Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
October 22, 2023
October 21, 2023
OPEN THREAD: Saturday night’s alright for blogging.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India tests launch escape system in step towards sending astronauts to orbit.
THE LAWFARE AGAINST TRUMP IS ELECTION INTERFERENCE THAT BIDS FAIR TO MAKE THE 2024 ELECTION ILLEGITIMATE BEFORE IT STARTS. Jonathan Turley: The Trump Gag Order Should Be Struck Down.
HOW GENDER AFFECTS IDEALS.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:
Israel-Hamas war “is opening America’s eyes to how higher education has become indoctrination into a stew of bad ideas, among them the simplistic notion that the world is a binary place where everyone either an ‘Oppressor’ or ‘Oppressed’” – @BillMaher #RealTime pic.twitter.com/w9tyUbvFRz
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) October 21, 2023
“If ignorance is a disease, Harvard Yard in the Wuhan wet market” – @BillMaher #RealTime pic.twitter.com/ReozVvO4NY
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) October 21, 2023
More like the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a U.S. government-funded facility for producing deadly infections.
THE BLOOM IS OFF THE EV MARKET: Report: Mercedes Having Tough Time Selling EVs.
The dogs don’t like the dog food.
“WHY DID I SLEEP IN THE FACTORY SO MANY TIMES? BECAUSE IT MATTERED.” Elon Musk blasts the work-from-home crowd, saying they are ‘detached from reality.’
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Flesh-eating parasite spread by sand flies has foothold in U.S., scientists say.
IT’S INHERITED. IF YOUR DAD DIDN’T PRODUCE SPERM, NEITHER WILL YOU. Why do some men not produce sperm? Scientists uncover one underlying reason for male infertility.
GIVEN THE RECORD OF THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT IS NEWS. Strange phenomenon on Mars. Scientists have a clue.
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS (CONT’D): Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism.
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Tropical diseases may be spreading via infected dogs brought to U.S.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Conservative white professor falsely accused of harassing black student in viral video.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Nazis forbade my Jewish grandfather from journalism. Now this prof wants to kill me for being a Jewish journalist. “Campus Reform reported Thursday that Jemma Decristo, an associate professor at the University of California, Davis, apparently threatened death, home invasion, and kidnapping of Jewish journalists.”
THEY LIE TO US BECAUSE THEY’RE ON THE OTHER SIDE: Ted Cruz rips wartime ‘lying’ from MSNBC, CNN, Rashida Tlaib.
EMPTY SUIT: Mitt Romney Admits He Didn’t Know Anything About Burisma During Trump’s Ukraine Impeachment.
When Joe Biden was vice president and in charge of looking into Ukrainian corruption, his son and his son’s business partner took extremely lucrative board positions with Burisma, a Ukrainian energy concern that was fighting off corruption investigations. The whole arrangement reeked to high heaven, and Trump was impeached for asking about Burisma in a phone call with Zelensky.
What happens next in the book is a shocking admission of profound ignorance from the senator, particularly considering his disdain for his Republican colleagues who did not fall for the impeachment. Romney admits to Hannity that even though he’s been signaling his support of the Democrat impeachment efforts, he actually has no idea what Burisma is. “How do you not know what Burisma is?” Hannity reportedly asks.
The next paragraph is Romney insulting Hannity, calling him jealous and stupid. Let’s observe here that Romney’s stated reason for not liking Trump is personal. He tells Coppins he is quite supportive of the conservative agenda advanced by Trump, but that he doesn’t like Trump because the former president is boorish and insults other people. It is absolutely true that Trump insults people he feels have betrayed him or who otherwise don’t support him. It is unclear why Romney, who has just used a friendly reporter to overload a book with similar insults, is so bothered by Trump doing it in a less passive-aggressive fashion than Romney does.
In any case, learning that Romney didn’t even know what Burisma was in the middle of the impeachment about Burisma that he voted for is not terribly surprising. But proud ignorance is not a virtue, and it’s certainly not principled.
He’s the kind of man who would put ketchup on wild-caught salmon. While calling Trump boorish.
THEY WEREN’T “SUCKERED,” THEY WERE COMPLICIT: Media suckered by Hamas’ hospital lie must stop trusting terrorists.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ON ACADEMIA: Watching a Tired Script Play Out.