Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
January 16, 2024
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Tips for Buying A Used Rifle.
21ST CENTURY UPDATES: A single dose of urea-powered nanorobots reduces bladder tumors by 90% in mouse study.
JEFFREY CARTER: A Different Framing of Trump Supporters: Independent Contractors.
Haley speaks to the Establishment. I met her at a fundraising party for Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo. It’s clear she put the groundwork in to try and curry support for her run. It was transparent at the party. She came, gave a well-rehearsed stump speech, and then left. There was no mingling.
But, while she hits some points well, like abortion, she is tone-deaf on others. Kind of like the Republican Establishment.
Trump connects with regular people. No one understands why. The Democrats that write for Bari Weiss’s Free Press don’t get it either. What they don’t get is that Trump is the Republican version of Obama. Obama was a terrible president, but he could talk to “the people”. Obama’s instincts and policies were anti-capitalistic and anti-American. Obama believes America has many many fatal flaws that can only be overcome through strong centralized government solutions, or socialism.
Obama and his cadre are weak on crime, and strong on division by race. It was Obama by his behind-the-scenes defense of Claudine Gay at Harvard who made it drag out so long. Penny Pritzker is a long-time Obama acolyte.
MSNBC and other mainstream outlets preach division and only see things through the lens of race or religion. Trump doesn’t. Neither did Reagan and the Republican Establishment hated Reagan.
Trump sees the best in America. “Make America Great Again” resonates. He relates to what the college-educated press calls “blue-collar workers”. However, those blue-collar workers aren’t what they used to be. Many of them own their businesses. They are self-directed and self-employed. They should be referred to as “independent contractors”.
Since he was in commercial real estate, Trump has worked extensively with these kinds of people. They are smart, though most didn’t go to college. Their unions have abandoned them.
Interesting.
EH, I SURVIVED THE TUNNELS IN CHUCK E. CHEESE: What if every germ hit you at the exact same time? An immunologist explains.
ARMY STAFF: WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM. ALSO ARMY STAFF: Army Staff ‘Baffled’ By Sharp Decline In White Recruits In Last Five Years.
Related: The US Army discovers woke doesn’t win wars — but is it too late?
MAKE THEM PAY: White professor’s ‘hostile work environment’ claim can move forward: judge. “De Piero’s attorneys argued that mandatory diversity trainings and race-based grading constituted a ‘hostile work environment, in violation of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,’ that forced De Piero to resign, according to the ruling’s summary.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UC Davis brags about ‘advancing MLK’s legacy’ through DEI programs, still employs prof after homicidal, anti-Semitic rant.
MICHAEL WALSH: Welcome Back to the Fight.
WELL, THIS SEEMS TO HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD: Former Obama-Appointed US Attorney: Fani Should Resign.
ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION: ‘We Must Normalize Massacres’: Anti-Israel Activist Earns Cheers From London Crowd; Critics Blast Police Response. I think you mean non-response.
Hey, it’s not like they were old ladies praying in front of an abortion clinic.
CAN HE STICK AROUND AND ABUSE THE PRESS FOR A WHILE LONGER? I ENJOYED THAT. Vivek Ramaswamy ends presidential bid following Iowa caucuses: Ramaswamy has thrown his support behind former President Trump.
SPEAKING OF ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION: ‘Huge Economic Damage’: Anti-Semitic Activists Arrested Over Plot To Shut Down London Stock Exchange: ‘Palestine Action will not back down,’ group vows in statement responding to arrests. Deport ’em to Gaza.
THEIR PRINCIPLES ARE VERY FLEXIBLE:
The left really went from “Black Lives Matter” to “slavery can be excused in pursuit of anti-Zionism” in less than 4 years. https://t.co/LOI046lGze
— Joshua Davis (@byJoshuaDavis) January 15, 2024
JUST SAY NO TO GOVERNMENT-MANDATED RACISM: Federal Contracting Is the Next DEI Target: Companies are required to meet strict hiring ‘goals’ that would be illegal anywhere else.
THE LEFT IS ALWAYS READY TO SUPPORT THE ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION: The Left’s Houthi Apologism.
EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED: ESPN returns 37 Emmys, disciplines employees after a decades-long scheme is unearthed.
ROGER KIMBALL: Trump Trounces Everyone in Iowa: It’s game over for Ron DeSantis. “Trump trounced everyone. RealClearPolitics reports that it took him only thirty-one minutes to clear the table. The outcome or upshot? It’s game over for Ron DeSantis. Whether he suspends his campaign tonight or waits a few weeks doesn’t really matter. Time’s up for the governor of Florida. Nikki Haley will doubtless trudge on to New Hampshire, where she will also lose, and perhaps even to South Carolina, her home state, where Trump will win by a huge margin. It wasn’t much of a horse race, but it was, for those with eyes to see, a clarifying moment.”
If DeSantis could magically become President, I think he’d be great. I also don’t think he can be elected President, which is how you become President sans magic. And there’s a lot to be said for teaching the Deep State that it can’t, and shouldn’t try to, manipulate elections. I hope Trump wins, wins big, and makes a lot of people pay.
UPDATE:
One of the biggest signs of the Trump romp in IOWA tonight: He's winning comfortably in suburban Des Moines' Dallas County, with 3/4 of the vote in.
This was a Rubio stronghold in 2016.
Trump 39%
Haley 26%
DeSantis 26%— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) January 16, 2024
Related: How College-Educated Republicans Learned to Love Trump Again. By paying attention to what Democrats have done to the country?