Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
June 24, 2024
AN INSTINCT FOR THE CAPILLARY: Biden Makes Gun Control a Focus of His Campaign.
ISN’T THE ORIGIN IN MYTHOLOGY: We’re (probably) wrong about origin of griffins.
I REMEMBER 2016 WHEN THE INTERNET ARCHIVE WAS USING THE FEAR OF “TRUMP CENSORSHIP” TO RAISE MONEY. NOW: Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX deploys another round of Internet satellites.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Having a Salena Zito Moment.
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GEORGE MF WASHINGTON: The Day After Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow…
USA TODAY: Is Joe Biden’s bizarre behavior a GOP ‘cheap fake’? It’s up to him to prove that he’s OK. “Despite evidence that all is not well with the president, the White House is demanding the American people suspend reality and believe that Joe Biden’s decline is a GOP conspiracy.”
The same people telling us the video is fake told us the laptop was fake.
“LIBERATION” FROM PARENTS IS SUBJUGATION TO THE STATE: Children need ‘liberation’ from parents, scholar argues.
I THINK IT HAD MORE TO DO WITH THE ARSON: Lawyer for UC Berkeley arson suspect decries ‘political investigation,’ says client was targeted for ‘beliefs in a free Palestine.’
JOHN LUCAS HAS MORE THOUGHTS: U.S. Airbase Authorizes Troops To Wear LGBT ‘Pride Patch’ Alongside Real Badges Of Honor.
It will always be more career-enhancing to parrot the BS the powers that be want parroted than to get into the grubby details of doing your job.
ABOLISH THE IVY LEAGUE: A Harvard Dean’s Assault On Faculty Speech.
IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HOLD BEIJING ACCOUNTABLE IF HALF OUR POLITICAL CLASS WASN’T ON ITS PAYROLL: Holding Beijing responsible for its role in the fentanyl crisis: Nearly 14,000 Americans have died from fentanyl since the Select Committee published their report on the CCP’s culpability.
WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO MAKE WAR ON ITS OWN CITIZENS? DHS Doc: Trump Supporters, Military, Religious People Most Likely Terrorists.
ICYMI: HE’S NOT WRONG:
BREAKING: The former Democrat Governor of New York just admitted live on air that the Trump case would've never been brought if Trump wasn't running for President
"I'm telling you, that case would have never been brought. And that's what's offensive to people. And it should be."… pic.twitter.com/KHrq7asKNh
— George (@BehizyTweets) June 22, 2024
Related: Bill Maher and Cuomo Admit Something We’ve All Known About the Trump Hush Money Trial. “hat case, the attorney general’s case in New York, frankly, should have never been brought. If his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president. I’m the former AG in New York. I’m telling you, that case would have never been brought. And that’s what is offensive to people. And it should be.”
June 23, 2024
LIFE IN THE WORLD THE DEMOCRATS WANT: NYC Jewish family pummeled at 5th-grade commencement by attendees shouting ‘Free Palestine.’
REPLACEMENT THEORY BECOMES REPLACEMENT PRACTICE:
Another “conspiracy theory” turns out to be true.
Strange that Arizona requires proof of citizenship for state, but not federal elections 🤔 https://t.co/9ehbjWmuty
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 23, 2024
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ATLANTA AREA’S JUDICIARY? Young Thug RICO Trial: Lawyers Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Force Judge’s Recusal: Defense lawyers say “troubling facts” about a secret meeting implicate Judge Ural Glanville in a joint effort to “coerce” testimony.
Related: Judge in Fani Willis Case Hit With ‘Nuclear’ Recusal Filing.
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.
WILL 1990S TEA LEONI BE INVOLVED? I’D LIKE THAT. When a dangerous asteroid threatens Earth, humanity will have to work together, NASA says.
“GET OUTTA HERE, YOU FUCKER! . . . YOU ASSHOLE!”
Boy did they pick the wrong venue for this virtue signalling. https://t.co/BAfhzv2K6Q
— Josh__Seattle (@Josh__Seattle) June 23, 2024
An American version of “Sod off, Swampy!”