NOW IT’S JUST A TASTY, TASTY CONDIMENT: Ketchup was once a diarrhea cure.
Ah, I remember the innocent days of Instapundit Ketchup-blogging.
Archive for 2025
August 23, 2025
TEST THIS ON VIDEO OF JOE BIDEN: Eye movement patterns reveal subtle signs of cognitive and memory decline.
THIS IS ANOTHER OF THOSE THINGS YOUR GRANDMOTHER COULD HAVE TOLD YOU: Uninspired? Chat with People
People underestimate how much they’ll gain from talking with others.
FUN FACT: The screaming woman arrested in Newport (h/t Ed Driscoll) who accompanied that Democratic “AG” who insisted that “police are required to turn off their body cams upon request” while she was being filmed tossed out of a restaurant, is carrying a Chloé Woody Medium Canvas Tote.
It sells for $1,390.00 at Bloomingdale’s.
She apparently claims to be some kind of “Diversity” champion.
“Nice work if you can get it…and you can get it if you try.”
I WOULD FAVOR NATIONAL CARRY RECIPROCITY: Trump Says He’s a Second Amendment Person, Favors Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity in Washington, DC.
BODYCAM CAPTURES HUMILIATING MELTDOWN OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL DURING ARREST (Video):
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HYPROCRISY, THEY NAME IS GREENWALD: Quite a remarkable thing to see “free speech absolutist” Glenn G. calling for journalists he disagrees with to face criminal charges. But I’ve never been fooled by Greenwald’s civil libertarian act, he’s a leftist authoritarian at heart, he just also hates the US government.
UPDATE: By the way, the Free Press is an American publication run by Bari Weis, and Greenwald referring to it as Israeli is his snide way of suggesting that the writers’ loyalties lie elsewhere. Which in turn is quite strange for someone who abandoned his home country of the US to live in Brazil and become a citizen there. But again, don’t expect any consistency from Greenwald.
GREAT MOMENTS IN CHUTZPAH: NPR Platforms Nikole Hannah-Jones: Reviewing Museums for Wokeness Is ‘Fascism.’
Martin then asked Hannah-Jones about Trump’s claim that the museums don’t have any “brightness” about America, and she made the argument that in 2017, Trump praised the African-American history museum. But hasn’t it changed since 2020, after the George Floyd riots?
Hannah-Jones then cried Fascism: “The museum hasn’t changed, so what has changed? And what has changed is, I would argue, that Donald Trump is engaging in what Jason Stanley, in his book How Fascism Works, calls trying to create this mythic past. And this mythic past is a past that was racially pure, and one that is being used to really distract us as our democratic norms are being eroded.”
Flashback: 1619 Project Founder Admits It’s ‘Not a History,’ But a Fight to ‘Control the National Narrative.’
Woman who created mythic past projects wildly that Trump is creating a a mythic past.
And speaking of mythic pasts: No Dice: Thread Shows Just How Woke the Smithsonian Has Become, and Why Trump Is Right to Overhaul It.
ONE DOES NOT BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY ON SLAVERY: ‘Sloppy scholarship’: New book refutes claim early U.S. economy was built on slavery.
TAKING OUT THE TRASH: Trump admin cancels 6,000 student visas, citing crime and pro-terrorism sentiments.
HAHA:
Hands up, who made this? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yG7b5uxPLl
— Donna Louise (@DonnaLouise1212) August 23, 2025
Prediction: The profusion of English, Welsh, and Scottish flags as a symbol of resistance to a criminal national government may lead to the unraveling of the UK. Americans seldom appreciate that British people still care about the differences between those three nations, but they do. And I suspect they will care more.
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ELDERLY LEFTIST WHITE WOMEN ARE ALL THAT’S LEFT TO THEM:
This is a sign being held by a white liberal protesting against the black Republican nominee for Governor in Virginia speaking out against boys using the girl's bathroom.
White liberals are some of the most racist people in the United States. https://t.co/62fmCORlAh
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) August 21, 2025
And they have . . . issues.
