SEEMS IN CHARACTER, TO THE EXTENT THAT SHE HAS ONE: Did Kamala Harris Help Torpedo Joe Biden?
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 10, 2024
WE’VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE: Russia Seeks to Boost Trump in 2024 Election, U.S. Intelligence Officials Say.
U.S. Intelligence Officials say a lot in election years, and most of it’s politicized disinformation.
DAVID LAT: The Roberts Court Is Roberts’s Court. Yes, I’m writing something about this in connection with the Rahimi case right now.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, ARGENTINA WANTED TO:
This should be a requirement. If Argentina can do it, so can America! https://t.co/z1hPnFyxgt
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2024
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Emerson Poll: Trump Ahead of Every Possible Democrat Candidate.
I’ve noticed that there’s all sort of lefty hysteria all of a sudden (which is how it always appears after the memo goes out) about “Project 2025,” a Heritage Foundation presidential transition plan that’s been around since January.
There’s nothing especially shocking here, and Heritage does a transition guide every presidential election. But a friend suggests that the takeaway from all the Project 2025 hysteria is that the Democrats realize voters aren’t that scared of Trump anymore, so they need a new bogeyman.
Related:
It is funny how much they are making up… None of that is even in there, the document has been public for a while.
But if they lie enough, the "source" disappears from people's minds and all they remember is "Orange man wants to impose dystopian nightmare".
— Minorbother (@Jesusfreak770) July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s dirty and dangerous race to become a space superpower.
FUSION POWER WOULD BE BAD BECAUSE OF . . . “JUSTICE AND EQUITY” AND “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.” Fusion Is Coming, But Are We Ready For The Problems It Could Cause?
PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Are there more solar flares than expected during this solar cycle? “In terms of sunspot numbers, Solar Cycle 25 (our current cycle) has exceeded the sunspot levels of Solar Cycle 24 (which peaked in 2014). With higher sunspot numbers, we’d also expect higher flare counts. This is the case, but the difference is far from what some would have you believe.”
21ST CENTURY “JUSTICE:”
They fined Donald Trump 2x more for accurately appraising the market value of his home than Boeing got fined for killing people. https://t.co/jhfbrI7DZy
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 8, 2024
ASK DR. PRESTONE: Unlocking the Secrets of Ice With Antifreeze and Advanced Microscopy.
“HOMELESSNESS”-AS-STATUS IS AN INVENTION OF ACTIVISTS IN THE 1980S: Are camping laws regulation of “conduct” by homeless people or the “status” of being homeless?
Note, too, that the notion of laws banning camping in public spaces as discrimination against a discrete group run afoul of the more recent PC term, “people experiencing homelessness,” which certainly makes homelessness sound more like an activity than a status.
BUT FOR YEARS THEY ACTED LIKE IT WAS BAD FOR YOU: Coffee a ‘miracle’ drink with many health benefits, experts say.
RICHARD FERNANDEZ: Now They’re Coming for Your Food.
WHAT DESPERATION LOOKS LIKE: The Latest Spin: Blaming the Gun Store for Hunter Biden’s Illegal Purchase.
SORRY, I’M LOW-CARB: Researchers predict new phase in neutron stars that favors ‘nuclear pasta.’
THEY’LL ALSO SOON FAVOR INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT BY CASTING VOTES FOR VOTERS WITHOUT EVEN ASKING THEM WHO THEY FAVOR: Colleges aim to increase enrollment by admitting students who didn’t apply: Direct admissions saves money, reduces ‘barriers,’ scholar says. “Scholar says.”
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HOME OF UNREPENTANT ANTI-SEMITISM: Columbia admin complain about ‘privilege’ of Jewish students: ‘Amazing what $$$$ can do.’
True privilege is being able to say stuff like this and keep your job.
IS IT REALLY ALL THAT LOW KEY? The low-key lunacy of Britain’s new ruling class: The new Labour government is full of people who believe the craziest things.
To be fair, our entire ruling class monoculture throughout the West — including much of the political leadership on the right — believes crazy things, or at least feels as if it has to pretend to.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Europe set for crucial first launch of Ariane 6. It’s sked for this afternoon.
JOHN LUCAS: Some advice for the GOP and some questions for the Dem nominee. “So that I am not misunderstood, it is important and necessary to rebut the constantly changing stories about Biden’s mental fitness for office, but that should now become a peripheral effort, not the main focus. Why? Because if Biden is replaced as the Democrat nominee, as seems increasingly likely, that issue will disappear immediately. The state media will instantly begin crowing about how wonderful Kamala is, or Gavin, or whomever the Democrats run after ousting Biden, no matter who it may be. The GOP and its supporters therefore need to keep focusing the voters now on the ball — what substantive issues will Trump support that the eventual Democrat nominee will fight?”