FOLLOW THE SCIENCE ON SOCIAL DISTANCING:  Official, officious, and offensive.

EASIER THAN “I AM ECCLESIASTES” I GUESS:  Preserving Knowledge.

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE: BREAKING: Just announced: Job numbers revised downward by a massive 818,000. Manufacturing jobs down 115,000.

CHASER: This is the biggest negative revision to payrolls since the global financial crisis.

OTHER CHASER:  There it is.

WHY WOULD ANYONE BE SURPRISED?  Biden DOJ’s 2024 voting battles raise alarm for election integrity advocates.

VERIFYING THE COUNT IS DANGEROUS. TO CHEATERS:  Georgia election board members under fire for last-minute rule changes.

WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE CHILDREN, EVERYTHING BECOMES A CHILD:  Banning Donkey Rides – I Blame The Fertility Rate.

THIS IS NONSENSE:  Government anti-terror ban forces historic British model steam train firm to close after 87 years.

THIS:  T&I is the branch of “Intelligence” (scare quotes, because usually, Intelligence is the one thing they don’t have. Ask any grunt!) that deals with “What is our enemy likely to do, and what are their future plans?”

THE ISSUE AIN’T SMALL IN PITTSBURGH:  DeMarco introduces legislation requiring county elections office to check citizenship status of voters.

I DON’T LIKE HOW THE REST OF THE ANGLOSPHERE IS TRENDING:  Canadian funeral home offers euthanasia parties, for fee.

JAMES O’KEEFE IS HAVING FUN:  Why does ACT BLUE keep deleting their profiles? Why are they ashamed of who they are?

IT’S A GOOD MARKER:  “Since Freedom”.

VICE PRESIDENT ZERO:

Kamala got zero votes, has given zero press conferences, has given zero interviews, and had to stage buying a bag of Doritos.

This is the most ridiculous, anti-democratic, laughable joke I’ve ever seen in politics.

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) August 22, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy!

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SLS contract extension hints at additional Artemis delays.

THAT THEIR ROCKETS ARE BLOWING UP IS NOT A BIG DEAL; EVERYONE’S DO FROM TIME TO TIME. IT’S THAT THEY AREN’T DOING MUCH ELSE. Blue Origin Rockets Crumple And Explode in Two Incidents.

I’d very much like Blue Origin to succeed, and as great as SpaceX is it would be better with competition. But come on, guys, show me something.

LET THE JOY AND THE VIBES END HERE: DNC Grand Finale Live Blog.

NOW THEY TELL US: Alzheimer’s May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Expert Reveals.

WELL, THE GUY SPEAKING WAS SHOT BY THE OPPOSITION: Trump says he thinks that Biden withdrew because he was “threatened… violently.”

#JOURNALISM:

311,457,587 people saw the original lie. 2,598 people saw the retraction. https://t.co/GPG59rjApq

— Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) August 22, 2024

JEWS AT DNC FEARFUL: The new normal for Jews in the Democratic Party became clear during the Chicago proceedings. Jewish delegates had to meet secretly and away from the convention. Richard Pollock has more.

EVERYTHING THAT GUY JUST SAID IS BULLSHIT:

DNC speakers Weds who went to Ivy League schools:

Cory Booker (Yale)
Amy Klobuchar (Yale)
Bill Clinton (Yale)
Jared Polis (Princeton)
Olivia Troye (Penn)
Mindy Kaling (Dartmouth)
Pete Buttigieg (Harvard)
Amanda Gorman (Harvard)
John Legend (Penn)

Vance Man Bad! Class traitor! https://t.co/353CzDVwmG

— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) August 22, 2024

KEEP AN EYE ON THAT DR. SMITH CHARACTER, HE LOOKS SHADY: Starliner Stranded in Space? NASA Answers FAQs on Astronauts’ Return Status.

TAKE DOWN THE JUNIOR ANTI-SEX LEAGUE, FOR STARTERS: Joel Kotkin: Will we survive the sex war? The era of eros is coming to a close.

Related:

"Depression increased the most among liberal young women, where it went from 15% in the late 2000s to 46% in 2021-22 — more than tripling in a little more than a decade."

— Jean Twenge pic.twitter.com/5VOeE2NIo5

— Paul Graham (@paulg) August 21, 2024

Leftist politics make everyone neurotic and unhappy. This is not by accident, but by design.

Related: Neurosis and the Curley Effect.

UNSURPRISING: Study: Scrolling through online videos increases boredom.