THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
August 20, 2024
RUMORS OF A DESPERATE MANPOWER SHORTAGE ARE JUST PROPAGANDA: Russian Space Force Deployed Against Ukraine in Kursk. “So what is the VKS up to these days? Developing and launching hunter-killer satellites into orbit? Searching for extraterrestrials? Perhaps some of them are, but not all of them. In fact, a bunch of them have now been deployed to the Kursk Oblast to fight off Ukraine’s surprisingly persistent incursion. Russia is claiming that the temporary transfer was required to deal with an unexpected manpower shortage in the region. Even some of the servicemen previously assigned to a Russian spaceport have been transferred to the front and put on infantry duty.”
HAHA:
NEW: Crowd cracks up after Trump shuts up race-baiting reporter who tried linking him to white supremacy.
Reporter: "Kamala's campaign attacked you for being in this town because it's associated with white supremacy"
Trump: "Who was here in 2021?"
Reporter: "Biden"
Trump:… pic.twitter.com/WGWKYey9US
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 20, 2024
MORE ON THAT CAR SEATS AS CONTRACEPTION STUDY. “The obvious direct step is to eliminate any and all car seat requirements beyond two years of age, or at least within three or four years of age. The vast majority of the damage done by car seat mandates happens after age four and almost all of it happens after age three, whereas the vast majority of the safety benefits (or, more likely, all of them) happen by age two and certainly by age four.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Study: Brain implant helps manage Parkinson’s symptoms.
WELL, GUN CONTROL AND WRECKING HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IS A TWOFER FOR ANY DEMOCRAT: Harris Hides From Her Border Czar Role But Proudly Touts Closing Over 400 Gun Stores.
THEY’RE BREAKING OUR DOORS DOWN: University of Tennessee in 2024 once again welcomes a record-breaking number of students.
And not in dumb pro-terrorist riots like at Columbia or Harvard.
WELL: RFK Jr. Could Quit Race and Back Trump, Running Mate Says.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said the two might drop their independent bid for president and join with Donald Trump to block Kamala Harris from becoming president.
Speaking on the Impact Theory podcast published on Tuesday, Shanahan accused Democrats of blocking their independent bid from ballot access through lawsuits, forcing the campaign to spend thousands of dollars on legal fees. The DNC and groups aligned with the party have been part of some lawsuits, including one in New York where a judge found Kennedy wasn’t a legal resident of New York. The campaign is appealing.
“There’s two options that we’re looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw more votes from Trump,” she said. “Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump and explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”
Kennedy has denied reports that he has discussed with Trump the possibility of endorsing the Republican in exchange for an administration position. The two met in July ahead of the Republican National Convention.
This would be deserved blowback from the Dems’ lawfare campaign against Kennedy.
PARTY OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION: Chicago Democrats let anti-Israel protesters march, but block pro-Israel Jews during DNC.
MICROBIOME NEWS: Human gut might be source of powerful new antibiotics.
Here’s the article, in Cell.
PERHAPS ALLOWING THE ENEMIES OF OUR CIVILIZATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WAS A MISTAKE:
A troubling thread on the trend toward human utilitarianism as we increasingly equate value with contribution. Beware of this. When ppl stop believing they’re a reflection of a creator, they don’t see any reason why human beings should matter. Dangerous stuff. https://t.co/BrnqLofNcP
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) August 19, 2024
Of course, the “public health” field has long attracted authoritarians and worse.
MARK JUDGE: Being human in a digitally disembodied world.
I’ve written about this.
SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER: U. Illinois has 42 ‘illegal’ race, sex-based scholarships: federal complaint.
IT’S A BIG CLUB AND YOU AIN’T IN IT: Jeffrey Carter: Not “Elite” But “The Connected Class.”
Classical reference in headline.
PERHAPS COST ISN’T THE BIGGEST BARRIER: New study finds that free community college doesn’t necessarily increase degree attainment.
DO TELL: Chait: The Goals of Anti-Zionist Protesters Are Not Admirable. “Are the protesters on the right side of history as they claim or are they just riding a wave of publicly acceptable hate (acceptable on the left). Chait believes it’s the latter.”
Well, yes.
Plus: “He notes that when it comes to right-wing protests, the left (and the media) usually judges them by the single most extreme statement or act associated with them. When it comes to anti-Zionist protests they are far more forgiving. In fact, there is seemingly nothing left-wing protesters can do that will be criticized by the left. They are given a pass.”
Well, yes.
HOW’S THAT RETURN TO NORMALCY GOING?
🚨 Kamala’s Best Friend was invited to speak at the Dnc Convention and OMG!
She is Weird!
This is awkward!
This whole event is WEIRD pic.twitter.com/qypd5L3rGu
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) August 20, 2024
IT’S OPENING HER MOUTH: Comrade Kamala’s Kryptonite. “Something changed in the dynamics of the race, however, and it will be very interesting to see what future polling picks up. The ‘something’ is that Kamala Harris has put into words, her words, what that policy and vision for the future might resemble. And it’s a trainwreck.”
WHILE AMERICA IS HEADLESS: China Goes a’Shouldering in the South China Sea. “Another click of the ratchet.”
DON SURBER: THE WAR ON CHILDREN “The Lord said go forth and multiply, He did not mean do your math homework. That Democrats offer [of] free vasectomies and abortions at their convention shows which side they are on.”
NOT BY ACCIDENT: John Lucas: They Have Broken Our System.
OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD: Biden DNC Speech Is a Historic Trainwreck – With a Slurring, Stumbling, Screaming Speech Full of Lies.
Related: “Women are not without electrical power.” Though with another Democratic presidency, that might change . . .
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