FRONTIERS IN FAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH:
25% of jobs added in the US economy over the past two years were government jobs, up from 5% in 2021 and 7% in 2022, per Apollo. pic.twitter.com/pfiaZMwdUr
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 12, 2025
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
March 12, 2025
MY LATEST NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump is deworming Washington — now to keep the parasites out for good.
OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Long March 8 launches Thousand Sails satellites from commercial spaceport.
GOOD NEWS FOR FAST TALKERS: Scientists Discover a Trait in Speech That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline.
BAD FAITH IS HIS MIDDLE NAME: Michael Mann Sanctioned for False Testimony, Bad Faith.
My wife and I attended several days in court, near the end of the Michael Mann v. Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg trial in Washington, D.C. We witnessed a dramatic moment, when Mann’s lawyers had introduced into evidence a document, which was blown up for the jury and about which Mann testified, that contained a list of grants that Mann allegedly didn’t get as a result of the defendants’ purported defamation. The value of one of those grants, per the exhibit, was $9 million.
On cross-examination by Simberg’s lawyer, Victoria Weatherford*, it turned out that the exhibit reflected sworn interrogatory answers that had been served by Mann, but later superseded by revised answers, also given under oath. The $9 million had been reduced to $112,000. To say that Weatherford’s cross-examination was effective is an understatement. And Mann didn’t get away with the misrepresentation, as the jury found only nominal damages of $1.
But still, the false evidence had been presented, and defendants moved for sanctions to be imposed on Mann and his lawyers. Earlier today, more than a year after the events, Judge Alfred Irving entered a long order ruling on the defendants’ sanctions motion. It is embedded below. The facts are rather complicated, but the judge’s conclusions are unequivocal.
Good.
REMEMBER WHEN LEFTIES MADE FUN OF THE OLD EUROPE/NEW EUROPE DISTINCTION?
Poland is about to overtake Japan in GDP per capita.
no one who came of age in the 1980s can comprehend this. pic.twitter.com/M2ozFGzEKo— Auren Hoffman (@auren) March 12, 2025
I REMEMBER WHEN GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS WERE UNPATRIOTIC:
🚨 #BREAKING: Chuck Schumer has announced Democrats will be BLOCKING the CR bill from passing, which will likely result in a government shutdown in just days
SCHUMER SHUTDOWN! pic.twitter.com/uS4DX7vgtc
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 12, 2025
I feel like the Democrats haven’t thought this through.
MORE LIKE IN THAN ON: We Asked a NASA Expert: Is There Potential for Life on Europa?
THIS IS CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE: Higher income is linked to both greater life satisfaction and more stress, study finds.
A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
TODAY: Following efforts with our interagency partners, I can report that a career Director level employee at US Customs and Border Protection has been charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA, as well as lying to federal agents.
This is part of the new FBI’s renewed…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 12, 2025
KEEP SENDING THEM CASES: The 2A-Shy Supreme Court Has Another Key Gun Case Headed Their Way.
ERICK ERICKSON: Magic Mike Johnson Strikes Again.
If you think you’re having a bad day, you could always be a Senate Democrat. After Magic Mike Johnson magically passed a continuing resolution through the evenly divided House, Senate Democrats are left in an impossible position: Vote for a continuing resolution that cuts $13 billion from non-defense spending… or shut the government down and let my friend, OMB Director Russ Vought, be in charge.
That’s right, if the government is shut down, the most hated man in leftwing circles and the face of Project 2025 will directly manage the government shutdown.
I am begging Senate Democrats… fight the Republicans, filibuster the legislation, and shut the government down!!
So much winning.
THAT EXPLAINS THE ABSENCE OF MONSTERS WORLDWIDE NOWADAYS: Chicago’s pollution could be keeping river monsters at bay.
I HAVE A PREVIOUS GENERATION AIR AS A TRAVEL COMPUTER AND I LIKE IT: Apple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes.
THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICE ISN’T TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM CRIMINALS, IT’S TO PROTECT CRIMINALS FROM AN ANGRY PUBLIC. When the police stop controlling criminals, there will be a return to traditional methods.
If the govt and police won't deal with the problems, then vigilante justice is inevitable.
This is the first stage of the European civil war that is coming due to their insane immigration open border policies. https://t.co/sZmo43DNa7
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 12, 2025
The citizenry was dealing with crime and disorder long before the (surprisingly recent) invention of the police.
ARE YOU TIRED OF WINNING YET?
Lawyers at the EPA — along with those at the ENRD at DOJ — are "true believers."
Lawyers take positions with those two agencies because they are committed to the "religion" of climate change.
Leaving them in place would be self-sabotage for an Administration wanting to… https://t.co/7YpprZnN3e
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) March 12, 2025
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It used to amaze me at how effective Democrats were at flooding the zone with huge numbers of zealous demonstrators for whatever the party's cause de jure was at the time.
I was always jealous of the ideological commitment that it took to get so many individuals to turn out…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) March 12, 2025