WELL, GOOD: Shingles vaccine might lower risk of dementia. “Finding new ways to reduce people’s risk of developing these diseases is vital. This research, carried out in a large group of people, suggests that people given the Shingrix shingles vaccine might have a reduced risk of dementia.”
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 28, 2024
AT AMAZON, Water Bob bathtub emergency water storage.
COLUMBIA’S ANTISEMITISM, CONT’D: Columbia partners with nonprofit that once said ‘terrorist’ is a ‘racial slur’ and defended Hamas.
AT AMAZON, U.S. Meal Ready to Eat (Variety Pack of 12).
DEVOLUTION: Dimming the Torch: Lousy Law Student Joe Biden Passed Bar Exam on First Try, Unlike Kamala Harris.
But hey, she landed in the roses: “Indeed, Harris passed the exam on her second attempt and was admitted to the California State Bar in June 1990. Shortly thereafter, she landed a job as an assistant district attorney in the Alameda County prosecutor’s office in Oakland. It was there that Harris struck up a romantic relationship with California Assembly speaker Willie Brown (D.), a married man 30 years her senior. During their passionate fling, Brown gave Harris a BMW sports car and appointed her to posts on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Medical Assistance Commission, earning her a combined $80,000 a year on top of her existing prosecutor’s salary, Politico reported. Brown connected Harris with powerful Democrats who would facilitate her rise in California politics.”
IT’S NICE THAT I OWN ONE, BUT IT’S BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY: Knoxville Has The Fastest Rising Housing Prices in America.
Frankly, I don’t know why anyone would want to move here. The hurricanes, the earthquakes, the blizzards, the rampant crime — just stay away, for your own safety. Whatever you do, don’t move here!
LOL, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TO DROP EVERYTHING TO VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WASN’T TRUMP. NOW IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE. In Final Kick in the Pants, Departing Biden Denounced as Another Trump.
WELL, CBS GAVE US THE FAKE DAN RATHER MEMOS, TOO, SO THAT’S ON-BRAND:
CBS lies about Trump lying pic.twitter.com/GLmm8u6Mqr
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2024
JOHN LUCAS ON BORDER CZAR KAMALA HARRIS: “She can run but she can’t hide.” Question Answered: These People Will Lie About Everything.
July 27, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Saturday night’s all right for threading, get a little action in.
FLASHBACK:
Kamala Harris along with Menendez & few other Dems sent letter urging Senate Appros to reduce funding for Trump admins “reckless immigration enforcement operations”
Saying an increase in Border Patrol/ICE agents/beds & wall funding pose threats to Dreamers https://t.co/8BYvdhIjgb— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) July 27, 2024
PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space. “On Tuesday (July 23), Europe’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) spacecraft witnessed an extremely powerful X14 class solar flare erupt from the far side of the sun. Although it was not the most powerful flare ever recorded, which was estimated at roughly a X45 back in 2003, solar flares of this magnitude can result in longer-lived radiation storms and even world-wide blackouts if they are directed at Earth. The X-class are the leaders on the classification scale, and blast out energy 10 times more powerful than M class flares, which is second on the list.”
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Paris is hit by a ‘power outage’ – hours after city was battered by rain and transport system was brought to its knees by protesters…while backlash grows over opening ceremony.
Well.
UPDATE: When did France become a Third World country? “Food has become a major issue in the Olympic Village as the Paris Games are underway. Adequate food supply and uncooked meat are among the concerns.” Plus: “One British athlete told the Times that the food situation is chaotic compared to the well organized facilities in Tokyo.”
ANOTHER UPDATE: A friend writes: “Food is like, the one thing people expect the French to do well.” They used to be pretty good at electricity, too.
MORE: Maybe it’s the hand of God. Maybe it’s a backup generator. But the Lord helps those who help themselves, so maybe that’s a distinction without a difference.
PARIS OUTAGE
Light only at the Sacre Coeur church.
We cannot make this up! pic.twitter.com/30dzTf3Z7s
— Art & Absolutism (@GalahadofMalta) July 28, 2024
SPACE SUBMARINE TIME: New Calculations Uncover a Vast Ocean Beneath Pluto’s Ice.
AIRBRUSHES IN ACTION: Suddenly IOC and French Nervous About Those Opening Ceremony Videos. “Perhaps the reaction to their edgy wokeness is not what they were anticipating eh? When I went back through my X feed this morning after reading this, there are a lot of blank tweets where they’ve already taken down the most offensive snippets from last night’s performances, many of them European broadcast clips.”
Well, the pushback isn’t just coming from “conservative groups” as the press suggests:
We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics.
— C Spire (@CSpire) July 27, 2024
IS THAT THE WORRY? THE “RISK OF ESCALATION?” Deadly Soccer Field Attack in Israel Raises Risk of Escalation Between Israel and Hezbollah.
PROTEST AS UPPER-CLASS COSPLAY:
It’s almost always working class men (of color) who have to clean up behind the graffiti of liberal elites: climate change, Gaza protests on college campuses, etc. Put that in the slow cooker… pic.twitter.com/BV6VQjpOo7
— Anthony Bradley (@drantbradley) July 26, 2024