A MOON-SHATTERING KABOOM: Meteor strikes on the moon! Astronomer captures possible Geminid lunar impacts.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 13, 2024
THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT MENTALLY WELL: Incoming West Virginia state representative charged with threatening to kill GOP lawmakers.
THEY TRIED. ProPublica Almost Succeeded in Smearing Pete Hegseth.
Still waiting to hear if anyone at West Point has been fired.
THE DANGERS OF BINGE DRINKING: ‘Holiday Heart’ Is a Serious Medical Issue Triggered by Festive Booze.
THE FIRST OF TWO SPACEX LAUNCHES TONIGHT WENT WELL:
Falcon 9 completes our 100th droneship landing of the year! pic.twitter.com/O5J25bw1ca
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 13, 2024
The next is scheduled for about half an hour from now.
THAT’S OKAY, BIDEN WILL PARDON HIM NEXT: Illegal Chinese National Arrested In California Shipping Weapons And Devices To North Korea.
I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED, BUT DICTATORSHIPS ARE OFTEN ABLE TO STUMBLE ALONG WELL PAST THE POINT WHERE THEY OUGHT TO COLLAPSE: Putin’s regime may be closer to a Soviet collapse than we think.
PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought: A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that could play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and the last big one to hit us was in 1859.
“BLUEGOISIE.” Heh.
The Bluegeoisie can never come back to the center.
Everyone is now fully aware of how contemptuous, how bereft of common sense, how dishonest and incompetent they are. It won't work.
They can never build "their own Joe Rogan." The notion is ridiculous–not just because it…
— Clifton Duncan (@cliftonaduncan) December 4, 2024
SHE AND MITCH MCCONNELL SHOULD JUST RETIRE: Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ from fall on official trip to Luxembourg.
SEXY, SEXY HOMO SAPIENS: Neanderthal-human interbreeding lasted 7,000 years, new study reveals.
WHEN TRUST IS FORFEITED: CDC: Only 37% of U.S. kids have gotten flu shots.
IT’S INHERENT: DEI Still Has An Anti-Semitism Problem.
HEH: Strange New Respect.
Strange new respect, or just political brown-nosing? Is there any difference between the two?
For the past two-plus years, ever since he raised the potential purchase of Twitter, the Left has demonized Elon Musk nearly non-stop. That hit a fever pitch almost two years ago to the day when Musk began to release the Twitter Files and exposed government censorship on social media and Big Tech platforms, and only increased when Musk began supporting Donald Trump. The Left has painted him as All That Is Wrong in Politics and Culture for two solid years.
How has that worked out for them? Badly enough that they’re now trying to kiss and make up, Politico reports today. And where that kiss is aimed, you can probably guess.
Heh.
AMY WAX, MEANWHILE, WAS SUSPENDED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM: Socialist University of Pennsylvania prof apologizes for praising CEO-killer suspect, school condemns her post. There will be no disciplinary action this time.
WHY IS ACADEMIA SUCH A HOTBED OF RACISM AND BIGOTRY? Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project.
YES:
Now is the time for a blitz through the institutions. The Left is exhausted. BLM is shattered. Trans is imploding. Trump has a mandate to abolish DEI, defund left-wing racialism, and restore public authority over the public institutions. The counterrevolution starts now.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) December 10, 2024
DON SURBER: Why I want Dems to rely on Mainstream Media.