WHOSE SIDE ARE THEY ON?

Illegal Jordanian migrants who ‘tried to breach’ Quantico base allowed to walk free after posting bail https://t.co/4spNf59xok pic.twitter.com/m8OZbbrth6

— New York Post (@nypost) August 1, 2024

GUNS FOR BEGINNERS: Is it a ‘Silencer’ or a ‘Suppressor?’

.357 MAGNUM MEMORIES: I had a girlfriend in college who carried a .357, and she still does. A bit hot for me, but certainly gets the job done.

BE NOT THE FIRST ON WHOM THE NEW IS TRIED: Bioengineered parasites may one day deliver meds into your brain.

HMM: AI search engine accused of plagiarism announces publisher revenue-sharing plan.

NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: A Brutal War (The Call of the Sea Book 12).

SUGAR IS BAD: Avoid added sugars to help keep cells young.

I remember when The Science(TM) told us that sugar was good because it wasn’t fat. Of course, The Science(TM) turned out to have been funded by the sugar industry.

Then there’s The Science(TM) about eggs and cholesterol. . . .

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Study finds space industry growth uncorrelated to larger markets.

FULL CIRCLE: Mizzou–which spawned modern campus racial protests–to close its DEI office.

I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CIVILIZING INFLUENCE: Palestinians arrested for thwarted terrorist attack attend West Bank university that partners with American colleges.

Honestly, there’s never been a lot of evidence for that proposition.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: BLM activist ‘furious’ after ‘dear brother’ Hamas leader killed.

AS A CENTER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, I ALWAYS ASSUMED THE FED WOULD HELP KAMALA: September Rate Cut Would Thrust Fed Into Brutal Election Campaign.

ADHERING TO OUR ENEMIES: Kamala’s NatSec Adviser Probed Over Ties to Iranian Influence Network. ‘The Biden-Harris Administration is no stranger to Iran accommodators, appeasers, and accomplices,’ Cotton and Stefanik write.

AN INDIAN, LIKE FROM INDIA:

Her words. https://t.co/ejWR04fLlh

— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) July 31, 2024

MORE STOLEN VALOR: Wes Moore apologizes for ‘honest mistake’ in claiming a Bronze Star. “Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has apologized for incorrectly stating on a White House application more than a decade ago that he was a Bronze Star recipient. Moore, a rising star in the Democratic Party, served in the Army Reserve between 1996 and 2014. He was deployed to Afghanistan in August 2005 through March 2006.”

Nobody is “mistaken” about whether they’ve received that medal.

OUT: DEI. IN: MEI. Merit, Excellence And Intelligence: An Anti-DEI Approach Catches On In Companies — Is Higher Ed Next?

An idea so crazy it just might work! But note the basically-racist take from someone whose rice bowl is threatened: “‘Saying you hire for merit, excellence and intelligence is really saying people who are historically underrepresented are not worthy,’ says Seena Hodges, a DEI consultant who calls herself the Woke Coach.”

HOW INCOMPETENT CAN YOU BE? “The discussion revolves around a video showing a person moving on a rooftop near where President Trump was shot, leading to widespread speculation that the incident was an inside job. Many users express disbelief that the Secret Service and FBI could have missed the shooter, suggesting intentional negligence or involvement. The video, obtained by Fox News, has fueled further theories and calls for accountability, with some users pointing to additional suspicious activities and connections related to the event. The overall sentiment is one of deep distrust in government and media, with a strong belief that the incident was orchestrated from within the security apparatus.”

WELL, BOEING IS CONNECTED: 737 MAX Crashes Victims’ Families Object to Boeing’s “Sweetheart” Plea Deal. “It is often assumed that once the parties in a criminal case (the prosecutors and defense) reach a plea, that’s the end of things. But under the federal rules, a district judge must approve the plea agreement under what is essentially a public interest standard.”

A DAY IN THE LIES: Don Surber: I read the news today, Oh, Boy.

MATT TAIBBI: Checking the Checkers: “Border Czar.” “The new line is an open paradox: Harris was never given a border mandate, and that job she never got was also an impossible cross to bear.”

THOSE ARE FOR SERIOUS COUNTRIES, WHICH WE NO LONGER ARE: National Defense Strategy? What National Defense Strategy? Imagine the summer of 1940 blissfully planning like it was 1938. “In the name of all that is holy. There is nothing more worn out in natsec discussions coming from the Imperial City than ‘all elements of national power.’ The ‘whole of government’ mating with the ‘interagency.’ Yes, yes, yes, we know – the four walls of the food trough. This is not an insight, this is rice bowl protection.”

Plus: “The primary lesson of the Russo-Ukrainian War, a three-week war now in its third year, is that the West’s iterative layering of assumptions about ‘the needs of the future,’ waiting for magic beans to make war easier, cheaper, and faster, has led to an existential decline in the industrial capability and magazine depth required to actually wage war as it is required. Not as it is desire, but as it is required.”

UTAH HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A DECADE OR MORE: Utah Gets Exposed For Its Pro-illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies. “We have to remember that the present migration crisis that’s afflicting the US is a bipartisan endeavor, where both Democrats and Republicans have their hands in the mass migration cookie jar. In reality, the US has a pro-mass migration uniparty.”

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST, THE PRESS REPORTS OR YOUR LYING EARS?

The audience response does not sound negative. pic.twitter.com/3aOqa5YOrh

— PT (@readonlypt) July 31, 2024

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE VP:

A promise as trustworthy as gas station sushi. :D https://t.co/HXfqJFZJRR

— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) July 31, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Time for the Skeleton Crew.