HMM: Study finds widespread use of unregulated molecular urine tests in older adults. “Although urine culture is the traditional test for UTI, multiplex panels produce faster results, are more analytically sensitive, and can simultaneously detect multiple pathogens and some antibiotic-resistance genes. While the Food and Drug Administration has approved multiplex molecular syndromic panels for bloodstream, respiratory, and other types of infections, it has not approved any such test for UTI diagnosis. However, the panels exist as laboratory-developed tests, and they can be used in labs certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.”
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 2, 2024
AS IF CANADA WOULD TAKE THEM: Top NY Dem ridiculed for floating secession to Canada over Trump return: ‘Lead the way’. “On X, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley posted an image of CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, at the end of the Civil War.”
Also a Democrat.
#JOURNALISM:
9 straight minutes of the people who destroyed trust in media heralding Joe Biden as one of history's greatest men of honor for saying he would not pardon Hunter Biden.
Beyond the extreme ignorance needed to have believed Biden, look how these people operate as a mindless herd: https://t.co/eGwBulE07U
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 2, 2024
WHEN THE LEFT SAID “POWER TO THE PEOPLE” THEY DIDN’T MEAN THOSE PEOPLE. Joel Kotkin: America’s working class is taking back control: Trump-voting blue-collar workers are re-discovering their political power.
PUSHBACK WORKS: After uproar, Georgetown law delays pregnant student’s exam so she can give birth.“Initially, the law school refused to grant Brittany Lovely’s request, telling her ‘Motherhood is not for the Faint of Heart,’ according to a petition created by her classmates.”
This is the same university that was setting up a “self-care suite” with legos, crayons, and milk and cookies for students traumatized by Trump’s win. Faint of heart indeed.
Related:
Gotta know how to ask: pic.twitter.com/Erd5KGUKVv
— Grand Admiral Nemo (@GrandAdmNemo) November 22, 2024
SCIENCE MARCHES ON: Loving the Brine Shrimp: Exploring Queer Feminist Blue Posthumanities to Reimagine the ‘America’s Dead Sea.’ “The article aims to transform narratives surrounding Utah’s Great Salt Lake, often referred to as “America’s Dead Sea,” by reimagining how brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) are perceived in science, culture, and art. It introduces the concept of hydrosexuality to bridge these realms, thereby enriching feminist blue posthumanities and feminist biology through art-based practices and queer advocacy. By navigating the environmental narrative of the GSL, the hydrosexual perspective challenges settler science by exploring the connections between the reproductive system of brine shrimp and the economy, ecology and culture.”
NEWS YOU CAN USE: How you can help ‘de-wokify’ your campus.
WELL, GUN LAWS ARE ALL MALUM PROHIBITUM: In Pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden Declares Lying on a Form 4473 a Minor Infraction.
True. But just a reminder: Biden gave Hunter a blanket pardon for any crimes he may have committed over a ten year period, charged or uncharged, known or unknown.
That includes tax evasion.
Americans are burdened with heavy taxes in a time when the cost of living is already crippling. But the president has pardoned his son of the $1.35 million he owed for tax evasion based on lucrative business deals he got from access to his father.
The corruption of the Biden… https://t.co/V9VKd3zt3r
— Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) December 2, 2024
This is a crock of shit by Joe Biden btw. Hunter Biden was not unfairly prosecuted, & he was rightly convicted of felony tax charges & gun charges. Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal only unraveled because of brave whistleblowers. And he should’ve been charged with foreign lobbying. https://t.co/eXheBvPGPA
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) December 2, 2024
And by claiming that Hunter was singled out because he was Biden’s son, the pardon announcement also comes right out and says that Justice Department prosecutions are politicized and unfair. Not that we didn’t know that, but still.
ROGER SIMON: Kash Patel and the New Republican ‘Cool.’
SO DON’T VOTE FOR ANY DEMOCRAT? GOT IT.
