HOW THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STARTED? Evidence found of Europeans using cocaine as far back as the 17th century.
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August 24, 2024
#JOURNALISM:
Bill Maher asks CNN's Kaitlan Collins how insulting it is to the press that Kamala Harris avoids the press:
Bill Maher: "What do you think about the fact that Kamala doesn't talk to the press? In a way I think it's more insulting than what Trump does. She's kind of saying: 'I… pic.twitter.com/rwUk2y8wFm— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 24, 2024
CARDS ON THE TABLE: Are Butch and Suni coming home on Starliner or Crew Dragon?
DAVID BARON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Black bear interrupts Connecticut family’s outside time.
CUT OUT EVERYTHING BUT INSTAPUNDIT: Study: Too much screen time in your 20s raises risk of heart attack.
I FORGOT TO CONGRATULATE REP. MASSIE EARLIER ON THIS:
And just like that, both major party Presidential candidates support my Tax Free Tips Act of 2024 ! Thank you @RonPaul for originally introducing this bill. pic.twitter.com/ma8R2AoGrG
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 11, 2024
THEY’RE ALWAYS TRYING TO SHUT PEOPLE UP: Government Official’s Attempt to Use an Anti-Stalking Order Against a Citizen.
IT’S AS IF THE PEOPLE RUNNING THINGS WANT US TO BE WEAK VIS-A-VIS CHINA:
'While China rapidly builds military capacity, the U.S. military is rapidly shrinking across the services. In President Biden’s current budget request, the Army will be reduced to just 442,300 active duty soldiers, the smallest it has been since 1940. The U.S. Navy is half the…
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) August 23, 2024
A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER:
Incredible 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ishL9aMuU1
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 24, 2024
Donald Trump is America’s Unity Candidate. What other campaign in American history could bring together:
– RFK Jr.
– Elon Musk
– Tulsi Gabbard
– Hulk Hogan
– Nikki Haley
– Vivek
– Tucker
– Teamsters
– NFL & UFC Superstars
– Biggest streamers on earth
– Biggest rappers on earth— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 23, 2024
MAYBE HE WAS ALWAYS THIS SHRUNKEN AND NOW THEY JUST AREN’T PUMPING HIM UP ANYMORE:
It's astonishing to watch Joe Biden shrivel from the incumbent and future POTUS to a shadow in mere weeks. It almost looks like CGI.https://t.co/gV1ttiodsb
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 24, 2024
OUT: FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. IN: Evolutionary biologists reject ‘white, male’ framework, embrace ‘queer’ DEI research.
THIS IS JUST PATHETIC: U of Tampa RA training includes scenario of student feeling ‘threatened’ by conservative roommate with MAGA flag.
Unless the training is to say “grow up and get used to getting along with people who have different ideas.” Not clear from this story.
THE MESSAGE OF DEMOCRATS’ CORRUPTION SPREADS:
We may disagree with RFK Jr. about many things, but he’s right about how the Democratic Party uses lawfare and dirty tricks to suppress democratic competition and voter choice.
The Dems preach about “saving democracy”, but in reality they’re working overtime to stamp it out. https://t.co/WIz4YXUMEp
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) August 23, 2024
It helps that it’s the truth, of course.
LIFE IN 2024:
Remember, kids, Donald Trump is responsible for every page of Project 2025, which he did not write, is not on his campaign page, and has explicitly disowned, but Kamala Harris not responsible for ANYTHING HER OWN ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE WHILE SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 23, 2024
HOW ABOUT THAT?
One of the things RFK incidentally revealed was that during the period when Trump was supposedly paralyzed by Harris he was busy flanking the DNC.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 24, 2024
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY, CHAIRMAN XI: Chinese Weakness is the Real “China Shock:” It has been over a year-and-half since the end of “Covid Zero” restrictions, but domestic demand is still so weak that production is only holding up thanks to exports (dumping?)
The Chinese government’s management of the economic consequences of the pandemic was uniquely bad. Its policy errors compounded longstanding structural issues in the distribution of income, harming not just the Chinese people, but workers in the rest of the world.
And yet our ruling class still sees China as a model. Then again our ruling class, like China’s, doesn’t prioritize the well-being of its citizens.
RUY TEIXEIRA: Democrats Are Super Happy, Working-Class Voters Are Not. And honestly, why should they be? “Harris is doing somewhat better than Biden 2020 among white college voters but somewhat worse among white working-class voters. And among nonwhite working-class voters she is still underperforming. Biden carried these voters by 48 points in 2020; Harris is ahead by only 29 points. . . . On the all-important issue of the economy, working-class respondents trust Trump over Harris by 15 points. But the college-educated trust Harris over Trump, albeit by a small margin (3 points). The pattern is exactly the same on inflation/rising prices, which was asked separately.”
August 23, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
DON’T THEY NOW:
How times change https://t.co/xMVJGtOohk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 22, 2024
AS SOON AS THE CONVENTION ENDS, TRUMP UPSTAGES HARRIS:
WATCH 🔥
RFK Jr's EPIC entrance to President Trump's rally in Arizona after endorsing Trump pic.twitter.com/iL4RMlKK4D
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 23, 2024
UPDATE (From Ed):
Trump Adds A Kennedy In Hopes He Will Draw All The Sniper Fire https://t.co/fyPSUgngYl pic.twitter.com/SwBRmx6x1b
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 23, 2024
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Norwegian spaceport receives government license.
A MAN-MADE METEOR SHOWER: NASA Asteroid Collision Debris May Be Headed Toward Earth. “If these ejected Dimorphos fragments reach Earth, they will not pose any risk. Their small size and high speed will cause them to disintegrate in the atmosphere, creating a beautiful luminous streak in the sky.”
WOEING: Countdown To Escape: NASA and Boeing To Decide Starliner’s Fate. “NASA and Boeing are currently analyzing data to determine the future of the Starliner spacecraft, with a decision expected by August 24 following an agency-level review.”