TAKING TO THE TRADES: More women are skipping college to make six figures as electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers. “I don’t have a family yet, but raising a family is one of my bigger dreams in life too, so I love that I’ve found something that I love that would give me the time to have a healthy work-life balance.”

LEADERSHIP:

“Curiosity. Try to read as much as possible. Learn as much as possible in many different fields and apply critical thinking.” – @elonmusk

In the spirit of critical thinking, Mr. Musk spent time with our cadets, staff, and faculty to kick off this year’s academic theme: “The… pic.twitter.com/nSCfSSlvaY

— West Point Dean (@DeanUsma) August 17, 2024

TRENDS: Folding Stocks Are On The Rise: Rifles with folding stocks are gaining popularity for a variety of reasons.

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS: Tracking down the asteroid that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY: Custom Up-Armored Tesla Cybertruck is Heavy Machine Gun Resistant.

WELL, THAT’S FAST: Backyard stargazers find object moving 1 million mph.

ERIC COWPERTHWAITE: “Fair warning, this is going to be a bit of a rambling story of being young, wanting a life of consequence, and how I found it.”

NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT BY DESIGN: College students lack ‘rudimentary’ knowledge of history, civics: survey.

LEFTIST GARBAGE FROM LEFTIST GARBAGE: Pro-Palestine student group in Massachusetts uses readings from Lenin, Stalin, and Palestinian terrorist hijacker in ‘summer camp.’

BOO FRICKIN’ WHO:

Kamala Harris is not happy about this article. She believes it’s racist to call her this and to think a black woman doesn’t know how to fix the economy pic.twitter.com/68D1lE9mK0

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) August 17, 2024

Related:

The memes know https://t.co/3NROLxCyaw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 16, 2024

UPDATE (From Ed): Kamunism, you say?

SALENA ZITO: Infighting breaks out among Pennsylvania Democrats.

BELIEVABLE: Did Federal Prosecutors Suborn Perjury? Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate claims that they wanted him to incriminate Trump and the facts be damned.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘A Huge Conflict of Interest’: Two Professors on Columbia’s Top Disciplinary Body Participated in Encampment, Photos Suggest.

SHOCKER: The EU Tried to Appease Iran – It Didn’t Work.

DEMOCRATS DISCOVER NATALIST POLICIES: Kamala Harris unveils populist policy agenda, with $6,000 credit for newborns.

Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Tracking Kamala Harris’ Biggest And Baddest Lies.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

Hey @MichaelEDyson, I found another racist that mispronounced Kamala Harris’ first name, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Time to go to work, buddy! pic.twitter.com/W0M3Q7G3H9

— Defiant Baptist (@DefiantBaptist) August 16, 2024

#JOURNALISM: NY Times reporter leaked Jewish WhatsApp group to anti-Israel activists who doxxed and harassed members: report.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Long March 4B launches experimental Yaogan-43 satellite group.

A BIDEN DEFEAT: Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students. “Challenges to the April 2024 rule are also pending elsewhere, including in Texas, Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Missouri.”

Related: Ken Paxton sues Biden administration for including misgendering someone as workplace harassment.

PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY SUGGESTIBLE: Barbie’s Final Joke May Have Inspired a Spike in Internet Searches.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: The Washington Post Editorial Board says Kamala Harris has failed to offer “serious economic ideas” — her big speech supplied only “gimmicks.”

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

Biden Briefly Released From Captivity To Campaign For Kamala https://t.co/HRjy6M7esC pic.twitter.com/nrOjNyCwJJ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 16, 2024

HEH:

You'll never believe who has been in charge that entire time. https://t.co/XYvL1hWqIi

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 16, 2024

Funny, it was just a little while ago lefty journos were telling us that inflation is imaginary.