TO BE HONEST, CHIEF, YOU NEVER WERE ALL THAT GREAT: ‘I Don’t Debate as Well as I Used To’: Biden Leans Into His Own Decline as Colleagues Plot His Replacement.
UPDATE:
Politics is about images… pic.twitter.com/8y4kB7D5dp
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 28, 2024
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YES: The Hapless Von der Leyen Shows the Wisdom of Brexit.
Whenever I’m asked if I regret backing Brexit, I like to point to what’s going on in the institution we left.
Just look at how the useless Ursula von der Leyen has been foisted on a reluctant European public – again. Late last night, at a summit of European Union leaders, it was confirmed that she will continue as president of the European Commission. Meanwhile, former Portuguese prime minister António Costa will lead the European Council and Estonia’s Kaja Kallas will step down as her nation’s PM to become the EU’s foreign-policy chief.
The confirmation of these appointments is a stark reminder of the EU’s contempt for democracy. Its leaders, its policies and its laws are decided not by public consent, but by backroom talks and horsetrading, through processes that are deliberately labyrinthine and opaque, and impossible for the lay citizen to get his or her head around.
Well, yes.
DOESN’T EVERYTHING? The NBA has an audience problem: The league’s historic TV deal masks poor fundamentals.
Roughly 50% of households have dropped their cable provider and opted for streaming services (Netflix and Amazon Prime Video) or virtual pay-TV providers (Sling TV). Now, for the tens of millions of streaming households, it takes more of an effort to seek out professional basketball through an existing streaming service. Obsessive fans use League Pass to ensure that they can catch every game, and the highly-engaged fan will regularly tune in for basketball on the national networks or watch their local team on a Regional Sports Network.1
But the casual fan, who in the era of cable would’ve been more likely to flip on a nationally televised basketball game, can now choose from more content than ever, which means the NBA competes with everything from endless streaming options to short-form video content. It’s silly to think that Anthony Edwards, a player who’s been hyped as the next Michael Jordan, is competing with this giant Flemish Rabbit for viewership. But that’s sort of what’s happening.
We’re all competing with giant Flemish rabbits these days.
REGULATORY EARTHQUAKES SHOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN: Understanding What the Loper Bright and Jarkesy Regulatory Earthquake Means for Gun Owners.
BIDEN THEN AND NOW:
This side by side of Biden’s decline over the last 5 years is devastating.
Shame on everyone who covered this up and left our country in such a terrible position. pic.twitter.com/qacTgorqfx
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 30, 2024
As Greg Gutfeld said today:
remember: the media democrat complex is reacting in horror over joe's condition not because they saw it – it's because you saw it.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) June 29, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Be here now.
NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: Damned Un-English (An Underhand Invention Book 1). Submarine warfare.
NBC: ‘It’s a mess:’ Biden turns to family on his path forward after his disastrous debate.
President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family at Camp David on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donald Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Biden’s trip was planned before Thursday’s debate. He and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to join their children and grandchildren there late Saturday.
Stay tuned, but this is quite a change from NBC, which just ten days ago was running this headline: The deceptive Biden G7 video was quickly debunked, but it kept going viral anyway.
And note the White House-approved “cheap fakes” talking point in the article — sans quotation marks, or a reference to who put the phrase into circulation:
But conservative media outlets and the Republican National Committee posted videos shot from angles that cut out the parachutists. Some of their posts said incorrectly that Biden “wandered off.” Without the skydivers Biden was addressing included in those videos, viewers could be left with the impression that he was walking absentmindedly.
The misleading videos were an example of so-called cheap fakes, in which low-tech editing or other minor changes to videos, along with incorrect context, can amplify false but convincing messages.
But then, as Jonathan Turley writes, “No one would think of the Beltway as being a place of the naive innocents of our society. Washington is the only ecosystem composed entirely of apex predators. Yet, this week everyone seems to be eternally shocked by what has been obvious for years...Washington is now full of surprises. It is a city of people who display that practiced faux shock that you adopt when you learn in advance that your friends are throwing a surprise party. The key is to look stunned and then mingle. It is a city of Claude Rains:”
TOTALLY NATURAL:
@bullishmama Ignore the top search, it says no blink filter. This is NOT a filter #biden #noblinkchallenge #noblick #foryou ♬ original sound – BullishMama
I thought this had to be fake, but people are saying they saw it this way last night.
SPACE: SpaceX launches second batch of satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation.
It was smart of Elon to make SpaceX indispensable to the most powerful part of the Deep State.
HMM: The World’s Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior.
Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and sold widely under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, may also increase risk-taking, according to a study from 2020 that measured changes in people’s behavior when under the influence of the common over-the-counter medication.
“Acetaminophen seems to make people feel less negative emotion when they consider risky activities – they just don’t feel as scared,” explained neuroscientist Baldwin Way from The Ohio State University when the findings were published.
“With nearly 25 percent of the population in the US taking acetaminophen each week, reduced risk perceptions and increased risk-taking could have important effects on society.”
Looking around, I’m not seeing historically high levels of risk tolerance out there.
WHEN SATIRE BECOMES REAL. SHOT:
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
— Alex Blechman (@AlexBlechman) November 8, 2021
CHASER:
"Hey, honey, I'll be home a little late today. We just made a real breakthrough at the Nightmare Factory." https://t.co/FABOapx5Ax
— DrewMcWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) June 26, 2024
OF COURSE NOT, IT’S BAD FOR DEMOCRATS: Aren’t Gun Rights a Valid Presidential Debate Topic?
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