TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): PE teacher at school in southwest Sydney accused of sex with student. “Brailey was charged with sexually touching a person aged between 17 and 18 under special care, sexual intercourse with a person between the same ages while under special care and aggravated sexual assault where the victim was under the authority of the offender.”

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF SEXISM? Male students do better on ACT, get less financial aid: While male students get lower grades, they outperform females on some tests.

SHOT: University of Buffalo law school focusing on promoting ‘anti-racist culture,’ says welcome letter.

CHASER: Yale to hold event series showing how ‘anti-racism’ efforts can be racist.

IT’S NOT EVEN A NON-DENIAL DENIAL: Matt Taibbi: Comment from the TSA on Tulsi Gabbard and the “Quiet Skies” Program: What was asked, how they replied. It’s just a non-denial.

NOBODY WANTS TO DO THEIR FREAKING JOB:

Nobody seems to remember any more that the purpose of a politician is to do their job, like the janitor down the hall or the airline pilot twenty thousand feet above. They may someday be remembered as great but that's not for them to decide.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 9, 2024

“You had one job” will be the epitaph of our ruling class.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: “Let me say up front that I do not know what motivated the FBI and Homeland Security to admit a known terrorist who was here to assassinate Donald Trump into the country. There could be a perfectly reasonable explanation–one that doesn’t implicate the same agency that almost got Donald Trump killed–to admit a known terrorist into the country. Right? Right? There could be nothing to see here at all. But it stinks, especially in light of the ridiculous security failure that the Department of Homeland Security’s Secret Service is responsible for on July 13th.”

CHANGE: Jumbled polls show Trump up, surge in millennials and Generation X.

EVERYONE KNOWS IT, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO SAY IT: “The presidency was taken away from Joe Biden.”

LOL, JOHN AVLON: John Avlon Says He’s Been Living on Long Island for Years. Public Records Raise Questions.

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

The Columbia University group of Students for Justice in Palestine has announced that they are “fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization”

How much clearer can it be what is actually going on here? pic.twitter.com/mDXXeNDOhJ

— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) August 8, 2024

I remember when people said higher education served to promote civilization, but really that has only been lipservice in my lifetime.

IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE SATIRE, BUT IS IT, REALLY?

Tim Walz Clarifies That He's Never Been To Iraq, But He Has Been To Downtown Minneapolis Which Is Basically The Same Thing https://t.co/54xKVEyol8 pic.twitter.com/HjnD1kKrvZ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 8, 2024

I PRONOUNCE THIS LEGAL UNDER ARTICLE 51 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER.

Shot: Taylor Swift terror plot: Suspect who pledged allegiance to ISIS had chemical substances, devices at home. Second suspect, 17, arrested near Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, where Eras Tour shows were canceled.

Chaser:

Taylor Swift Jet Launches Retaliatory Strike On ISIS Stronghold https://t.co/xkoPD9ecig pic.twitter.com/zzOjnZqC4Q

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 8, 2024

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

I VIEW THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH SERENITY: Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris.

BEWARE: Study Estimates Millions in US Risk Liver Damage From Herbal Remedies.

I DO WONDER IF LEGENDS OF “LITTLE PEOPLE,” TROLLS, ETC. ARE BASED ON HISTORY: The Real-Life “Hobbits” of Flores: Smallest Arm Bone in Human History Sheds Light on Mysterious Hominin Species.

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO: Among 6,001 participants in the U.S., drinking two or more cups of coffee a day was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia over 7 years compared with drinking less than one daily cup.

ED MORRISSEY: The Silence of the Kams, or Where’s the Beef — And the Press? “In fact, there’s no evidence anywhere of Kamala Harris’ post-nomination agenda or policy positions. Nominally, everyone assumes that Harris will incorporate the previous Biden agenda and positions, but that’s only an assumption. If voters go to Harris’ campaign website, they’ll find plenty of ways to send cash to the Harris-Walz effort … and no reason why they should. . . . As it turns out, there’s a reason why the media hasn’t made a stink about the Silence of the Kams. At least for now, they’re in on it. . . . This is almost worse than ‘fake news.’ It’s a complete sell-out by institutional media to sitting public officials and also candidates for higher office. We often talk about the coming crisis in media, but baby, it has arrived.”

Related:

James Carville (the last genuine Democrat) discussing how Kamala Harris' background is 'not all-American', and how she grew up affluent:
"Her bio is not all-American. Both of her parents were professors at Berkeley. She doesn't have a 'up by the bootstraps' story.
She grew up… pic.twitter.com/QoMOE9s2UF

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 7, 2024

WOULD YOU BUY IT FOR A DOLLAR? Dodge Charger Daytona EV’s Fratzonic ‘Exhaust’ Sounds Convincing: The Charger Daytona is taking the iconic muscle car electric, but the EV will preserve the rowdy Dodge spirit with synthetic sounds that mimic a V-8.

Catching up to the 6000SUX.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Bruen Effect Propels N.J. Carry Permit Application Boom.

GOA Challenges Florida Carry Ban In Court.

SAF Vows to Take Maryland’s Semi-Auto Ban to the Supreme Court.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Our Crisis of Institutional Competence: Why things don’t work anymore.

CYBERINSECURITY: Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices.

SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: New evidence casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for early cancer detection.

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I BELIEVE IT: Poll: 30% of Americans over 50 are now caregivers.