Don't vote for any Democrat in 2028 who doesn't repudiate the pardon within 48 hours.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 2, 2024
I’m enjoying this maybe a little too much, but after the past four years, I don’t care.
Nate Silver is losing it. Must be hard to pretend for 4 years that Biden represents the forces of good only to have the illusion shattered so closely after a publicly humiliating election defeat pic.twitter.com/mD33aauwqq
— Alex Corrino (@AlexCorrino) December 2, 2024
THEY'RE RED PILLING NATE SILVER!! pic.twitter.com/1GsBFobLp0
— Wattus Maximus (@WattusMaximus) December 2, 2024
Reminder:
In 1994, a crime bill authored by @JoeBiden locked Black men up for years for the same gun charge he just pardoned Hunter Biden for today.
This is the Democrat Party.
Again, why any Black person would want to be associated with the democrats is beyond me.
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) December 2, 2024
VINAY PRASAD: Sabotaging RFK Jr’s confirmation will increase vaccine hesitancy: Scott Gottlieb, as usual, only advocates for himself. “At this point, the best way to curb vaccine hesitancy is to approve RFK Jr, and redirect his energies to generating more data. More data will answer the key questions that remain unanswered: which childhood immunization program is optimal. The worse thing we can do is tank his nomination. Then vaccine hesitancy will explode.”
If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy and transparent. Shutting down critics — who mostly turned out to be right — is how they got into this mess.
MAKING A LIST, CHECKING IT TWICE: Which, if any or all, of these things (most) helped to elect Trump?
ICYMI: IF THE GOP WANTS TO GO AFTER BIDEN’S PARDON OF HIS SON, HERE’S THE WINNING MESSAGE:
In 1994, a crime bill authored by @JoeBiden locked Black men up for years for the same gun charge he just pardoned Hunter Biden for today.
This is the Democrat Party.
Again, why any Black person would want to be associated with the democrats is beyond me.
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) December 2, 2024
A friend writes: “Good message. But of course you pardon your kid.”
Yes, but you should expect to pay a political price. Of course, for Biden this not only gets his kid off, but further stinks up the joint for the Democrats on his way out. What does he care — he’s on his way out, and he was pushed. Stinking up the joint is a plus. And saying it was okay to pardon Hunter because it was a political prosecution instigated by his enemies plays right into Trump’s hands in pardoning the J6 defendants — and, for that matter, himself.
UPDATE: Another friend writes: “That is kinda the big question. Does he pardon himself. You know, for the massive corruption. It would be an old man brain fart if he did. It’s already been established he’s incompetent to stand trial. That just leaves pardoning Hunter. You know, for the massive corruption, tax fraud etc. Last little, or big, slurp at the power trough for the Biden spawn. Either way, he’d be admitting to something he and Hunter will never be charged with. Trump has already made it clear he doesn’t intend to do to them what they did to him.”
WELL, THE NARROW MAJORITY DOESN’T COME SO MUCH FROM THE VOTING AS FROM THE COUNTING: The GOP Barely Won the House.
Republicans boasting about their great election mandate may want to hold the euphoria. As the final results trickle in from the late state of California, the GOP looks set to have the narrowest House majority in more than a century.
In the latest race to be called, Republican Rep. Michelle Steel lost her Orange County seat, while Rep. John Duarte now trails his Democratic challenger in his Fresno-area district. If Mr. Duarte loses, Republicans would hold nine of 52 House seats in the Golden State. The Democratic gerrymander in California, plus those in New York (19-7 Democratic to GOP seats), Illinois (14-3) and Massachusetts (9-0), mean four states will deliver 85 of the Democratic total of 215 seats. The GOP could have as few as 220. One message is that while voters rejected the Biden-Harris Administration, their support for Republicans is provisional.