OKAY FELLOW TAXPAYERS, IT’S POSSIBLE (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS) I JUST SAVED YOU BILLIONS OF DOLLARS: Well … maybe. Those who know me know that for several years now I have been doing a lot of public speaking about the unconstitutionality of the Hispanic Serving Institutions program. That’s the federal program that showers money on a college or university if it can certify that at least 25% of its students are Hispanic.
Three years ago, I wrote about it in a Supreme Court amicus brief and in the New Criterion, arguing the program is unconstitutional. At my request, my terrific former special assistant Alex Heideman wrote about it for the Federalist Society Review in 2023. More recently, I and my lovable colleagues at the American Civil Rights Project–Peter Kirsanow and Dan Morenoff–sent a letter to Members of Congress about the issue.
Also at my request (and constant nagging), Dan spent years talking to people around the country trying to find a university willing to sue. Given the way universities are, that’s not easy to do, so he figured out that he also needed to talk to state attorneys general (including Tennessee’s) who have the authority to sue on behalf of their state universities. Finally, finally, finally, a few months ago, the fabulous Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti took up the gauntlet and brought a lawsuit against the Department of Education and the Secretary of Education in her official capacity. The American Civil Rights Project, on behalf of the National Association of Scholars and of Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences, is seeking to intervene in that lawsuit to support Skrmetti’s position. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is seeking to intervene to support the HSI program.
But yesterday, something great happened. The Trump Administration agreed that the program is unconstitutional and declined to defend it in court. That isn’t necessarily the end of the story. HACU may be permitted to intervene in the lawsuit to defend the program. But it’s still stellar.
Of course, it’s possible that Congress will find other ways to spend the HSI money, so you may not see a tax dividend. I have suggested that Congress put the money into helping low-income students and/or the colleges and universities that serve low-income students without regard to race or ethnicity I’m in this game to vindicate the Constitution. I’ll probably be happy so long as the money is spent in a constitutional manner and doesn’t involve subsidizing the Left.
A year ago at this time I was beginning to wonder if we’d ever make progress on this issue. But major progress has come. Thank you to everyone who has worked or is working on this issue. I think we’re getting somewhere.
SEDUCTIVE AI: AI chatbots and their poisonous delusions are coming for our kids.
AI can be your friend, we’re told. Your confidant! Your lover!
This is all a lie.
AI can pretend to be these things, mirroring your inputs and stroking your ego with programmed responses, but can never actually care about you the way a friend will.
True.
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21ST CENTURY WARFARE:
22,000 Ukrainian OWA drones in 132 days certainly is a strategic bombing threat of the first order.
Even if Russia downs 80% of them.
That is 4,400 Ukrainian OWA drone hits in Russia in the next 132 days or 33 and 1/3 precision guided drone hits on Russia per day to 2026.
3/3 pic.twitter.com/4XqArqk2m3— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) August 21, 2025
Related:
US Army combat engineers should take note…
…but won't.
Too many in the US Army officer corps have delusions of superiority over Ukraine such that they won't listen.
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) August 21, 2025
MAKE CHICAGO GREAT AGAIN!
President Trump deploying the National Guard to Chicago means that Jussie Smollett will FINALLY be able to walk the streets at 2am with his Subway sandwiches in peace.
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) August 22, 2025
Related — with a yuuuuge NSFW language warning:
JIMMY LAI UPDATE: Convict and Deport.
The prosecution of media tycoon Jimmy Lai epitomizes this overreach, reflecting a city under Beijing’s administrative dominance, jeopardizing its role as a global financial hub. Deporting Lai and other activists offers a pragmatic solution to mitigate economic damage while affirming Beijing’s control. Hong Kong’s distinct identity, shaped by its British colonial past blended Eastern and Western influences. The 1997 handover, under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, promised autonomy, including judicial independence and freedoms of speech and assembly, until 2047.
However, Beijing’s influence, challenged by the 2014 Umbrella Movement and 2019 anti-extradition protests, culminated in the NSL. Imposed by Beijing, bypassing Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, it criminalizes secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreigners, with vague definitions enabling broad enforcement. The 2024 Article 23 expansion, targeting “external interference” and “espionage,” has deepened the climate of fear, where even minor dissent invites scrutiny.
From Mark Simon.