I PRONOUNCE THIS LEGAL UNDER ARTICLE 51 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER.
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Taylor Swift Jet Launches Retaliatory Strike On ISIS Stronghold https://t.co/xkoPD9ecig pic.twitter.com/zzOjnZqC4Q
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 8, 2024
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
August 8, 2024
OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.
I VIEW THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH SERENITY: Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris.
I DO WONDER IF LEGENDS OF “LITTLE PEOPLE,” TROLLS, ETC. ARE BASED ON HISTORY: The Real-Life “Hobbits” of Flores: Smallest Arm Bone in Human History Sheds Light on Mysterious Hominin Species.
ED MORRISSEY: The Silence of the Kams, or Where’s the Beef — And the Press? “In fact, there’s no evidence anywhere of Kamala Harris’ post-nomination agenda or policy positions. Nominally, everyone assumes that Harris will incorporate the previous Biden agenda and positions, but that’s only an assumption. If voters go to Harris’ campaign website, they’ll find plenty of ways to send cash to the Harris-Walz effort … and no reason why they should. . . . As it turns out, there’s a reason why the media hasn’t made a stink about the Silence of the Kams. At least for now, they’re in on it. . . . This is almost worse than ‘fake news.’ It’s a complete sell-out by institutional media to sitting public officials and also candidates for higher office. We often talk about the coming crisis in media, but baby, it has arrived.”
Related:
James Carville (the last genuine Democrat) discussing how Kamala Harris' background is 'not all-American', and how she grew up affluent:
"Her bio is not all-American. Both of her parents were professors at Berkeley. She doesn't have a 'up by the bootstraps' story.
She grew up… pic.twitter.com/QoMOE9s2UF— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 7, 2024
WOULD YOU BUY IT FOR A DOLLAR? Dodge Charger Daytona EV’s Fratzonic ‘Exhaust’ Sounds Convincing: The Charger Daytona is taking the iconic muscle car electric, but the EV will preserve the rowdy Dodge spirit with synthetic sounds that mimic a V-8.
Catching up to the 6000SUX.
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CYBERINSECURITY: Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices.
SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: New evidence casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for early cancer detection.
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I BELIEVE IT: Poll: 30% of Americans over 50 are now caregivers.
WAIT, HE HAS STANDARDS? Ibram Kendi’s ‘Antiracist Book Festival’ is racist, by his own standards.
SO I’M A BIT MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH S.M. STIRLING’S TO TURN THE TIDE, a time travel novel in the vein of H. Beam Piper or L. Sprague de Camp. It’s a delightful page turner and I recommend it. I like that another American time-traveler, whom some of you may remember from Harry Turtledove’s Household Gods, makes an appearance too.
THEY WANT TO SHUT YOU UP BECAUSE THEIR RISIBLE ARGUMENTS CAN’T WITHSTAND CONTRADICTION:
The great irony is that his own statement — which he had every right to make — is misinformative. https://t.co/T61ZbXYywf
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) August 7, 2024
RON HART: Kamala Harris: Momentum Or Fauxmentum?
WHEN YOUR NICKNAME IS “TAMPON TIM,” SHOULD YOU REALLY BE CALLING PEOPLE WEIRD? ‘Tampon Tim’: How Kamala’s VP pick earned his nickname.
JOHN LUCAS: A Combat Veteran’s View of Tim Walz’s Lies About His Military Service: Three examples of would-be Vice President Tim Waltz’s disregard of fundamental military ethos and values. “I cannot overstate how fundamental it is to the military ethos that a leader will be with his soldiers during times of danger. . . . So, when you see Walz, Harris and their rah-rah supporters in the ancien régime press touting Walz’s patriotic military service, remember this: It is all a PR scam.”
TWO TIER BRITAIN:
Why is it Hindus can be mob attacked by Islamists in Bangladesh (happening now)
Why is it Christians can be slaughtered by Islamists in Africa (happening now)
Why is it Jews can be attacked by Islamic terrorists (happening now)
But if you say something you are an Islamophobe?
— David Collier (@mishtal) August 6, 2024
Kind of funny. They say there is no two tier policing..
Mass march in London with lots of visible support for Hamas / terrorism / violence / intifadas and wiping out Israel
The police stand and watch.
One guy holds up a 'Hamas are terrorists' banner.
And he gets arrested.
— David Collier (@mishtal) August 7, 2024
Police liaison officer: “If there are any weapons or anything like that, then what I would do is discard them at the mosque. If there’s any weapons, get rid of them. We are not going to arrest anybody. Is that alright?” https://t.co/kfsuL42vhT
— Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) August 7, 2024
The ruling class fears the normies taking to the streets, or even talking about it, in a way they don’t fear other groups however violent. That’s because the ruling class knows that if the normies figure out what’s been done to them they’ll hang the ruling class from lampposts en masse. It believes, rightly or wrongly, that the other groups can be controlled.
UPDATE:
This is actually happening https://t.co/50NdFdlZfi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 8, 2024
HISTORICAL NOTE: Today is the 23d blogiversary of InstaPundit, which started on August 8, 2001.
AMERICAN STASI: Matt Taibbi: American Stasi: Tulsi Gabbard Confirms “Quiet Skies” Nightmare. “Placed on a terror watch list, the former Hawaii congresswoman and her husband were tailed by Air Marshals and bomb dogs. ‘Unconstitutional on every level,’ she says. ‘And I’m not the only one.'”
ONE OF SEVERAL, I’D GUESS:
Has China found a new man in Washington now the Biden family are no use?
Tim Walz’s long history with China raises uncomfortable questions for anybody who understands how China works, writes former NSA counterintelligence officer John Schindler @20committee. Link below. Abridged…— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) August 7, 2024