DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR PLANET:
It’s perfect. Leader of one decaying cesspit passes the flag to the leader of another decaying cesspit. But it’s historic because of their genders, even though gender is now meaningless https://t.co/x0RxB6PJki
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) August 11, 2024
People keep voting for DEI over competence and that’s what they get.
IT PAYS TO BE CONNECTED: Boeing Gets Massive Contract With Air Force for Some Reason.
If you wondered why we’re facing a crisis of institutional competence.
PRETTY MUCH: Britain Is Now a Totalitarian State.
REMINDER: Tim Walz Was A Covid Tyrant.
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST STANDARDS BECAUSE YOU GET TWICE AS MANY: Kamala Harris panned for requiring ID to enter Arizona rally after previously painting voter ID laws as racist.
“I don’t think that we should underestimate what that could mean,” Harris said about allowing voter ID laws. “Because in some people’s mind that means, well, you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove you are who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t – there’s no Kinko’s, there’s no Office Max near them. People have to understand that when we’re talking about voter ID laws, be clear about who you have in mind and what would be required of them to prove who they are.”
As usual, I have no idea what she’s talking about because she doesn’t, either.
WESTERN LEADERS AGAINST THE WESTERN TRADITION:
What we are seeing is precisely why the West was such an anomaly in the history of mankind. Specifically, the reflex to suppress speech with which the rulers/elite disagree is the default reflex, and we are seeing a return to it. The West is facing the classic Herculean fork in… https://t.co/oW1oxraPkQ
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) August 10, 2024
Related: “Putin’s strongest tactical weapon on the world stage is the Western imposition of LGBTQ and the rest of the world’s resistance to it. What used to be Western soft power has now been transformed into Russian soft power – like a boomerang.”
STILL READ AT HARVARD: C.S. Lewis, that is, and by a then-convinced atheist student Jordan. It was Lewis on subjectivism that opened her eyes, as she explains this morning on HillFaith.
ICYMI: IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE:
🚨 Tim Walz gets TORCHED by his battalion commander pic.twitter.com/Z82VuCsdrB
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 11, 2024
First the chaplain, and his replacement sergeant, now this. Can Tim Walz stay on the ticket? Or is he the 21st Century’s Thomas Eagleton? And given that choosing him was Kamala’s first executive decision, it doesn’t reflect well on her either way.
Plus:
Hi, @Tim_Walz and @KamalaHarris—
Just wondering, did you also “misprint” your rank as Command Sergeant Major on your Congressional Challenge Coin?cc: @NBCNews https://t.co/KIILqMgj9S pic.twitter.com/fkZrb4luHv
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) August 11, 2024
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE US RESTING COMFORTABLY: A Cop Gets His Head Bashed in at a ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Protest Marking 10 Years Since Michael Brown Died.
AS A YALE LAW ALUMNUS MYSELF, I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT: “Our economic policymakers are increasingly Yale Law grads rather than business leaders or economists.”
ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY)_ INDIE AUTHORS: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.
THE LONG KNIVES ARE BEING SHARPENED … Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit.
THE ARTS HAVEN’T BEEN DOING THE JOB THEY ONCE DID, BUT THERE ARE GLIMMERS OF HOPE: How the arts console us in lonely and difficult times, Part 1.
THESE CALLS ENCOURAGE HAMAS TO HOLD OUT; THE LONGER THEY HOLD OUT THE MORE CIVILIANS DIE (NOT THAT HAMAS CONSIDERS THAT A COST): Kamala Harris Calls for Ceasefire As Anti-Israel Protestors Vow to Withhold Their Vote.
BEHIND THE PAYWALL BUT THE HEAD & SUBHEAD SAY ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: San Francisco Is Sinking in Bad Hotel Debt.
Wait, what? You mean public defecation and rampant crime aren’t attractive to tourists? Wow, mind blown.
ELON MUSK, THE BOND VILLAIN WE DIDN’T KNOW WE NEEDED, BUT WE WE DID: X Reportedly Refusing to Remove Posts the UK Deems Threat to National Security.
And before you dispute Bond villain, consider that Bond works for the British government, poor sod.
THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE: Well, isn’t this just joyous?
WE NEED TO CLEAN UP OUR ELECTIONS: Youngkin says he wants to protect elections with latest executive order.
WILL THERE ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND? England, A Warning.
FULL DISCLOSURE: THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO MEN SINCE THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACK ON ISRAEL: Tim Walz repeatedly hosted Muslim cleric who celebrated Oct. 7 and shared pro-Hitler website link.
THEY’VE GONE AFTER THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOR DECADES, NOW THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE FIRST: Freedom of Speech and “Misinformation”.
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