ANOTHER “BENEFIT” OF TAKING THE BORDER DOWN: U.S. Syphilis Cases Surge to Highest Level in 70 Years.
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February 2, 2024
THEY’VE TOLD US WHO THEY WORK FOR. IT’S NOT THE ONES PAYING THEM: Majority of House Dems Vote Against Deporting Illegals Convicted of Drunk Driving, Social Security Fraud.
And their oaths mean nothing.
BUT IF HE’D DRESSED AS A MOOSE HEADED SHAMAN? THEN HE’D BE IN TROUBLE: No Charges For Dem Staffer Who Filmed Gay Porn Video in Senate Hearing Room.
YEAH. I WONDER WHY: Border Patrol Faces Retirement and Recruitment Crises.
THE JUNTA THINKS THIS WILL GIVE THEM UNLIMITED POWER: How To Ensure a Big, Ugly War with Iran.
But I don’t think they want it with Iran, because Iran — they think — is their fren.
WITHOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE OTHERS ARE DEAD LETTER: Why academia’s assault on free speech matters.
TO BE HONEST, IT’S REALLY THE ELITES WHO ARE REVOLTING: The Peasants are Revolting.
February 1, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Be here now.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Final preparations underway for launch of first Intuitive Machines lunar lander.
YEP:
The enemy is learning. If the Houthis get enough free throws they'll eventually score a point.https://t.co/rCl0EGhtbG
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) January 31, 2024
HMM: Even More Evidence That Alzheimer’s Was Being Spread by Now-Banned Injections. “The practice of injecting children with growth hormone extracted from the brains of deceased people was abandoned long ago – with good reason.”
MORE LAYOFFS NEEDED:
More people need to lose their jobs at the LA Times, starting with whoever is in charge of the Opinions section pic.twitter.com/uJMnsxcHXo
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) February 2, 2024
Sigh.
IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: Inside the meltdown at The Messenger: Out-of-touch brass, outraged staffers and pure pandemonium.
JOHN HINDERAKER: Leftists firebombed my office last Saturday night. “This photo shows what the corridor outside my office looks like. . . . I am working with the FBI to try to identify the perpetrators. As I told them, the list of potential suspects is long, as my organization is active, and unusually effective, across a broad range of issues. I will have more to say about this before long.”
MUCH LIKE AMERICANS’ SAVINGS IN THE BIDEN ERA: Moonquake Alert – The Moon Is Shrinking, Causing Landslides and Seismic Shaking.
CYCLE OF MISERY: The Business of Building Commercial Aircraft.
Predictably, the incident triggered a new round of discussion about the decline of Boeing as an aircraft manufacturer. Nearly every source points to the same instigating event: the 1997 merger with McDonnell-Douglas, which changed Boeing from an engineering-driven company focused on building the best airplanes possible to one which focused overwhelmingly on financials and stock price.
As far as I can tell, this characterization is accurate. And yet it misses a big part of the picture: the brutal structure of the commercial aircraft industry that drives companies like Boeing to create things like the 737 MAX (an update to a 50-year-old airplane) instead of creating a new model from scratch. By unpacking how the commercial aircraft industry works, we can better understand Boeing’s behavior.
Interesting analysis.
HOW IT STARTED:
Judge Kathaleen McCormick rescinded Elon Musk's $55 billion Tesla compensation package, overturning the company's board and 80% of its shareholders.
McCormick also ruled against @elonmusk during his Twitter acquisition.
Before becoming the head of the Delaware Chancery Court,… pic.twitter.com/k2F4CHDJuT
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 1, 2024
More:
Before becoming the head of the Delaware Chancery Court, McCormick worked at a Delaware law firm called Young Conaway.
This firm and its employees have been major donors to President Joe Biden for decades.
In 2016, Hunter Biden hosted a gubernatorial campaign event for Congressman John Carney, with then-Vice President Joe Biden as the guest speaker.
This event took place at the Law Offices of Young Conaway in Wilmington, Delaware.
Full details at Twitter/X.
How it’s going: Musk seeks Tesla shareholder vote on moving incorporation to Texas.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): From the comments: Flashback: Rogue State: The case against Delaware. From the 2002 New Republic.
BUT IT’S FUN TO BUY GEAR: Stop being a gear-acquisition guy and learn to shoot better instead.
Good advice, though. I’ve been more diligent in my practice in recent years, and I’ve gotten better.
YOU CAN PREVENT CARJACKINGS AND AUTO THEFT: BMW Adds Manual Transmission Option for 2025 Z4 M40i.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Boeing? “Readers here and at Instapundit have had the discussion time and again about how putting the finance people in charge ruined a once-great engineering firm, but I realize now that the rot runs even deeper. While the company’s fortunes burn, management sits there with its coffee and stock options, saying, ‘This is FINE.'”
ALSO LESS NONCOMPLIANCE, I SUPPOSE: Injected antipsychotics may be more effective against schizophrenia than pills.
ADS BUT STILL NOT FREE: You’ll Pay Amazon to Watch Their Commercials (And They Think You’ll Like It). “Looking back, the American television viewing experience probably peaked shortly after the turn of the century.”
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Starlab signs deal with SpaceX to lift private space laboratory into orbit.