.co/cW5uHB66nU
— Jason Bedrick 🇺🇸🎗️🇮🇱 (@JasonBedrick) July 22, 2024
FROM “RIDIN’ WITH BIDEN” TO “NETFLIX AND CHILL WITH DOCTOR JILL”: Biden cancels nine trips, extends Delaware stay after dropping out of 2024 race.
Kamala is the acting president now but without any of those messy 25th Amendment necessities.
EVERYTHING IS FOR THE BEST, IN THIS BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS: Black Holes: Not Destroyers but Protectors.
THEY’RE DEMOCRATIC IN NAME ONLY: So Just Literally No Democratic Process From the Democrats. And this is a lefty complaint.
UPDATE:
Everything has been crazy for a few weeks but I hope people appreciate just how bizarre it is that we still haven’t seen or heard from Joe Biden.
The sitting President pulls out of his reelection race and doesn’t address the nation? I know he has trouble speaking but still.
— Dave Smith (@ComicDaveSmith) July 22, 2024
ANOTHER UPDATE: A friend comments: “I increasingly think these anti-democratic orchestrations are done so openly as a demoralization tactic. What more do you need to see to understand this is ours, now?”
TO BE HONEST, THIS COULD BE A GOP ATTACK AD AS IS:
Here are four straight minutes of Kamala Harris being "unburdened" pic.twitter.com/8AWh671Lcv
— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) July 22, 2024