A bigger message is that when they’re still counting nearly a month after the election, they’re cheating. We need a federal election law that stops counting and triggers a federal audit whenever votes aren’t fully counted within 24 hours. (Or less). It’s odd that they don’t even mention this. Perhaps they’re still cowed by the Dominion lawsuit.
They’re right about this though: “Another message is that the GOP has about a year to get anything done. The party is likely to lose the House in 2026, if midterm history is any guide, and the partisan Senate map is challenging. The GOP had better pass legislation it wants in 2025 before Member attention turns to political survival in 2026. This will require House Republicans in particular to stick together as they haven’t in years.”
The Trump Administration needs to work hard on that too. They got snookered by Paul Ryan last time; I doubt they’ll be so gullible again.
YES IT IS.
Exactly. Orwellian double-speak. https://t.co/UnRHW0p073
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 1, 2024
THEY NEED TO BE FORCEFULLY REMINDED OF THIS:
The FBI is not an autonomous organization, not beholden to the CEO of the executive branch that it is under.
Trump is your boss, FBI. Don't like it? Resign. The American people are done with your lawlessness.
— Mike (@PartayCaptain) December 1, 2024
HEY, THEY PULLED THIS OFF IN 2016, YOU CAN’T BLAME THEM FOR TRYING AGAIN:
It’s so weird that the guy who was elected to be the chief executive would want to be in control of the executive branch. That’s so weird. Apparently, it should be people who lost the election who are in control of the executive branch. https://t.co/NyY6jcp6Cv
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 1, 2024
December 1, 2024
WHEN INSTITUTIONS ARE CORRUPTED:
So much for the natural trends. But if enough perverts or robbers enter an institution they can take it over by recruiting each other. Then the foxes are guarding the henhouse. This has probably happened in more than a few organizations.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 1, 2024
MERRICK GARLAND RESIGN IN PROTEST? THAT WOULD REQUIRE STANDARDS ON HIS PART. Thread:
HUNTER BIDEN PARDON?
If as President BIDEN claims DOJ did not follow professional norms, & DOJ is instead bowing to political pressure, should not BIDEN fire someone? And if BIDEN is wrong about the norm-violation, should not someone (calling Merrick Garland) resign in protest?
— Seth Barrett Tillman (@SethBTillman) December 2, 2024
Related: Joe Biden Pardoning Hunter Biden: Will It End up with Hunter Testifying against Joe? Well, Hunter can’t plead the Fifth now.
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the holiday weekend. Get back on your diet.
IF THE GOP WANTS TO GO AFTER BIDEN’S PARDON OF HIS SON, HERE’S THE WINNING MESSAGE:
In 1994, a crime bill authored by @JoeBiden locked Black men up for years for the same gun charge he just pardoned Hunter Biden for today.
This is the Democrat Party.
Again, why any Black person would want to be associated with the democrats is beyond me.
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) December 2, 2024
OUCH:
Except your son. https://t.co/Hh2Tsx9ryi
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) December 2, 2024
I’m super excited to see all the leftist who’ve been babbling about the rule of law for the last couple years explaining why pardoning Hunter Biden is a great thing.
I’m not sure, but I’m pretty positive it’s going to be because us conservatives are racist or something.— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 2, 2024
UPDATE:
In 1994, a crime bill authored by @JoeBiden locked Black men up for years for the same gun charge he just pardoned Hunter Biden for today.
This is the Democrat Party.
Again, why any Black person would want to be associated with the democrats is beyond me.
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) December 2, 2024
DATING ADVICE FOR WOMEN: RELAX YOUR MINIMUM HEIGHT. I Was Feeling Hopeless About Love. Then I Went on a Singles Retreat. As a 6’3″ guy I benefited from women’s emphasis on height, but I think the dating apps have reified it and turned it from what used to be a preference into a hard cut-off. Literally, in the case of pulldown menus, etc., that let you set a minimum height. It’s almost fetishized now, with women bragging to other women that they won’t go out with a man under six feet, or 6’3″. This doesn’t benefit anyone.