Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
June 7, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS! (Thread).
My client, @theHFDF, has won another huge victory, this time in the 9th Circuit! This was a case that I prosecuted in Central District of California challenging @LASchools mandatory COVID vaccination mandate for all school employees. A majority panel of the 9th Circuit…
— Brant Hadaway (@BrantHadaway) June 7, 2024
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: High Excess Death Rates in the West 3 Years Running Since COVID – “Serious Cause for Concern.” “A study highlights persistent high excess death rates in the West from 2020 to 2022, despite COVID-19 measures and vaccines. Over three million excess deaths were reported in 47 countries, urging a reevaluation of pandemic policies and their effectiveness.”
LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-DISCIPLINE COMES WITH A COST: How Elites Have Empowered The Far Right: The US, UK, EU and Canada went far left on immigration — and are paying the price.
This is the problem when your elites are a moronic, self-absorbed monoculture.
C.S. LEWIS UNDERSTOOD THE “EDUCATED CLASS:”
Why does the workman believe the football scores in the newspapers but not the big stories? Because he may have watched the match himself or knows someone who has. Information corruption will blind the educated most, who only know things at second-hand. pic.twitter.com/9sBQuBwH6q
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 6, 2024
WELL, THEY DO LOOK FUTURISTIC, AND THEY’RE KINDA BULLETPROOF: Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming: A California company is advertising ‘tactical response’ Tesla Cybertruck upgrades for police cruisers, including shotgun racks and sirens.
AS I SAID, I’M SO CYNICAL I ASSUME THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN OF SOME SORT: US agencies to probe AI dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI: DOJ to probe Nvidia while FTC takes lead in investigating Microsoft and OpenAI.
THIS HAS BEEN COMING FOR A WHILE: Most Significant Scientific Retraction Ever? “The paper helped create and sustain the theory that amyloid protein buildups caused the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and was one of a number of apparently fraudulent papers written by Sylvain Lesné, a professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. . . . If the hypothesis that amyloid protein buildups cause Alzheimer’s symptoms is wrong, Lesné is responsible for perhaps billions of wasted research dollars and two decades of scientists following a false lead.”
That the paper is wrong is no crime. That it is fraudulent is a crime, and that upholders of the amyloid theory actively suppressed research and publication regarding other theories is arguably a bigger crime.
Plus: “There appear to be quite a number of sociopaths in the biological sciences if recent evidence is any guide, and very few checks and balances to control for this fact. . . . This is an age of scientific scandals. Science is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and one that gets far too little scrutiny. That has to change.” Every successful system accumulates parasites. The parasite load in the sciences may have become unsustainable.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO NUKE CHINA: WMO: 80% chance Earth will exceed Paris Climate Agreement warming limits in next five years.
#BELIEVEALLWOMEN: Briahna Joy Gray Canned After Rolling Eyes at Hostage Family Member in Rape Discussion. Remember, no act is too unspeakable so long as the hand — or other body part — committing it is suitably brown and “oppressed.”
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Ad Astra, Per Ardua: “To the stars, through hard work.” We’re getting there, and it’s the most important thing happening to humanity right now.
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ON THE ONE HAND, GOOD. ON THE OTHER HAND, WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL THAT IT’S PROBABLY JUST SOME KIND OF SHAKEDOWN OR POWER GRAB: U.S. to Open Broad Antitrust Probe Into AI Giants.
WHY ARE OUR CAMPUSES SUCH CESSPITS OF BIGOTRY? USC Jewish center vandalized, glass door smashed: video.
THE FACE OF LOSERDOM: Meet the University of Florida students arrested at Hamas-endorsed protest.
ELECTION INTERFERENCE: FOIA: FBI Official Colluded With Democrats.
DO THE LETTERS “F O” MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? Admiral McRaven to American people: “You need to shut up (except for me, of course).”
“McRaven claims that those who criticize government institutions “undermine America.” “Undermining America” is a serious charge. And when it comes from a four-star admiral who commanded the entire United States Special Operations Command, you can bet that it carries some clout among those who are wielding power. For these reasons, McRaven’s comments merit close scrutiny.”
Our entire ruling class has been peddling variations on this for the past 5 years or so, at the same time they were gleefully screwing up — dare I say undermining? — America in so many ways. They should be begging for forgiveness, or maybe a pardon, rather than issuing arrogant diktats.
Plus, from John Lucas: “There are countries that do not tolerate speech critical of the government and its institutions. There are countries where citizens who publicly disagree with the actions of the government and its institutions are condemned as disloyal citizens, investigated and tried. There are countries where people with political views that differ from those of the governing authorities are subject to governmental abuse and ruin just because of their political opinions. We have a name for these countries. They are totalitarian.”
RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Controversial Columbia Law Review Article Subverted Standard Editing Process: Atypical editing process excluded Jewish students and led to board intervention.
Hey, it’s not like it was Sen. Tom Cotton calling for troops to stop riots in America.
ITALY’S GONE AFTER HER LIKE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE AFTER TRUMP: ‘Huge step backwards’: Amanda Knox speaks out on reconviction for slander.