Archive for 2024

CANCEL CULTURE ISN’T NEW. BUT NOW IT’S KNOWN. THAT MEANS THEY LOSE:  With Open Eyes.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG. GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER!

Plus:

Well, she was right.

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? On This Day in Space History: Feb. 15, 2013: Meteor explodes over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Flashback: when the asteroid comes. Stay away from windows: “Most of the injuries in Chelyabinsk occurred when the shock wave from the blast sent broken window glass flying into the faces of spectators.”

Duck and cover is still good advice.. If you see a bright flash, get down and under cover — don’t race to the window to see what just happened.

KRUISER: Worst COVID Casualty Yet — Women’s Sex Drives “What I would really like to see are the numbers on the libidinous tendencies of the triple-vaxxed, quintuple-boosted women who still got COVID four times. I’d wager that they’re the real Debbie Downers in the bedroom. It’s just a hunch, but I think it’s a solid one.”

ED WHELAN: Blogging Levels the Playing Field: Refuting attacks on John Roberts before they gained traction. “As we saw last week, George W. Bush and his strategists drew from the defeat of Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination years earlier the general lesson that the White House needed to wage an intensive political campaign in support of its own Supreme Court nominees. I drew a particular additional lesson: the need to refute falsehoods about, and distortions of, a nominee’s record before they gained traction and became much more difficult to counter. And I perceived that the Internet provided a valuable new vehicle that was unavailable to Bork’s defenders.”

If only Roberts had been better.

IS THERE ANYTHING TOO ABSURD FOR 2024? Manchin/Romney ’24? That’s the Ticket! “On November 9, Joe Manchin was asked to remove himself from consideration for reelection to the Senate. That request came from his voters. Deep down, he knew they were right, but he also knew that someday he would return to political office. With nowhere else to go, he looked across the aisle at his friend, Mitt Romney. Several weeks earlier, Romney’s voters had thrown HIM off the 2024 Senate ticket, requesting that HE never run again. Can two unloved politicians share a presidential ticket without driving the rest of us crazy?”