WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Fights over geoengineering experiments will heat up in 2025.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 29, 2024
A YEAR FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS: Starship, Europa Clipper and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2024.
NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Scientists use machine learning to develop an opener for a molecular can.
NO JEWS, NO NEWS:
BREAKING: Palestinians in the West Bank have taken to the streets to protest Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
They are also protesting Al Jazeera, for whitewashing terrorists to look like “leaders.” Al Jazeera is too radical for Palestinians, but not for Western academics. pic.twitter.com/i3J6ElKwag
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 29, 2024
As Trey said, there is a civil war happening between Hamas and the West Bank. No media outlets are picking it up, because they would never want to portray Hamas or the Palestinian Authority as violent.
No Jews, no news. https://t.co/Ecg4SZrf0J
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 29, 2024
Meanwhile:
While Christians are murdered and churches are burned all over the Muslim world, the Pope condemns Israel and denies its right to defend itself against Islamic terrorism.
Link: https://t.co/c8FdCjjjv2? pic.twitter.com/7NXKE507Mi
— Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) December 29, 2024
YA THINK? “This feels like an effort to puff up Biden. Few analysts deny Biden’s accomplishments?! Maybe the trick is to ascribe special meaning to the word ‘analysts’ — if you don’t think this is an impressive accomplishment, you’re not an analyst. Or maybe the idea is that any accomplishment is an accomplishment, so what’s to deny? But look how clearly the article states that Biden intended to use the Justice Department to destroy his political adversary!”
UPDATE: “This episode demonstrates that this notion of the Department of Justice as “independent” has always been a ruse. . . . Moreover, Biden expressly viewed the criminal prosecution of Trump as a way to harm his primary political opponent. The stuff about protecting democracy was just a veneer, as evidenced by the silence about insurrection and fascism in the lead-up to January 6, 2025. By the way, when is Garland going to resign?”
Not until the last document is shredded and the last cellphone destroyed with a hammer.
WELL, BLOOMBERG: Bloomberg Flubs Data For Bombshell Report That Only 6% Of New Corporate Hires Are White. If true, such a statistic could launch a legion of victorious racial discrimination lawsuits — blacks, Asians, and Hispanics make up roughly 40% of the population, and there is no way they could obtain 94% of new jobs without some level of discrimination. But the takeaway from Bloomberg is an example of innumeracy by journalists at an outlet once relied upon by businessmen for savvy financial analysis — or of willfully setting aside common sense in favor of what the publication acknowledged is an ideologically-driven ‘project to hold companies accountable to [diversity] pledges.'”
A friend comments: “In a ‘who gets the numbers right’ contest between journalists, naive folks might suppose that the expensive, paywalled, putatively non-ideological, business-focused Bloomberg would outperform the open-access, conservative Daily Wire. Not so fast, my friend….”
“BECAUSE WE SHREDDED IT ALREADY!” Raskin doubts Republicans’ abilities to pursue charges against Cheney, Hutchinson.
Personally, I doubt the veracity of anything Jamie Raskin says.
THIS DOES SEEM PLAUSIBLE:
In the real 3D world, it’s always been real love. Grateful for it. Good debate makes us stronger.
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 28, 2024
ELIZABETH SCALIA: Flashback: I AM’ Is Here, and Is Concerned—Yes, About You.
TWO DIFFERENT THREE-LETTER WORDS FOR INCOMPETENCE: DEI and the CIA.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The death throes of the university are upon us: Mounting financial pressure and a crisis of purpose spell serious trouble for higher education.
If only there had been some sort of warning.
December 28, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Be here now.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Let the New Space Race Begin! Blue Origin Okayed for Maiden Mission. “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the go for the first launch of the Blue Origin New Glenn mega-booster. Under the FAA Part 450 commercial space launch license they authorized the maiden flight of New Glenn.”
I’M LUCKY IN THAT I’VE ALWAYS SLEPT WELL AND EASILY: A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce The Buildup of Alzheimer’s Proteins, Study Finds.
SO I JUST FINISHED JON GABRIEL’S NOVEL, Sink the Rising Sun, and it’s excellent. It’s a WWII submarine warfare novel, along the lines of Scott Cook or P.T. Deutermann’s work. Comparing them is high praise for Gabriel, but his book is every bit as good. Highly recommended.
IT’S SET FOR MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME: Watch SpaceX attempt to launch 4 Astranis satellites for the 2nd time tonight after abort.
RATS ON THE WEST SIDE, BEDBUGS UPTOWN: Why Are Bed Bugs So Hard To Kill? Scientists Uncover Genetic Survival Secrets. “Insecticide use, including the now-banned DDT, nearly eradicated bed bug populations by the 1960s, making infestations a rarity. However, over the past two decades, bed bugs have made a global resurgence, largely due to genetic mutations that have rendered them resistant to modern insecticides.”
NEWS YOU CAN USE: All-Season vs. Summer Tires: What’s the Difference?
I CERTAINLY HOPE SO: Still Baffling: AR-15 Provides Homeowners with Unfair Advantage Over Intruders? As Col. Jeff Cooper said, if you find yourself in a fair fight, you’ve done something wrong.
HOW ABOUT THAT? Alert: WI Officials Find Nearly 200 Missing Absentee Ballots.