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Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
September 28, 2024
ALL FAMILY BUSINESS IS BEING SETTLED:
There are unconfirmed reports in Iranian media of a helicopter crash in southwestern Iran.
It is reported that Mohammad Abdul Salam, the head of Houthi coordination in Iran, and several others have been killed.
— CaucasusWarReport (@Caucasuswar) September 28, 2024
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Gotta feel bad for Jake Sullivan. You invest that much money helping Iran start a war in the Middle East. Hire all the right Iranian spies. Israel just wrecks your plans with no F@#$ given. Gotta feel bad for the guy pic.twitter.com/mTzkq2yCIz
— Blume Industries CEO Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) September 28, 2024
FIGHT THE POWER: SpaceX’s Elon Musk calls on FAA chief to resign. I doubt the FAA’s bureaucracy — it’s currently stopping a ready-to-go Starship from launching until November, when it’s been ready since August — has much to do with safety. Frankly, I don’t think the FAA understands what’s going on well enough to contribute much.
SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE HIGHLY SUITABLE FOR COLONIZATION: Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb. “‘Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and a dwarf planet. I think sometimes people think of small, lumpy things as asteroids (and most of them are!), but Ceres really looks more like a planet,’ Sori said. ‘It is a big sphere, diameter 950 kilometers or so, and has surface features like craters, volcanoes, and landslides.'”
NO ONE SHOULD:
You released 425,000 convicted criminals into the public.
No one believes you. pic.twitter.com/ddq048Eqv9
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 27, 2024
MAYBE IT’S A MISTAKE TO ADVERTISE THEM ON TV: Two studies find SARS-CoV-2 virus becoming resistant to antiviral drugs used to treat patients. I see ads all the time telling people to get on Paxlovid even if their symptoms are mild and their risk is low.
IT’S POSSIBLE BECAUSE SHE’S CHEERFUL AND POSITIVE AND LIKABLE:
genuinely how is this possible https://t.co/nJz29SXu8u
— vo (@vanillaopinions) September 27, 2024
It’s true that a few generations ago, “spit on that thang” would have been considered obscene, but in 2024 America it seems downright wholesome.
MIGHT. Fertility treatments might increase heart defect risk in babies. Even if it’s true, and I’m skeptical, they’re talking about an increase in a low risk number: “The overall risk was still small — 1.84% compared to 1.15%.”
OH, THERE IS ONE: All-Season vs. Winter Tires: What’s the Difference?
CONSISTENT WITH MY OBSERVATIONS: Multiple surgeries could contribute to cognitive decline in older people.
MAYBE I SHOULD UPDATE MY 13PRO: iPhone 16 and 16 Pro review: A worthy upgrade after three years.
AND YET ASTRONAUTS SEEM TO BE PRETTY LONG-LIVED: Space travel might be harmful for human hearts.
#FACT-CHECKING:
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 26, 2024
SPACEX WILL LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TODAY AT 1:17 PM EDT. You can watch it here.
WAR ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND INSTITUTIONS: Democrats up pressure on Supreme Court with bill adding six justices.
But Trump and the GOP Congress should just reintroduce it in 2025 and watch them howl.
ABOLISH THE IVY LEAGUE: Poison Ivies: Penn Offered Prof $50K to Shut Up and Take It.
No, seriously, abolish the Ivy League.
THE PURPOSE OF THE “ESCALATION MANAGERS” IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU DON’T WIN THE WAR:
The first rule to win wars is:
1) Ignore the Biden White House. https://t.co/rzeMz05p3z
— Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador) September 27, 2024
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Logical for the Israelis. When we don’t even respond to our own battleships being fired at by Iranian proxies in Yemen, why would Israel think that we would be helpful to them after they were fired on by Iranian proxies?
— Ruthie Lockhart (@HeartLock101) September 28, 2024
YES, BUT HEZBOLLAH IS AN IRANIAN CLIENT AND OUR ELITES ARE ON THE IRANIAN PAYROLL: America Must Side With Israel Against Hezbollah: No more diplomatic games from Biden and Blinken.
THE PEOPLE TRYING TO SAVE HEZBOLLAH ARE GARBAGE: The Rush to Save Hezbollah from Israel’s Justice. “Western democracies squirm with discomfort whenever Israel vigorously exercises its right to self-defense, but the group it is presently dismantling with extreme precision is a terrorist sect with Western blood on its hands. Israel is meting out long-delayed justice not just in its own name but ours, too. And for this generous dispensation, Israel gets nothing but grief from its supposed allies.”
TO BE FAIR, TLAIB IS A TERRIBLE PERSON: The Moral Inversion of Rashida Tlaib—and the Smearing of Dana Nessel. “Tlaib speaks for evil, and represents the mainstreaming of anti-Semitic progressives in the Democrat Party.”
September 27, 2024
BECAUSE IRAN HAS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR SO MANY OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS: Why Are Iran’s Thugs Free to Walk the Streets of New York?
Worse yet, they’ve done that with money that our leaders sent them. And they’re not the only countries to do that.