Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

WELL:

HIDDEN HAZARDS: Digging Holes At The Beach Can Be Deadly. “Digging holes in sand might seem innocent, but if the hole is deep enough and collapses on a person, it is extremely difficult to escape. In fact, research suggests more people die from sand burial suffocation than from shark attacks.”

SHE IS NOT WRONG:

If I were Trump, I’d see if I could get Tulsi to follow Kamala around.

MAKES SENSE:

IN A NUTSHELL:

THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Change of Plans: Ford Will Build Super Duty Trucks Instead of EVs in Canada (With a Twist). “Ford announced today that the Oakville Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada, will assemble Ford Super Duty pickup trucks starting in 2026. The move is a bit of an about-face, as the Oakville plant—which until recently had produced the Ford Edge (and before that, Edge-related vehicles) was supposed to build EVs. In April of last year, Ford announced with some fanfare a major investment in Oakville to create a next-generation EV campus, which was intended to build EVs starting in 2025. That isn’t happening, not by next year, and possibly not ever.”

YEP:

HEH:

JUST WATCH HOW THE PRESS, WHICH HAS NEVER LIKED KAMALA, WILL SUDDENLY BUILD HER UP. A saint, a warrior queen, a wise woman for our time, a loving shepherdess for our troubled flock.

UPDATE:

SO IF BIDEN’S UNFIT TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, HOW IS HE FIT TO RUN A COUNTRY?

Related:

UPDATE:

I DON’T BLAME HIM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT’S A MAJOR LOSS: UF President Ben Sasse steps down to care for ailing wife.

University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Thursday announced he is stepping down from his role as president to take care of his ailing wife, who was recently diagnosed with epilepsy and memory issues, and to spend more time with family and their 13-year-old son.

“I’ve got two spectacular callings in life right now: First, I’m a husband and dad. Second, I’ve been blessed to serve as president of the best dang public university in America – Go Gators! – and I’ve loved the challenge of giving this university everything I’ve got,” Sasse posted on X.

“But here’s the bottom line: Those callings are significantly at odds with each other right now. Gator Nation needs a president who can keep charging hard, Melissa deserves a husband who can pull his weight, and my kids need a dad who can be home many more nights.”

Sasse took the helm of UF in 2022. A news release on the university’s website states Sasse will transition to a teaching and advisory role and the board will work to quickly identify an interim president. Sasse’s last day as president is July 31.

“In recent months, Melissa has been diagnosed with epilepsy and has been struggling with a new batch of memory issues. It’s been hard, but we’ve faced it together. A lot of late nights, a lot of hard decisions, and a lotta ‘what matters most?’ conversations,” Sasse’s statement read.

“I’m going to remain involved in serving our UF students — past, present, and future — but I need to walk arm-in-arm with my dearest friend more hours of every week.”

Praying for her recovery.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: South Korea’s new space agency outlines plans. “South Korea’s new space agency, less than two months old, is laying out ambitious goals in spaceflight as part of its efforts to serve as a ‘control tower’ for the county’s growing space presence.”

THEY’RE ONLY SCARED THAT PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO THEIR VIOLENCE VIOLENTLY. They’re not against violence in general.

OH, NOTHING THAT GOOD: Dems return to Tammany Hall tactics with backroom dealings to boot Biden: Smoke-filled rooms? Should Biden opt to step aside, it is far from certain that Vice President Kamala Harris would be the automatic stand-in on the party ticket. “I certainly was not the first person to notice Biden’s obvious lack of capacity and capabilities. Indeed, Republicans, and other independent media have been pointing it out literally for years. But they were viciously attacked for doing so because it threatened the Democrats’ power.”

A friend texts:

Repub msg for 2024 is pretty simple, no matter who the Dems run: “They saddled you with a dementia patient.”

Longer form: “They saddled you with a massively corrupt, career incompetent dementia patient, with a cackling buffoon for a backstop. This only became a crisis for them when you noticed. Why trust them now?”

Yes, their problem isn’t that Joe is unfit. Their problem is that too many people noticed.