Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
June 28, 2024
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: FBI ‘Active Shooter’ Stats Shoot Holes In Biden’s ‘Mass Shooting’ Argument.
I’D BE HAPPY IF OUR NAVAL OFFICERS DID: Business Executives not Understanding Naval Power.
PUSHBACK WORKS:
Statement from Tractor Supply pic.twitter.com/ZMweR8JVuy
— Tractor Supply (@TractorSupply) June 27, 2024
STEVE CALABRESI: SEC v. Jarkesy: A Win for the Separation of Powers and the Right to Civil Jury Trial.
Related:
"As Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes in dissent, “the constitutionality of hundreds of statutes may now be in peril, and dozens of agencies could be stripped of their power to enforce laws enacted by Congress.”"
HAAAW HAAAAW! :D https://t.co/EyY5EbaU7U— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024
THAT WAS QUICK:
🚨KAMALA HARRIS JUST WENT ON CNN AND THREW JOE BIDEN UNDER THE TRUMP TRAIN!
"Yes, there was a slow start."
They are SETTING the stage to REPLACE Biden!
Joe Biden definitely doesn't want you to share this! pic.twitter.com/PpbwqkH2qu
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) June 28, 2024
Plus:
The worst of it is that once again the conspiracy theory proved true.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 28, 2024
To be fair, their track record is excellent.
DO NOT BE ALARMED. ALL IS WELL!
Odds of a September 10 debate are close to zero about now.
— Amy Walter (@amyewalter) June 28, 2024
Comments: “We already memorialize one disaster around that time, no need for two.”
Plus: “Biden’s team wanted the early debate because he’s on a steep fast decline and they know every day he’s worse.” Still over four months to the election. Then there’s that whole second term thing . . . .
Meqnwhile, Stephen Green at the Drunkblog:
If I had to do a quick & dirty summary, this would be it.
Trump spent most of the night reminding us that things weren’t always this bad, and we had three pretty damn good years on his watch.
Biden?
Biden was “Old man tried to whisper at cloud but mostly failed.”
If Team Biden was hoping to lure Trump into a repeat of his lousy 2020 debate performance, it didn’t work. If they were hoping to “Let Joe be Joe,” it did work. Just not in the way they intended.
They did the best they could with what they had. But what they had was Joe Biden, whose sell-by date is long past.
STEPHEN GREEN IS Drunkblogging the Debate
DENIAL BECOMES ACCEPTANCE, OR AT LEAST BARGAINING:
I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention. Someone like @gretchenwhitmer or @SherrodBrown or @SecRaimondo could still jump in and beat Trump.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 28, 2024
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY:
For anyone just joining pic.twitter.com/tzpaXAYOKG
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 28, 2024
ok if you don't live in the US, please turn the debate off. This is our private family humiliation, and we'd all prefer you not stare.
— Ginny Hogan_ (@ginnyhogan_) June 28, 2024
Hard to believe the Biden team asked for this debate. …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2024
UPDATE: A friend comments: “You know what’s really hilarious here is that ORDINARILY they might be able to replace him at the DNC. But they held the phony “virtual” DNC a few days back so as to make the Ohio ballot. He’s locked in! They nominated him! He’s their guy! They’re riding the bomb down like Slim Pickens on Wing Attack Plan R!”
I’m sure they’ll come up with some not-really-legal scheme that will nonetheless be upheld in court.
ANOTHER UPDATE:
This is the most stressful debate I’ve ever watched and my parent was a nominee against Obama. #DebateNight
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) June 28, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Make it special.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space Mining doesn’t need more international regulation from the U.N. “Does the United Nations need to form a Parliament to regulate space mining? The answer will likely be yes if we ask from within the U.N. itself. Posing this question outside that forum, however, one may find a different answer.”
On this topic, I highly recommend this just-published article on space mining by my former research assistant Isabelle Thibault.
MICROBIOME NEWS: Gut Inflammation Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease, Once Again.
ANOTHER NCLA WIN: In NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Restores Americans’ Rights to Trial by Jury. “Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow for freedom and restored the precious right to a trial by jury for Americans confronting the Administrative State. The Court affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s unconstitutional administrative prosecution regime.”
Good, but their Murthy decision on social media censorship was still a disgrace.
THEY MAY ALSO NEED TO PAY SPACEX TO RESCUE THE STARLINER CREW: NASA awards SpaceX $843M to build vehicle to push Int’l Space Station out of orbit. “The ISS is planned for its operational life to finish around 2030, and SpaceX was announced by NASA on Wednesday that it has been commissioned to develop a so called deorbit spacecraft vehicle that will deorbit it in a controlled manner and avoid risking populated areas.”
I’VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT SPACE LASERS: What Israel Can Do in Space: The plummeting cost of sending things to space will enable a small state like Israel to play on a very big field.
SOMETIMES IT’S WHAT YOU WANT: Non-Firearm Self-Defense: While a firearm is the most efficient self-defense tool we have, it’s not the only one.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Some European launch officials still have their heads stuck in the sand.
WHERE’S IT COMING FROM: CDC warns of increased dengue fever risk in U.S. as worldwide cases soar.
I MEAN, HE’S NOT WRONG: What’s Missing from Journalism: Journalists. “The media has been dying for a long time and has done plenty to deserve their impending demise.”
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS WORLD, YOU’RE FEELING THE CHANGE OF THE GUARD: ‘Momentum undeniably growing’: More elite colleges look to end DEI hiring mandates.