COFFEE: IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? “Higher plasma caffeine concentrations were associated with lower BMI and whole body fat mass.”
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
February 1, 2025
#WINNING:
chevron using the term "gulf of america" repeatedly in their earnings press release is the equivalent of bank of america putting up their pride month flag profile picture but for our new antiwoke overlords pic.twitter.com/G3IgYwGiJ9
— cold 🥑 (@coldhealing) January 31, 2025
PROBABLY:
Entire Federal Workforce Replaced By One 16-Year-Old Chick-Fil-A Employee https://t.co/V1GDHKnI1p pic.twitter.com/doLL2QqR0c
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 1, 2025
Actually, as many NGO flunkies and government bureaucrats lose their jobs in the coming months, it’s wise to remember Eric Hoffer’s words: “Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.”
There needs to be a plan, as their response is likely to be drastic, and possibly dangerous.
ANNIVERSARY OF A CRIME: 5 years since COVID declared public health emergency in US.
WE NEED TO ADD A BUNCH OF JUDICIAL SLOTS FOR TRUMP TO FILL: Judge Calls Out Game Ninth Circuit Plays That Enable States to Continue to Violate Citizens’ Gun Rights.
THAT DOES SEEM TO BE HOW IT WORKS:
Harwood is a known moron, but there is an interesting insight here. The left thinks it's fascism when their unelected permanent bureaucracy is placed under the control of the people's elected chief executive. https://t.co/CY6DGPSzSg
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 1, 2025
YOU CAN RUN THOSE MOTORS AT 110% BUT AT A COST: SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Flossing regularly can help prevent strokes, study says.
IT DOES SEEM THAT WAY:
Whenever you think Democrats have screwed up so badly, they’ll finally learn their lesson- they dig in and find a way to make it worse pic.twitter.com/ik11WtLJUk
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) January 31, 2025
STOP TRYING TO ERASE AMERICA’S HISTORY: Professor says monuments to American pioneers ‘reinforce white supremacy.’
MATT TAIBBI: About Those Onesies: A brief note to Senator Bernie Sanders. “Many who (like you) who opposed mandates lost jobs, were removed from the Internet, or denounced as ‘anti-vax.’ Others lost services, like the protesting truckers who had online fundraisers blocked. You did not speak in defense of these people. Many concluded that there were no defenders of free speech left in the Democratic caucus.”
Bernie always falls in line with the party’s demands when the chips are down.
FOLLOW THE MONEY:
This is arguably the single most important aspect of Trump's funding freeze.
The immigration crisis isn't an accident. It's a well-oiled system, facilitated by powerful NGOs—and funded by your tax dollars.
By defunding the NGOs, Trump is crippling the entire system. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/OJs1GN0O3y
— Nate Hochman (@njhochman) January 28, 2025
USAID essentially functions as one of many money laundering machines for Democrats in DC. Here’s how it works:
• Activists create obscure NGO
• Dems fund it lavishly
• NGO does bare minimum (or actively hurts the United States)
• Activists get paid and donate to DemsNot… pic.twitter.com/oaEF4ON3Q0
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) February 1, 2025
We are entering the "WTF" discovery phase of DOGE. https://t.co/9VHTeZr5Q2
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 1, 2025
I HOPE AND EXPECT THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL AGREE: D.C. Circuit Declines to Reconsider Decision Concluding CEQ Lacks Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations.
HOW BAD WAS IT? THIS BAD. CNN Makes Shocking Admission on How Badly Democrats Did Against RFK Jr.
IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE THEY’RE TRYING TO BRAND EVERYTHING ADMIRABLE AS “WHITE SUPREMACY?” STUDY: Objectivism and Rationalism Now Signs of “White Supremacy”.
Is that really a good strategy?
AND NO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR THE OFFICIALS, WHICH REALLY MAKES THIS NEWS: U Tenn Pharmacy School Pays $250K Settlement for Trying to Expel Student for Sexually Themed Tweets. “For years, colleges around the country have wielded professionalism codes against students for their expression even when the student’s speech has no bearing on their ability to succeed in a given field. Kim’s posts were wholly separate from the college, as her accounts operated under a pseudonym and did not reveal her then-identity as a student.”
Related: Universities That Target Their Students’ Free Speech Should Have To Pay A Public Price For It. “It’s shocking how audacious public universities can be about this sort of thing — the extent to which they will pursue “investigations” or disciplinary acts against students for what would clearly seem to be protected speech (given that public university students are generally protected by the First Amendment). But “clearly seems to be” can take you only so far if you don’t have access to legal recourse. Diei was very fortunate to have pro bono help from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. . . . A lot of universities act similarly to cowardly, risk-averse corporations. Their response to the sort of whiny narc who ‘reports’ someone’s social media posts sometimes defaults to ‘OH MY GOD WE ARE SO SORRY WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE YOU FEEL LESS OFFENDED??’ That is: They’re not going to do the right thing out of loyalty to their students, or out of a principled stance on free speech. They’re going to do the right thing when it becomes too expensive, from a monetary or public-relations perspective, to do the wrong thing.”
HAH:
“Who will pick blueberries?!"
Well, Margaret, let’s start with your jobless 20-year-old, blue-haired, Reddit-addicted trans son living in your basement.
— Coco 🇺🇸 (@CoClarified) January 31, 2025
IS ANYONE SURPRISED BY THIS? Trump Was Right: FAA Turned Away Qualified Controllers Over Race.