BY LYING. YOU START THE TWEET THIS WAY BY LYING.
How the f*** do you start this tweet with "I've worked tirelessly." https://t.co/FlRiOC2F60
— Isaac Schorr (@isaac_schorr) September 1, 2024
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
September 1, 2024
I THINK YOU SPELLED “DELIGHTFUL OCCASION” WRONG: U. Utah vice president: Closure of DEI office a ‘grieving process.’
I remember when “colluding with our enemies” was supposed to be bad.
ROGER KIMBALL: The Committee’s Candidate: Harris’s Inconsistent Campaign.
IT’S ONLY BECAUSE SHE’S AWFUL: Harris momentum stalls, CNN talk didn’t help.
She polls best when nobody sees her or hears from her or thinks about her.
YEP:
Both Lula and Biden have used the power of the state to censor their political opponents. Biden suggested in a debate that Trump was a conspiracy theorist for talking about Hunter's laptop, which was not Russian disinformation. Lula has succeeded in making himself a dictator.
— Colin (@ColinN69630) August 31, 2024
JUST KAMALA BEING KAMALA:
Harris has never spoken to any family member of the Abbey-Gate bombing. Trump was at Arlington at their request, as was his photographer. This is pretty gross.
These families have been ignored by the media, ignored by Harris, stood by while Biden checked his watch during the… https://t.co/E6OxubFeqO
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 31, 2024
Harris will send your kid to war ignore it if they get killed then whine about someone else laying the wreath to remember them.
— Doug Bright (@DougBright1) August 31, 2024
Kamala Harris conducted a more in-depth investigation into Trump comforting the grieving family of a soldier killed on her watch than she has into why those 13 soldiers died.
— Chad West (@Chad_WestReal) August 31, 2024
It takes a special level of sociopathy for Kamala Harris to get on her high horse and wag her finger about respecting Arlington National Cemetery when the people she’s lecturing were there because *she* got people killed.
The moral vapidity of DC perfectly illustrated.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 31, 2024
President Trump was there at the invitation of families whose loved ones died because of your incompetence.
Why don’t you get off social media and go launch an investigation into their unnecessary deaths? https://t.co/UC2jIGIfaE
— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 31, 2024
NBC SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
NBC News asked Gold Star mom Kelly Hoover if it was “appropriate” for President Trump to visit Arlington National Cemetery
"Are you in my shoes? I invited him. My son was murdered under the Biden-Harris administration." pic.twitter.com/zArtnd3sY9
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) August 29, 2024
August 31, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Enjoy yourselves.
WE DON’T NEED TO SPY ON OUR FRIENDS THE CHINESE ANYWAY, THEY’LL TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: Experts warn U.S. falling behind in satellite imaging race: ‘We’ve gone backwards.’
ARE YOU KIDDING? OFTEN IT’S WHY THEY’RE CONCEIVED: Drinking Alcohol May Impact Future Generations Before They’re Conceived.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Extra Sleep on Weekends Linked to a 20% Lower Heart Disease Risk.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:
He chose . . . poorly. And yes, this is a real ASU ad, seen on Facebook. I question this use of taxpayer funds, especially in 2024, and predict that it will not be the career enhancer it’s advertised as being.
OUT: EVs. IN: EREVs. “What’s EREV mean? It stands for extended-range electric vehicle, and it’s distinct from the plug-in hybrids Hyundai and others more commonly offer. As the name implies, it’s an EV, with a decent-sized battery powering electric motors that in turn propel the car down the road. The whole range-extender part comes in the form of an internal-combustion engine whose sole purpose is to act as an onboard generator for the electric bits. Simply fill the tank with gas, and you can extend the vehicle’s effective range beyond a set radius surrounding an EV charger, with the engine kicking on to generate electricity when the battery’s initial charge is depleted. A plug-in hybrid operates differently, typically with far more limited EV-only range, and the gas engine not only can charge up the battery but also is a primary motivator that can directly power the drive wheels, helping propel the vehicle along.”
SOMEONE SHOULD PAY: After Man Spends 2 Years In Jail, Charges Dropped In Texas Self-Defense Shooting. “This was always a justified homicide. In fact, we have the investigating officer at the scene saying six or seven times, ‘Yeah guys, this is a justified homicide here.’”
NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: How stressed are you? Nanoparticles pave the way for home stress testing.
THERE’S A LOT OF THAT THESE DAYS: Doctors call for closer monitoring of patients who practice recreational drug use.
LIKE MOST GREEN NOSTRUMS, A FAILURE: Railroads not so green after all:
The new electric trains will buy electricity only from zero-emission sources, according to Caltrain spokesperson Dan Lieberman. These numbers sound very positive, until you step back and consider their actual meaning, namely that the old diesel caltrain was using many times more fuel than its passengers would have burned if they each drove private SUVs, and that the train in general is hugely inefficient.
This is surprising, as the common public perception is that trains are more energy efficient than cars, and the initial instinct is to consider public transit as the greener choice. The math says otherwise, and in the case of Caltrain, it says it overwhelmingly. Nonetheless, this issue is not just one for this particular railroad, and applies to all systems, particularly in the U.S.
The numbers mean Caltrain was burning about 25 million gallons of diesel annually. But today, Caltrain has around 590,000 boardings/year and an average of 24,600 on weekdays. That means 3.5 gallons of diesel per boarding, on average, which is equivalent to 4 gallons of gasoline. Each round trip thus burned the equivalent 8 gallons of gasoline per person. A 30 miles each way round trip in a car with the average load of 1.5 people, which is less that one gallon per person in a Prius, and 2 gallons per person in a large SUV. Even if each passenger were given a personal Hummer H2 to drive, they would only burn 4.6 gallons for that round trip. If diesel Caltrain were a car, it would be class as one of the heaviest polluters per passenger.
Are you really surprised?
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: U.S. ‘hates women,’ faces future of cannibalism, ‘forced breeding camps’: ASU event. Speakers predict dystopian future, call for dismantling capitalism.
If you want a dystopian future, dismantling capitalism is the way to get it.
THE APPARAT LOOKS AFTER ITS OWN: Liz Magill hired by Harvard Law School despite resignation over anti-Semitism controversy.
PROFILES IN COURAGE:
Trump’s last four interviews:
-57 minutes (Dr. Phil)
-57 minutes (Theo Von)
-2 hours and 3 minutes (Elon Musk)
-1 hour and 11 minutes (Shawn Ryan)Kamala’s first interview in 40 days as the Democrat nominee:
18 minutes, edited, no transcript, and with a chaperone.
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) August 29, 2024
Related:
DEVELOPING: Kamala campaign has stopped referencing her alleged job at McDonald's and won't respond to media questions seeking the location of the McDonald's store and the dates of her employment at McDonald's, which appears nowhere in her memoirs or early resumes…developing…
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) August 30, 2024
UPDATE:
Kamala malfunctioned like a McDonald’s soft serve machine when confronted with the mildest of adversarial questions in a controlled environment.
That was with the added luxury of splitting the “heat” with her sidekick.
They won’t let her do a solo interview.
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) August 30, 2024
JAZZ SHAW: What Happened to That Falcon 9 Booster?
TO BE FAIR, NBC IS INCAPABLE OF SHAME:
NBC SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
NBC News asked Gold Star mom Kelly Hoover if it was “appropriate” for President Trump to visit Arlington National Cemetery
"Are you in my shoes? I invited him. My son was murdered under the Biden-Harris administration." pic.twitter.com/zArtnd3sY9
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) August 29, 2024
You can tell how bad the Afghanistan debacle is for Democrats by how vigorously the press is running interference here.