BAD REVIEWS for Malcolm Gladwell’s new book on WWII in the air.
UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!
Archive for 2021
May 30, 2021
FIGHTING FOR TRUTH: Julie Kelly: Time to Confront the U.S. Capitol Police About Its January 6 Lies.
HMM. From a comment to this post:
So y’all are impressed that the NYT and WaPo have suddenly started mentioning the Wuhan Lab as likely COVID source. I do not think that means what you think it means.
Consider: How often have the NYT and WaPo ever allowed facts to sway them from The Narrative in recent years? Answer: Just about never. They stick with The Narrative regardless of facts. So we may want a better explanation for this otherwise hard-to-explain shift.
More likely they shifted because they were TOLD to shift. Least hypothesis, by far.
So, WHY might they have been so told? Here it gets guessy. Limited data. It may take a while before it becomes obvious. But, one guess, FWIW, is as a step in preparing Us The Public for some heightened level of conflict with China.
A return to Trump’s mix of sanctions plus trade and military pressure on the CCP? That could even be a good thing – if executed competently. But if executed the way this gang has handled Middle East policy so far, it could end up being war with China we’re being warmed up for.
Sure wish we still had competent people in charge.
I don’t think we face a war with China because I think China has too much influence over the Biden Administration to allow that. But that may not apply to all factions therein.
THEY NEVER LEARN: ‘Some Things May Be True Even If Donald Trump Said Them.’
OPEN THREAD: Be there for each other.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED A YEAR AGO: Republicans call for Fauci’s termination over shifting position on Wuhan lab funding.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Hating Tim Tebow is a great American sin.
Why would Keyshawn Johnson, as the Associated Press reported earlier this week, walk off the set of his national radio show in apparent shock and disgust at Tim Tebow signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a backup tight end?
Why would ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and many other media figures rail against “White privilege!” when Urban Meyer, Tebow’s college coach with the Florida Gators, signed Tebow to play on his hometown NFL team?
Why does there seem to be so many people rooting against Tebow — one of the most caring, compassionate, benevolent, big-hearted, philanthropic, altruistic role models in the history of sports?
He’s a better man than they are, and they know it and they resent it.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China launches new cargo ship to Tianhe space station module.
I CAN’T IMAGINE: Why scientists are concerned about leaks at biolabs.
FOR THIS I GET PUT IN FACEBOOK JAIL? Pornstar Mia Khalifa (NSFW link here) posts an inane pro-Palestinian tweet to which I respond that generally speaking, women who (for a living) show their genitals, perform random sex acts with strangers on film, not to mention run around without a headscarf are generally murdered in Islamic countries. That’s not even close to being in dispute. Here’s the post that “violated community standards”:
UPDATE: They admit they got it wrong:
ANOTHER UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Related:
"I'd rather die than withdraw. If they're going to kill me, they're going to kill me."
One of the most important and iconic moments of Justice Thomas's confirmation. It was a signal to the world that you should never let bullies win.
And he never has. #CTLive pic.twitter.com/FfISdoos4g
— Retired Orrin G. Hatch (@RetiredOrrin) May 28, 2021
VIA A FRIEND: “‘Friends’ ended in 2004 and had a reunion this week, which means the cicadas think it was on the whole time.”
THE PUN IS BAD, BUT SO WAS THE SPEECH: Kamala Harris’ Naval gazing speech.
China is spending its time taking over the South China Sea, bullying Hong Kong, Taiwan and John Cena, pushing its influence into Africa, preparing for the next century.
Kamala Harris wants to make sure our soldiers are carbon neutral.
Plus, pronouns.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: The Robot Smiled Back.
WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS: “The Great Outdoors Was Made for White People.”
RUSH LIMBAUGH’S RADIO SHOW TO BE TAKEN OVER BY CLAY TRAVIS AND BUCK SEXTON. Duo’s program to begin airing in the coveted weekday time slot on June 21 in hundreds of markets.
Sounds like a great lineup — and I’m not surprised that no one man can replace Limbaugh. Regarding Travis, anybody who can give a CNN newsreader the vapors is OK in my book.
AT HELEN’S PAGE: Coffee discounts from King Harvs and Full Metal Java.
MEMORIAL DAY: Remember Those Who Paid The Ultimate Price For Our Freedom.
Evergreen: Google Doesn’t Really Care to Honor the Fallen on Memorial Day.
Google is very busy waging the moral equivalent of war instead:
HOW FACT-CHECKERS ‘DECEIVED THE PUBLIC’ ABOUT POSSIBLE VIRUS OUTBREAK FROM WUHAN LAB: “All that has changed is that the small group that seized control of the narrative in February 2020 and deceived the public and policy-makers for fifteen months now has lost control of the narrative.”
I HOPE WE’RE NOT TOO MESSIANIC, OR A TRIFLE TOO SATANIC: CNN Interview Goes Sideways When Woman Compares Marjorie Taylor Greene To Jesus Christ.
Related: WaPo Fact-Checker Went Over the Slide in Fact-Checking Marjorie Taylor Greene.
FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING with natural gas.
I think I first read Sowell in his 1975 Commentary review of John Kenneth Galbraith’s book Money. Galbraith was the Harvard professor, liberal economist, esteemed intellectual, friend of William Buckley. Sowell’s brief review punctured Galbraith’s balloon. First sentence: “For all his sophisticated wit and parade of scholarly erudition—enlivened by lovingly detailed anecdotes—John Kenneth Galbraith is fundamentally as anti-intellectual as any ungrammatical Archie Bunker.”
Heh, indeed. Read the whole thing.™