OH, FER CRYIN’ OUT LOUD:
Jake Tapper wonders if Climate Change is making earthquakes stronger.
A seismologist has to tell him there's no evidence of that. pic.twitter.com/vY5a9DNRZA— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 5, 2024
More: “Tapper is also one of the journalists partially responsible for CNN getting slapped with a $1 billion defamation suit that going to trial January 6, 2025.”
The important thing is that he looks smart on camera.
DIFFERENTIAL TUITION: SHOULD ENGLISH MAJORS PAY LESS? Colleges are starting to charge different amounts for different majors. There are pros and cons to this. The cons worry me more – do we really want to push people into the cheapest majors to teach? – but decide for yourself.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Canadian Cautionary Tale Gets Worse All the Time. “Let us not forget that, during COVID, Justin Trudeau looked at everything that the worst of the government tyrants in the U.S. were doing and said, ‘Hold my Labatt Blue.’ When truckers were protesting vaccine mandates, he seized their assets.”
WHY THE SPECIAL PAYMENTS TO MICHAEL BYRD? Byrd is the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbit during the January 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol grounds.
Just the News’s Steve Richards reported earlier this week that Byrd received substantially more financial and other assistance than any other USCP officer on duty during the riot. Byrd got a $37,000 retention bonus, help with $160,000 in private fundraising, housing, and a promotion to captain.
Today, Richards quotes the head of the USCP Union asking some very tough questions for which the incoming-House GOP leadership should demand answers from Democratic leaders of the 117th Congress, including most especially then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
First question: Why did Pelosi, then-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) pressure the USCP leadership to go to extraordinary lengths to keep Byrd quiet?
“Not sure what makes Mike Byrd so special that he thinks he needed to be ‘taken care of’ by the Department. USCP should give every officer a $37k bonus or have Mike Byrd pay it all back,” USCP Union Chairman Gus Papathanasiou told Just The News.
FASTER, PLEASE: ‘We’re going to gut the fish’: Republicans give details from closed-door meetings with DOGE’s Musk, Ramaswamy.
The DOGE duo made their rounds with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, spending the morning with members of the Senate DOGE Caucus before heading to a meeting with House GOP leaders and House DOGE Caucus representatives.
The pair, who will spearhead efforts under President-elect Trump to slash government spending and strengthen government efficiency under the incoming Trump administration, wrapped up their day on Capitol Hill by addressing a joint meeting with Republicans of both chambers.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., incoming chair of the DOGE House subcommittee, revealed that, during the meeting, Musk said there would be a “naughty list” and a “nice list” for lawmakers.
Do we really need a nice list?
FROM A FRIEND, AND IT’S 100% CORRECT.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
VIP subscribers asked for more of these longer essays and I’ve been happy to oblige.
PATTON SAID THAT SOLDIERS WHO WON’T F*CK WON’T FIGHT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE WOULD HAVE SAID ABOUT SOLDIERS WHO WON’T DRINK BEER. BREAKING NEWS: Infantryman Drank Beer. “Pete Hegseth is being Kavanaughed. And the only people dumb enough to fall for it are Republican senators.”
To be fair, some of them are pretty dumb.
WOEING: Boeing plea deal related to Max crashes rejected by judge. “[Judge] O’Connor had problems with the idea that the Justice Department, not the court, would have approval over the selection of the monitor and how Boeing had performed under an earlier settlement with the Justice Department in January 2021 over the same charges. That agreement had deferred prosecution until the safety issues were again raised by a door plug blowing off a 737 Max plane flown by Alaska Airlines in January.”
I’d have problems with today’s Justice Department, too.
GET IN SHAPE: Under Armour Men’s Charged Assert 10. #CommissionEarned
JOHN LUCAS: The Daniel Penny Case — Two Contrasting Timelines: When lives are at risk decisive action is a must. And it must come quickly. “Does anyone remember the story of Kitty Genovese? In March 1964 a Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York. She had been raped and stabbed at least 13 times. The assault lasted approximately a half-hour. Two weeks later The New York Times ran a front-page article that reported that numerous people had heard her screams and watched the attack but did nothing to aid her.”
ROBERT SPENCER: Fetterman Offers an Unlikely Plan to Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds. “He still isn’t all the way out of the cult, but Fetterman’s heart is clearly in the right place.”
I WILL DO A SHIFTER’S STORY TOMORROW: I swear The Squirrel Story WILL be done,
I THINK WE ALREADY KNOW: Comer: The Census Is Overcounting. Guess Who Benefits?
MAYBE SINCE HE’S UNLIKELY TO GET REELECTED HE’S DECIDED HE MIGHT AS WELL MAYOR: Eric Adams Spits Fire in Based Take on the Daniel Penny Case.
WELL, THE LEFT IS REVOLTING: Absolutely disgusting.
AS MENTIONED, THEY STINK ON ICE: The Lib Reaction to the Murder of a Healthcare CEO Was Appalling.
BECAUSE WE’RE THE LAST, BEST HOPE OF MANKIND. THAT’S WHY: Why ‘America First’ resonates.
NEXT TWO ARTEMIS MISSIONS DELAYED AGAIN, WITH THE FUTURE OF SLS/ORION HANGING BY A THREAD: Next two Artemis missions delayed again, with the future of SLS/Orion hanging by a thread.
HOW THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO COORDINATE WESTERN MEDIA AND DIRECT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AGAINST ITS GEOPOLITICAL RIVALS AND ENEMIES: How the U.S. State Department spends millions of dollars to coordinate Western media and direct investigative journalism against its geopolitical rivals and enemies.
Your tax money and mine, people. Your tax money and mine.
SYRIA WITH MAPS THAT EXPLAIN WHY HAMA AND HOMS ARE CRITICAL TO THE ASSAD REGIME: What Happens in Homs Will Not Stay in Homs.
ANOTHER GREEN ENERGY SUCCESS: Aussie AEMO to use Voltage Spikes to Force Disconnect Rooftop Solar.
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