GOOD ADVICE FOR MANY PRODUCTS: “Experts recommend carefully selecting tilapia based on where it is sourced and avoiding it from China.”
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 14, 2023
“PREGNANT PEOPLE.” Pregnant people can get a shot to protect babies from RSV, but some hit hurdles. Follow the science, my ass.
SPACE: Senators question White House mission authorization proposal. “One major criticism of the White House proposal is that it splits mission authorization between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce. The Department of Transportation, through the Federal Aviation Administration, would be responsible for human spaceflight as well as in-space transportation of goods, while the Department of Commerce, through the Office of Space Commerce, would handle all other commercial space activities not currently regulated by the FAA or other agencies.”
I REMEMBER WHEN ALL THE BEST PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGING ME TO PUNCH NAZIS: Jewish students face swastika, ‘intifada’ calls amid Hanukkah celebrations.
DO THE LETTERS “F.O.” MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? Alabama students met with ‘death threat’ after hosting memorial for Hamas victims.
Students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville say they intend to press charges after receiving threatening social media communication from an alumna who took such issue with the group’s support of Jews that she threatened to take a “12 gauge shotgun” to their “skull.”
The school’s Turning Point USA chapter held an “October 7th Memorial Day Event” on Nov. 30, advertised as a venue for honoring and praying for the victims of Hamas’ October attack on Israel. The event featured Israeli flags, each representing one life lost in the initial attack on Israel.
On Dec. 2, an individual identified by police as “Jade” shared a post from the TPUSA chapter advertising the event to her Instagram story— along with a message telling the group to “Resist my 12 gauge shotgun 2 ur skull b***h.”
Make an example of her.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BIDEN’S AMERICA:
Jill Biden releases a new White House Christmas video
What do you think of the performance? pic.twitter.com/y7pklOuL5M
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 14, 2023
Wow.😕 The Biden reign feels like Hunger Games, now it looks like it.
— Deplorablistic ✝️☘️ 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@burrengrl) December 14, 2023
BRAD THOMPSON: Au Revoir, Harvard.
Gay’s 2020 memo also flies in the face of everything she said to Representative Stefanik in the congressional hearing from the week before. In her congressional testimony, Gay projected little more than evasive and soft moral relativism. Her 2020 memo represents, by contrast, what she really thinks: it’s her call to action. This is a real-life example of what Rudi Dutschke meant by the “long march through the institutions.”
I have no space here to write about the obvious double-standards and fatuous hypocrisy of Gay’s memo and her testimony.
To repeat from my Tweet: it is important to note that Gay’s memo was written when she was a short-listed candidate for the Harvard presidency. Thus, we must face a stunning possibility: Gay got the job precisely because she holds these views.
Every institution has been corrupted. Some more thoroughly — and more willingly — than others.
#JOURNALISM: “The headline omits any reference to immigration.”
WHY THE “HUMAN RIGHTS” COMMUNITY RINGS HOLLOW:
This year almost 7 million people were uprooted in the Congo. Over the years over 5 million people have been killed in its wars. But it has one inestimable advantage. "Nobody cares." Not BLM, not the Ivy League, not the UN. Therefore it is not a problem.https://t.co/FhGIYdqVQ8
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 13, 2023
HE’S CONFUSED. THE CHINESE PAY HIM BUT HE NEEDS JEWS. White House under fire over Biden’s mixed messages on Israel.
HARSH, BUT FAIR:
I opposed @Harvard firing their president, Claudine Gay. Having a plagiarist at the helm of our most prestigious academic institution is the perfect symbol for an utterly corrupt system.
— Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian) December 12, 2023
LIKE WHITE HOUSE INTERNS AND HARVARD STUDENTS, HOUSE STAFFERS ARE TOO BIG FOR THEIR BRITCHES: Jewish Congressman Max Miller Confronted By Anti-Semitic House Staffer. Missing from reports: The staffer’s name and employer.
NEITHER OUR ENEMIES NOR OUR ALLIES ARE AFRAID OF BIDEN ANYMORE: Netanyahu, Israeli FM to Biden: We’re Destroying Hamas Whether You Like It or Not.
To be fair, our enemies never were afraid, since they had him on their payrolls.
CDR SALAMANDER ON RUSSIA/UKRAINE: What Did You Expect, A Short War? Well, Putin did, at first.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:
'Did Not Attend Harvard' Now Number One Quality Employers Seeking In Job Candidate https://t.co/rsO2HGOhEh pic.twitter.com/UpRrJPk4uW
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023
DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Guilty Plea in Pro-Abortion-Rights Firebombing Case. “According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Jessie Opoien), the target was ‘anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action’s office.’ The attack took place six days after the publication of the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs.”
OUT: REPUBLICANS POUNCE. IN: REPUBLICANS RAGE. Republicans Rage After Hunter Biden Snubs Subpoena.
OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: House committee debates space mining. “The hearing revealed a sharp partisan divide on the issue.” Which is a bit weird, since both the Trump administration and the Obama/Biden administrations have been strongly supportive. Though the divide discussed in the story doesn’t seem all that pronounced, really.
SPACE LAW UPDATE: Four key points regarding Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal from the Moon Agreement.
UP: Artemis Accords. Down: Moon Treaty.
DO THE LETTERS F.O. MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? Woke Mob Goes After Jerry Seinfeld. “The protestors, who gathered outside the Landmark Theatre in downtown Syracuse, chanted that Seinfeld is “complicit in genocide” against the Palestinians and demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as well as an end to all U.S. aid to Israel. Police officers were deployed to ensure that ticket-holders could safely enter the theater. Seinfeld, who is Jewish, posted an image that read ‘I Stand With Israel’ on Instagram after Hamas terrorists murdered and kidnapped hundreds of Israeli civilians in a surprise invasion on Oct. 7.”
Mock them mercilessly. Hamas is a bunch of nasty terrorist losers, and is losing, which is why its lame supporters are begging comedians for a ceasefire.
Related: Banned on the Run: Hamas Leaders Flee Qatar? Loooserrrs.
A WEIGHTY ECONOMICS PUZZLE: “Yesterday a new study was released showing that patients on Eli Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatidere) lost weight but regained a meaningful percentage after being switched to placebo. Eli Lilly stock ‘tumbled’ on the news, e.g. here and here or see below. In other words, Eli Lilly stock fell when investors learned that to keep the weight off patients would have to continue to take Zepbound for life. Hmmm…that certainly violates what the man in the street thinks about pharmaceutical companies and profits. Chris Rock, for example, says the money isn’t in the cure, the money’s in the comeback. If so, shouldn’t this have been great news for Eli Lilly? So why did Eli Lilly stock fall?”