THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: FDA approves first at-home, over-the-counter test for syphilis.

I REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE RESPECTED THE SECRET SERVICE:

USSS chief Cheatle presided over the greatest collapse in institutional reputation since the Russian VDV got clobbered in the opening days of the Ukraine war.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 16, 2024

It may be, of course, that people were simply misinformed until recently.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Average cost of obtaining four-year degree in U.S. now tops $300,000: study.

This bubble is sustained entirely by federal funding.

HE WAS AGAINST GUN CONTROL BEFORE HE WAS FOR IT: Politics as Usual: Tim Walz is a Gun Control Opportunist.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Harvard leftist summer reading list recommends book on how to indoctrinate students with CRT: One book suggests that ‘the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color.’

To be fair, that’s an apt description of the teachers unions.

SUNDAY MORNING OPEN THREAD: How’s it going, eh?

There’ll still be a regular one at the usual time.

TO BE FAIR, THAT’S ONLY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE ELECTED: Tim Walz can’t tell the truth about his own life.

And as we know, getting Democrats elected is a higher value than the truth.

ROGER KIMBALL: Harris’s Kamunist Agenda Faces Harsh Reality: The socialists funneling ideas to Harris have put together an economic plan redolent of Venezuela or, indeed, the Soviet Union.

COMMIES ON PARADE:

Just saying! pic.twitter.com/FqqIgv03Ke

— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) August 16, 2024

Related:

Flashback:

NPR CEO Katherine Maher telling us that the “truth gets in the way of getting things done” 👀👀

This is what the legacy "news" media actually believes. But normally they don't say it out loud as the NPR CEO did.

🔊 pic.twitter.com/fGnzx5gfsw

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 16, 2024

THAT’S NOT WEIRD AT ALL: Avoiding Interviews, Harris Sits Down With Running Mate To Talk ‘Tacos.’

CHANGE:

The German police have had enough. pic.twitter.com/uN8YA0Fukj

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 15, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.

SPACE POLICY: Make Space Great Again. Actually, one of the few policy bright spots in this administration is how much continuity there has been. In fact, the Obama/Trump/Biden space policy has been surprisingly consistent, and good.

WELL, YES: Alien Civilizations Might Be Too Advanced For Us to Detect.

THE LONELY LIVES OF PHYSICISTS: Physicists Throw World’s Tiniest Disco Party With Levitated Nanodiamonds.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: British influencer Tasha Newcombe, 21, defends dating 16-year-old boy after backlash.

TAKING TO THE TRADES: More women are skipping college to make six figures as electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers. “I don’t have a family yet, but raising a family is one of my bigger dreams in life too, so I love that I’ve found something that I love that would give me the time to have a healthy work-life balance.”

LEADERSHIP:

“Curiosity. Try to read as much as possible. Learn as much as possible in many different fields and apply critical thinking.” – @elonmusk

In the spirit of critical thinking, Mr. Musk spent time with our cadets, staff, and faculty to kick off this year’s academic theme: “The… pic.twitter.com/nSCfSSlvaY

— West Point Dean (@DeanUsma) August 17, 2024

TRENDS: Folding Stocks Are On The Rise: Rifles with folding stocks are gaining popularity for a variety of reasons.

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS: Tracking down the asteroid that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY: Custom Up-Armored Tesla Cybertruck is Heavy Machine Gun Resistant.

WELL, THAT’S FAST: Backyard stargazers find object moving 1 million mph.

ERIC COWPERTHWAITE: “Fair warning, this is going to be a bit of a rambling story of being young, wanting a life of consequence, and how I found it.”

NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT BY DESIGN: College students lack ‘rudimentary’ knowledge of history, civics: survey.

LEFTIST GARBAGE FROM LEFTIST GARBAGE: Pro-Palestine student group in Massachusetts uses readings from Lenin, Stalin, and Palestinian terrorist hijacker in ‘summer camp.’