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August 22, 2024
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Ford Kills Plans for Large Electric SUVs, Switches to Hybrids.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: District Court Tosses Machine Gun Possession Charge, Rules They’re ‘Bearable Arms.’
The full opinion — which I have not read yet — is here.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Pros And Cons Of A Defensive Revolver.
PETER THIEL: California As Saudi Arabia. “It’s not the way you might want to design a system from scratch, but it’s pretty stable. People have been saying Saudi Arabia is ridiculous, it’s going to collapse any year now. They’ve been saying that for 40 or 50 years. But you know, if you have a giant oil field you can pay for a lot of ridiculousness… I think that’s the way you have to think of California. There’s things about it that are ridiculous, but there’s something about it. It doesn’t naturally self-destruct overnight.”
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MEMORY-HOLED:
All merchandise for #StarWars ‘THE ACOLYTE’ has been removed for the Disney Online Store pic.twitter.com/qRkG47NS3U
— ScreenTime (@screentime) August 21, 2024
Disney has been memory-holing embarrassingly unloved streaming shows like “Willow” to save money. It looks like “The Acolyte” might be next.
The eight-episode first only season reportedly cost $180 million to produce — not including marketing expenses.
FOR GIANT DANGEROUS MAMMALS, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A LONG SPEAR: Ice Age humans may have used pikes to hunt mammoths.
‘ENDORSED BY SELINA MEYER’ IS NOT THE FLEX THEY THINK IS. Or is the message here the meta-message: that they can nominate anyone regardless of actual votes, rub it in your face, and you just have to deal with it? More from my unwilling membership on the DNC Endless Spam List. (Khaaaaan!)
THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA wants clarity on Orion heat shield issue before stacking Artemis II rocket.
I’M SO OLD, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE LEFT EXCORIATED CULTURAL APPROPRIATION:
Democrats are attempting to culturally appropriate conservatism. They think you'll let your country be destroyed as long as the means of destruction wears camo hats, flannel shirts, and talks about hunting.
Could you broadcast "we are losing with men" any louder?
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 22, 2024
SHAPING OUR CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HELLSCAPE: The Biden-Harris Afghanistan Bugout 3 Years On
August 2024 marks the third anniversary of the Biden-Harris administration’s most consequential international policy action: the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
Why Biden-Harris? Vice President Kamala Harris has said on several occasions she was “in the room” — meaning in the decision loop — when Joe Biden ordered a withdrawal based on the calendar and not on battlefield conditions. “Completely out by 9/11” is a sound bite, a political bumper sticker. It isn’t clear-headed senior leader strategic guidance for a military withdrawal from a complex war zone.
Read the entire essay.
SPEAKING OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: Let’s Kick-start US Naval and Commercial Shipbuilding
FOR THE CHILDREN™: Parents left scrambling after charter school in DC shutters days before school starts. “Eagle Academy classes were supposed to start Monday, but the D.C. Public Charter School Board recently rejected a plan to allow Eagle Academy to merge with the Friendship Public Charter School, 7News Reporter Nick Minock learned.”
GOD KNOWS THEY NEED SOMETHING: New app might help young adults handle anxiety.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (MOSCOW EDITION): ‘They Completely Smashed It!’ Ukraine’s Big Day of Airstrikes Is a Hit in Russia.
HMM: New ‘platelet score’ being used to gauge risk of stroke, heart attack. “The test assesses whether a person’s platelets are ‘hyperreactive,’ and thus prone to abnormal clotting that blocks arteries, according to the report published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.”
YOU DON’T SAY:
Gibberish from the DNC's poet: "We face a race that tests if this country we cherish shall perish from the earth and if our earth shall perish from this country." pic.twitter.com/xwPsvkbJjL
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 22, 2024
Sounds serious.
MAGGOTS FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME: FBI probes possible maggot attack on food at Ohio delegation hotel at Democratic convention.
Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating if saboteurs placed maggots in the hotel breakfast being served to delegates at the Democratic National Conventionon Wednesday, local media reported.
The incident took place at Fairmont hotel, where delegates from Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota are staying.
“Multiple unknown female offenders are alleged to have entered a building…and began placing unknown objects onto tables containing food,” the convention’s information center said in a statement cited by WGN. “The offenders are believed to have then left the area. One victim was treated and released on-scene. Along with CPD, FBI-Chicago is assisting in the investigation. No further information is available at this time.”
“Saboteurs?” Update your Newspeak Dictionary; you spelled environmentally conscious people on the cutting edge of doubleplusgood sustainable resources incorrectly, comrade! Maggots, other insects could become U.S. food staple as consumers seek out sustainability.
IT’S A PENCIL-NECK PROFESSION NOW: Where are Today’s Athlete Journalists?
MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Donald Trump Humiliates Oprah With Receipts.
“ONE FOR THE ROAD:” The Grand Tour Reveals First-Look Image, Release Date for Final Episode: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May Head to Zimbabwe for Last Ever Road Trip.
The final ever episode of “The Grand Tour” is almost here and Prime Video is giving fans a sneak peak of what to expect — and when.
“The Grand Tour: One for the Road,” a one-off special representing the conclusion of the long-running series, is set to launch on Sept. 13 on the streamer in over 240 countries. Producer Andy Wilman unveiled a first-look image (see above) and release date at the Edinburgh TV Festival, where he is appearing on a panel.
It will see Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May reunite on a final road trip.
“In their last adventure, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May ignore the instructions of Mr Wilman and head to Zimbabwe in three cars they’ve always wanted to own, a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-litre, and a Triumph Stag*, for a stunning road trip through beautiful and sometimes challenging landscapes leading to an emotional ending on a strangely familiar island,” reads the synopsis.
More details at the Daily Mail: First look at The Grand Tour’s ‘weepy’ final episode as Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May unite for last time in ‘One For The Road’ special — and it’s just weeks away from hitting screens.
Long-time producer Andy Wilman told the Edinburgh TV Festival that filming the episode was ‘quite weepy’ and ‘quite heart-stringy’.
Asked why the trio had decided to bring to a close the global phenomenon, Wilman said: ‘We are getting to the point where enough is enough. On top of that, there is the sense that we want to end things on our own terms. It had to come to an end and we wanted to be the ones who called it.’
They shot the last episode in September last year. It will see the hosts return to Kubu Island, Botswana, which was the location of their first ever special. Wilman described the episode as “deliberately gentle” as the three stars wanted to go back to basics.
He said: ‘They wanted to go “unplugged”. We wanted to go back to 2005, leave the dynamite at home, we will go with s*** old cars. They give you more TV than modern new cars, they give you more stories, more laughs. So they wanted evocative cars that they adore and they wanted to be in Africa. It is the favourite continent we ever filmed in.’
The producer added: ‘Their comradery is next level. I think that you can see that they know this is the last time they will do this.’
Here’s the trailer:
* Officially pronounced Triumph “Staaaaaag,” as it was Clarkson’s ‘90s inspiration for the boys’ long-running Jaaaaaaag riff: