THEY’VE DESCENDED INTO SELF-PARODY: Bernie Sanders Spent $221K on Private Jets Amid ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour: Vermont socialist has spent millions on private jet travel over the years.
Well, not really “descended.” They’re pretty much in the same place they’ve always been.
Reminder/disclosure that I’m on the NCLA Board of Advisors.
I MISS COMMANDER CODY:
Commando Cody and the Radar Men From the Moon were first with the radio gun. pic.twitter.com/wpFtDMaRaP
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) April 17, 2025
#JOURNALISM:
You dicks. Include the whole quote.
"It's a horrible thing — horrible that things like this take place." https://t.co/i4HaSssDID
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) April 17, 2025
The women in skin tight custom made astronaut suits who went up for a total of 11 mins got way more press conference then when Elon Musk rescued two actual astronauts who were up in space for like 286 days.
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) April 17, 2025
Hey @JakeTapper, why did you try to pass off Jayden as an average student at FSU and not mention his stellar record as a Democratic Party operative? https://t.co/RDREZX5BWs
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 17, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Make it special.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:
At Yale you can take over 60 courses covering Karl Marx, social justice, Friedrich Nietzsche, critical theory, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Theodor Adorno & Antonio Gramsci, but at Yale you can't take any courses covering the science and ideas of Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek.
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) April 15, 2025
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: U.S. Space Force lays out battle plan for space in new ‘warfighting’ guide.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Smaller Than a Grain of Rice: Engineers Develop World’s Smallest Pacemaker.
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT:
New CNN poll shows that a majority of Americans SUPPORT deporting ALL illegal aliens.
Don't let any Democrat tell you this isn't what the people want. pic.twitter.com/34p9Wh4vih
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 17, 2025
WELL, GOOD: Trump’s executive order seeks to lower prescription drugs prices, including Medicare patients.
If you want to hold prices down, allow compounding pharmacies to continue selling GLP-1 drugs.
IT GOT A NICE PRODUCT PLACEMENT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Is the Electric 2026 Subaru Solterra Too Little, Too Late?
LIGHT YOUR WAY TO SAFETY: Concealed Carry Flashlight Skills Part One.
COLOR ME SKEPTICAL: Glowing gunshot residue: New method illuminates crime scene clues.
SHOWERS AHEAD: Plenty of meteors to fill night skies for rest of 2025.
ANN ALTHOUSE IS UNPERSUADED BY HARVARD’S DEFENDERS: “Professor Connelly sees himself and his New York Times readers as the ‘we’ who look on as Trump breaks things and hope to excite ‘the American people’ to oppose and resist Trump. But the American people have supported Trump because the American people have seen what your ‘we’ has done with its power when it has had the chance. ‘Let the Experts Handle It Again’ is not a great rallying cry these days.”
Related: The Suicide of Expertise.
EVERYONE IN THE FIELD KNOWS THIS. THEY DEMONETIZED ME OVER POLITICS, TOO.
BREAKING: A federal judge declared that Google's digital ad network is an illegal monopoly. https://t.co/UEtTSfEZGi
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 17, 2025
When do I file for damages?
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Bio-engineered kidney transplant offers hope for millions.
STANDING UP TO BIGOTRY: DOJ probes four California colleges for race-based admissions.
GEORGETOWN’S SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE’S REPUTATION IS LIKELY TO PLUMMET: Georgetown Eyes Vote on Israeli Divestment Resolution Sponsored by School of Foreign Service Student: School’s student government postponed the vote, originally set to be held during Passover, after pushback from Jewish groups.
THE DEMOCRATS’ APPEAL IS BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE: Politico: Guess Where Voters Are Getting Tired of La Résistance? “Voters, on the other hand, have had enough … even in California. According to Politico’s new poll, Golden State voters have no real interest in going to war with Donald Trump. Instead, they seem less enthused than ever about the state’s one-party rule and the fruits it has borne.”
Fruits of a poisonous tree.
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