I REMEMBER WHEN MONEY IN POLITICS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD: Andrew Gillum gets another $650,000 from billionaire donors Soros, Steyer. A couple of weeks old but it was news to me.
Archive for 2018
September 16, 2018
THE ALLEGATION IS SERIOUS, BUT THE EVIDENCE IS WEAK: Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
ANN ALTHOUSE: “Look at the prison population. It’s less than 10% women. Does that mean men are held to a high standard of behavior? I think we’re comfortable with the extreme gender disproportion because we feel awfully sure that men commit many more crimes, especially the kind of crimes that deserve a substantial prison sentence. We like thinking that the prisons are confining individuals who pose a danger to the rest of us, and we think of those people as overwhelmingly male. Maybe we’re wrong, but you can see we’re pretty resistant to the idea that there’s a /double standard’ that’s unfair to men.”
Well, in polite company, anyway. In impolite company, the term “pussy pass” has been around for decades, suggesting that not everyone is as resistant to the double standard idea as you may think.
PLAYING THE LONG CON TO OWN THE CONS? Is the accusation against Kavanaugh the culmination of a set-up from 2012?
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WELL, IT’S BETTER THAN NO WEIGHT TRAINING: In A Hurry? Try Express Weight Training.
An inspiring new study of how much — or little — weight training is needed to improve muscles’ strength and size finds that we may be able to gain almost the same muscular benefits with a single, brief set of each exercise. . . .
But more interesting and surprising, the strength improvements were essentially the same, no matter how many — or few — sets the men completed.
The men who had stopped after one set gained as much strength as those who had done five sets or three.
The groups likewise showed equivalent improvements in muscular endurance, which was measured by how any times they could repeat a bench press exercise, using a low weight.
Only the size of the men’s muscles differed. Those who had completed five sets per session sported greater muscle mass than those who had done three sets or one.
But they were not noticeably stronger.
Interesting.
THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: Twitter Mob Gets U.S. Coast Guard Member Removed for Making ‘Offensive’ ‘OK’ Sign.
A LINK BETWEEN bacteria and stomach cancer.
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ANITA HILL, REDUX: Kavanaugh Accuser Breaks Anonymity, Is Liberal Professor.
UPDATE: “Here’s what we know”: Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley reacts to new Kavanaugh allegation report. (Bumped).
MORE: Sen. Jeff Flake wants to postpone vote on Brett Kavanaugh; Update: Statement from Sen. Collins.
STILL MORE: Thread.
MAN WHO SAT DOWN FOR INTERVIEW WITH WOMAN IN BATHTUB FULL OF FRUIT LOOPS SAYS TRUMP PRESIDENCY ISN’T “NORMAL.”
The thing to remember about Democrats is that for them, “normal” means Democrats in power. No more, and no less.
“YOU CAN’T OVERDOSE JUST BY BEING NEAR IT:” How dangerous is fentanyl to first responders? Confusion abounds as use soars. On the other hand, don’t do the ’80s-cop-show thing where you dip a finger into the powder and taste it.
IRONY, AS SEEN ON FACEBOOK: Two “progressives” trying to get around The Washington Post‘s paywall. Yeah, I’m pretty sure all this socialism talk is about free stuff.
NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: Jake Tapper Gives Up On Getting Answers From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On Health Care Funding.
IN WHICH CASE, ALARMIST PRESS COVERAGE HAS DONE INCALCULABLE DAMAGE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES: Research suggests stress only damages your health if you think it does.
IS THERE NOTHING IT CAN’T DO? As rain and wind empty out a North Carolina town, there’s always one place to ride out a hurricane — Waffle House.
(Via Virginia Postrel.)
“GOOGLE CROSSES THE CREEPY LINE EVERY DAY:”
As Glenn has asked, “Why should a small group of people enjoy such unaccountable power? Time for some trustbusting?”
(Via Maggie’s Farm.)
THE NEW, LOWER GUIDELINES WILL MAKE THAT WORSE: Study: Hospitals may overprescribe blood pressure meds. “Our results show evidence that doctors are treating inpatient blood pressures aggressively, despite there being no evidence to suggest this is beneficial.”
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HOW 9/11 MADE A EUROPEAN UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS RADICAL A CONSERVATIVE:
I left my one-bedroom apartment in the chic slum of the 19th Arrondissement in June 2001. I was headed back to Gothenburg, Sweden, and the mass protest against the EU summit and George W. Bush. I planned to be back in time to see the first leaves fall on the Champs Elysées. Turns out, that didn’t happen.
Night fell and morning broke before I managed to get off that floor to answer my phone. On the other end I heard my boyfriend’s voice, chanting frantically:
Two more towers! Two more towers! Two more towers!
He and his friends were having a party, celebrating the attack on America. He called to invite me, and to this day I have never felt such intense shame.
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