ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Super weird how our enemies keep trying to take out the people who are also hated by our intelligence community https://t.co/9Sm5iZOSFa
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 4, 2024
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
December 4, 2024
YES.
Daniel Penny not only deserves to walk free but should be praised by NYC leaders.
You want to encourage bravery like that.
Instead, they punish him and send a clear message to others not to step in when a maniac threatens to k*ll innocent people.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 4, 2024
NO SECRETS ANYMORE:
X user @rtwlz explains how he found where the ass*ssin who m*rdered the United Healthcare CEO likely fled using Citi Bike data.
"I've been scraping Citi Bike data for the past few weeks… only 1 of [the rides] was headed northbound through Central Park"pic.twitter.com/JDkzjGGJkw
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 5, 2024
TRUMP SELECTS NEW NASA ADMINISTRATOR. “President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who has commanded two SpaceX commercial spaceflights, as his choice to be the next administrator of NASA.”
A friend comments: “I heard him speak at the ISDC last year. Right attitudes, and has had experience with the DoD procurement system. But he will need a strong Deputy Administrator who knows the internal politics of NASA very well and knows where the bodies are buried.” I have a few potential names in mind, but we’ll see.
HMM: Security Camera Captures Targeted Murder of United Healthcare CEO On a New York Sidewalk. “What’s also unusual — and a fact most corporate media accounts have missed — is the fact that the shooter used a suppressed pistol in the shooting. Watch the video in the tweet embedded above. The shooter racks the slide of the handgun after each round is fired. At one point the killer has to knock the slide back into battery with the heel of his support hand. That seems to be the result of the use of either a home-made (3D printed?) silencer or something like a ‘solvent trap’ like the kind sold through sketchy outlets like wish.com. The shooter also didn’t seem to know that most semi-automatic handguns require the use of a booster or Nielson device in order to cycle correctly. The killer was clearly aware of the issue as he cycled the gun without hesitation.”
PHARMACIES ARE CLOSING EVERYWHERE, BUT NEW BANK BRANCHES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BUILT: Millions Left Without Pharmacies As Closures Surge. I’d like that to be because people are getting richer and healthier, but I’m skeptical that that’s it.
WELL.
Pete Hegseth’s mother: “He’s got a big heart, he’s very smart. He’s the most faithful patriot of this country… he has fought and almost died for his country. He's a good dad, he's an amazing son and father- that's the Pete I want people to know." pic.twitter.com/hCq3JOvzv1
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 4, 2024
Related:
This is very true. You cannot manufacture that kind of deep loyalty: Pete has clearly earned it https://t.co/tb0gCmxaSv
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) December 4, 2024
I BELIEVE IT: ‘Alone time’ vital to mental health for many people.
HE’S NOT WRONG:
There's no arguing this man's point. pic.twitter.com/ElyFbAING1
— The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) December 3, 2024
DAVID STROM ON the Pete Hegseth Hit Job. The press, after defending a 54 year old drug addicted bagman’s coverup pardon as an incident of filial love, now has strict standards for personal deportment in and around the White House, and if it makes up evidence that you didn’t meet them it will become quite irate.
UPDATE: Things the press doesn’t become irate about:
A media interested in journalism might ask why the guy with the nuclear codes can’t stay awake for a high-level meeting, and what Biden’s capacity means for how the White House is currently operating. https://t.co/lUsBGgBlEv
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) December 4, 2024
#JOURNALISM:
This is it now pic.twitter.com/CRfOSkLbYO
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) December 4, 2024
Layers and layers of editors and fact checkers. Also, LOL, Charles Pierce, which seems to be the most common reaction.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED, THE LAW ON THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR: NYT: Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Uphold Tennessee Law on Transgender Care.
Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready on Wednesday to uphold a Tennessee law denying transition care to transgender youth, with some of them saying that judgments about contested scientific evidence should be made by legislatures rather than judges.
“The Constitution leaves that question to the people’s representatives, rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said.
Heck, Ketanji Brown Jackson can’t tell what a woman is without the assistance of a biologist.
BE HARD TO KILL AND DANGEROUS TO ATTACK: Jewish Teens In Dallas Speak Out About Gun Ownership. “Max Levin, a 15-year-old interviewed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, says that the men of his Orthodox synagogue in Dallas, Texas, carry firearms out of fear for their safety, which the young man feels is necessary with the increasing volume of antisemitism after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack in Israel that left more than 1,200 Israelis slaughtered, including babies.”
Smart.
GOOD NEWS FOR HIIT FANS: Short, intense bursts of exercise lower women’s cardiovascular disease risk by almost half.
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YES, EVEN AS THEY GO ON ABOUT TRUMP BEING A THREAT TO THE “RULE OF LAW.” Are Elite Colleges (And Law Schools) Circumventing The Supreme Court’s SFFA Decision?
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ASU professor condemns ‘anti-trafficking movement,’ ‘deviant framing’ of ‘sex workers.’
STANDING UP AGAINST BIGOTRY: UCLA student files petition against Cultural Affairs Commissioner who allegedly warned against hiring ‘zionists.’