PRETTY SURE SOME OF THEM ARE SHOWING UP AS TROLLS IN MY COMMENTS: So MUCH Enthusiasm! Desperate Kamala Harris Campaign BUSTED Offering to Pay People for Supportive Posts.

EV EXPENSES: Repairing Our 2024 Polestar 2’s Damaged Mudflap Cost Us a Small Fortune.

IT’S A GOOD OPTION. BEST? Is A Shotgun Your Best Option For Home Defense?

YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS RIGHT, EAT RIGHT AND GO PLAY OUTSIDE: Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist, our study found. And it’s cheaper.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Exercise may counter damage to health from sitting too much.

THOROUGHLY, I HOPE: A United flight was diverted after a ‘biohazard’ incident. How do airlines handle cleaning the plane?

AND PUBLIC HEALTH PARTISANSHIP LETS BLACK LIVES MATTER AND PRO-GAZA RIOTS HAPPEN: Public health vigilance lets big events like Olympics happen.

REPORT FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Public masturbation soars in NYC with sickos pleasuring and exposing themselves in the open up 51 percent.

Related:

Taiwan is so amazing. These are the new Travis Scott’s by Nike.
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In the US, they would be locked away, as a hooligans would do a day light raid. In Xinmengding they are displayed by the front door. The lack of street crime in Asia is such an economic advantage. pic.twitter.com/mnL7lpN8Mg

— Mark Simon (@MarkSimonHK) August 4, 2024

PUSH BACK: VMI alumni file lawsuit against institute’s official alumni association.

DOESN’T THAT MAKE THEM LEGITIMATE TARGETS? NYU anti-Israel group says it will ’embrace’ tactics of an ‘armed struggle’ to achieve goals: ‘NYU will respond to any threat or use of violence swiftly, decisively, and severely,’ the school wrote. “The anti-Israel activists pushed back on the university’s condemnation, alleging their statement was ‘misread.’” Nah, they just assumed the usual culture of impunity.

ICYMI, JAMIE RASKIN BUSTED BY COMMUNITY NOTES:

The democratic world must stand up for the rule of law in Venezuela and oppose Maduro’s assault on the electoral process and free speech. The right-wing attack on democratic institutions anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere. https://t.co/AjKOgvtAGz

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) August 2, 2024

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: U.S. labor market weakens, stocks plunge.

A friend suggests that this is about to roar out as the big election issue despite all the efforts of Democrats and the legacy press — but I repeat myself — to kill it. “People have been sour on the economy for awhile but if it’s getting harder for legacy media to direct people away from believing their lyin’ eyes, that could complicate the Kamala snow job they are currently trying to produce.”

THEY’RE ALL JUST PARTY OPERATIVES NOW:

Becomes Democratic nominee for president taking zero questions from the press.
Curious where the voices among the national print & cable & network news organizations & individual reporters voicing deep concerns.
There is so much the public does not know. https://t.co/A8Epnnxkrd

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 3, 2024

BRAD THOMPSON: Contracts and the Birth of a Free Society.

OPEN THREAD: Saturday night’s alright for blogging.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Mind The Launch Gap.

SENIORS ARE GETTING MORE ACTION: Sexually Transmitted Infections Are Rising in Older People, And This May Be Why.

NEWS I CAN USE: New Research Unveils Muscle Growth Secrets: Why Training to Failure May Not Be Necessary.

DEPARTMENT OF PRE-CRIME: After nationalist riots in Southport, Britain’s new Prime Minister announces plans for a “coordinated effort” to arrest wrongdoers “before they can even board a train.”

But they won’t do this to Muslim rape gangs in Rotherham for fear of being called racist. The ruling class knows who its real enemies are, and they didn’t come from overseas.

THE DEBATE IN A NUTSHELL:

‘'DEI Hire' Is A Slur’ Explains Head Of DEI Hiring Department https://t.co/Ua5ueeWnzl

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 2, 2024

BUT OF COURSE: Harris Wanted to Use Illegal Registry to Harass Gun Owners and Confiscate Firearms.

SHOT: Q&A: Understanding men’s health risks: Why many avoid the doctor’s office.

CHASER: Feeling judged by your doctor? You might be right.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Buying shady weight loss drugs online is a bad idea, in case you were wondering.

HMM: Rear Adm. Chad Cary to head NOAA corps overseeing research, hurricane planes.

THEY KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH ON FISH OIL: Fish oil seen as possible way for high-risk seniors to avoid Alzheimer’s.