ANALYSIS: TRUE.

Of course it is. But you are about to witness the emergence of an all-new and improved Harris, unburdened by what has been. The media hosannas will be deafening. https://t.co/n0p2jXYiOY

— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 14, 2024

A PROBLEM FOR U.S./CHINESE WAR: You Can’t Go to War with Your Factory. “As a Southerner, going to war against your own industrial center is a Lesson Learned, and yet here we are.”

TO BE FAIR, WHEN IT COMES TO DAILY LIFE, MOST EVERYTHING’S BEEN GETTING WORSE SINCE ABOUT 2008: I Reviewed Restaurants for 12 Years. They’ve Changed, and Not for the Better.

Many of the little routines of dining that we used to handle by talking to a person now happen on a screen. When we go to Shake Shack, we order and pay for our burger and frozen custard on a screen. In some places, we enter our names on the waiting list for tables on a screen. We scan QR codes so we can read the menu on a screen. Restaurants are turning into vending machines with chairs.

Before we walk in the door, we’ve usually made a reservation on a screen. You could still make reservations by phone in 2012. Many places were on OpenTable by then, but if you didn’t feel like using it or couldn’t find a time you wanted, you picked up the phone, and your call would usually be answered by a human. Pleasantries were exchanged. Polite phrases were used: Please. Thank you. I’m sorry. We look forward to seeing you.

2008 was a triple whammy: Smartphones, the financial crisis, and Obama. America was beginning to recover when Covid struck, though the harm we suffered came more from the official response to Covid than from Covid itself. What’s next?

THEY’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE I WAS A KID: Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are the Future of Cancer Treatment. Here’s How They Work. Nice to see some progress.

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM: How Do We Fight the Speeding Surveillance State?

I HAVE ONE OF THESE AND LIKE IT: Walther PDP Selected for German Special Forces.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Earth is covered in ‘Gates of Hell.’

I HOPE WE CAN ERADICATE IT LIKE WE DID MONKEYPOX, YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT THAT ANYMORE: What we know about the new mpox outbreak in Africa.

DAVID BARON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Bear wanders into California teacher’s classroom.

OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT STRONGLY LINKED: Many nonsmokers have lung nodules linked to risk of cancer.

EXACTLY:

There are some journalists letting harris speak all kinds of falsehoods and there appears to be few in the mainstream legacy media fact checking all or any of her info.
it is though the entire legacy media has become a platform for Harris to come out and say whatever she wants. https://t.co/rAw0VGxFN5

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 12, 2024

FLASHBACK: Donald Trump is a symptom of a new kind of class warfare raging at home and abroad.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Cornell student sentenced to 2 years in prison for threats against Jews.

DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH: Arrest warrants issued following anti-Semitic vandalism on Temple University Jewish fraternity. “A Jewish fraternity at Temple University in Philadelphia has been vandalized multiple times by anti-Israel individuals who damaged property and left anti-Semitic messages behind. . . . On Aug. 12, the university posted another update to the situation, stating that it had obtained arrest warrants for two individuals connected to the anti-Semitic vandalism.”

Felony charges.

NOTHING’S COMING UP ROSES FOR INTEL THESE DAYS: Intel N.Y.-Based Israeli Employee Alleges Firing Over Complaints of Executive’s Pro-Hamas Posts.

STANDING UP AGAINST VIOLENCE AND BIGOTRY: Federal Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting UCLA From Allowing Antisemitic Encampments To Block Jewish Students From Areas Of Campus.

A PHRASE WITH LOTS OF APPLICATIONS: Choke on It, You Commies.

ROGER KIMBALL: What The Right Gets Wrong About Art.

HER CAMPAIGN IS ORGANIC AND NOT AT ALL FAKE: Kamala Harris’ campaign team is editing news headlines in her favor — without outlets’ knowledge: report.

OF COURSE: Media’s pro-Harris hype affecting polls hard.

THIS HAS ONLY GOTTEN TRUER ON BOTH ENDS SINCE: 2021 Flashback: Boeing’s Spaceship Problems Show Just How Amazing Musk’s SpaceX Is.

“THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR MEDIA IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS MOMENT.” Paramount Begins Layoff of 15% of Workforce.

CNN’S RATINGS ARE SAD: CNN Seethes With Envy as Trump-Musk Interview Crushes Failing Network’s Primetime Ratings: Meanwhile, Kamala Harris continues to hide from friendly journalists.

Related:

Kamala's Team Releases New Campaign Slogan: 'We Decline Your Request For An Interview' https://t.co/rp03fSggYr pic.twitter.com/kyU7d2FjYl

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 13, 2024

FROM “WHITE SUPREMACIST MYTH” TO “JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS!” NYT Promotes Great Replacement Theory.

TONI AIRAKSINEN ON TITLE IX NONSENSE AND RESPONSES: SUNY Albany Student Accused of Rape, but Witnesses Claim Nothing Was Afoul: Lawsuit. Make them pay.

Plus: Cornell Student Trades Cap and Gown for Orange Jumpsuit After Antisemitic Threats.