ENTHUSIASM RUNS WILD:
"We are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris!"
*Awkward silence*
"I'm clapping! You don't have to."
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/D6kX2GdWrO
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 23, 2024
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 24, 2024
LIFE IN 2024:
This is horrific to watch in real time. GovTrack should now be viewed as straight propaganda. https://t.co/XPWf00HjCo
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 24, 2024
I'm horrified. Do they KNOW that we can SEE them? That even if they put their hands over their eyes, they're NOT invisible???
Tim Russert, Pete Hamill, Peter Jennings… turning over in their graves.
This is NOT going to make people like Kamala more. Do they get that? https://t.co/BtfgeDlBVZ
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) July 24, 2024
FIGHT THE POWER: NRA Challenges ‘Engaged In The Business’ Rule In Alabama Court.
IT’S GREAT THAT SPACEX IS GREAT. IT’S NOT GREAT THAT NOBODY ELSE IS AS GREAT. SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great. “Although it’s wonderful that NASA has an excellent contractor in SpaceX, it’s not healthy in the long term that there are so few credible competitors. Moreover, a careful reading of the source selection statement reveals that NASA had to really work to get a competition at all.”
PROGRESS; Tesla FSD 12.5 Has Great Early Reviews. This stuff gets better every year.
WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Injuries from electric bikes, scooters soaring in United States.
SO A WHILE BACK I mentioned Andrew Wareham’s novel Damned Un-English, the first of a new series on WWI submarine warfare, and I should have also recommended John Biggins’ Otto Prohaska novels, which are WWI submarine warfare from the viewpoint of the Austro-Hungarian navy. Really excellent books, and the ending, in which the protagonist returns to base to discover that the empire he served no longer exists, and the confusion and dislocation attendant on that, felt . . . disturbingly modern.
A FRIEND COMMENTS: “THEY GIVE YOU A LOT TO REACT AGAINST.” Why Yale Law Is So Good At Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance.
Though the term “reactionary” has its origins in Marxist cant and is thus a compliment.
LOL, JEN RUBIN:
Oh, come ON! Hillary Clinton ran her whole campaign on her first name: "Hillary!" This prunish scolding is the sort of thing that makes women look insecure, thinskinned & unable to mix it up. "Kamala!" works. To paraphrase another Clinton: Embrace the name recognition, stupid! https://t.co/2hWWQadIE7
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) July 24, 2024
Whenever a woman runs, you get a lot of other women trying to police dialogue. Remember Hillary’s “Ban Bossy” posse? They wanted you not to talk about women being bossy because Hillary is bossy. Now they’re demanding dignity for Kamala because, well, you know. None of this has to be consistent or make sense, it just has to intimidate opponents and encourage the mushy middle to not listen. Didn’t work for Hillary, won’t work here.
Also, Kamala is running against a guy known for decades as The Donald.
Related: European Leaders Laugh Behind Kamala’s Back. “Joe Biden has, of course, been horrible on foreign policy, but he rests much of his reputation on his links to political figures around the world. He views his foreign policy chops as his greatest skill. Harris? She is literally a nobody to foreign leaders.”
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: The private sector is ditching DEI, but government can’t let go.
YES, SUPERFICIAL INDEED:
I know its superficial, but I like that Kamala can dance and that she looks incredible for her age. She looks like the kind of person you'd like to have a margarita or two with.
— Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) July 24, 2024
But, Republicans, remember that this is one of the things you’re up against. And Claire, maybe if you get a couple of margaritas in her she’ll express remorse for the black guys she imprisoned for no good reason.
Oh, who am I kidding, she’ll just cackle about it.
LIKE AMERICANS GENERALLY: Students across party lines more concerned with economy than social issues: poll.
I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CIVILIZING INFLUENCE: Rutgers prof after Trump assassination attempt: ‘Let’s hope today’s events inspire others.’
I’M ALREADY VOTING FOR HIM, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SELL ME: Exclusive: Imprisoned 9/11 Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui Fears Execution If Trump Wins.
JOSH BLACKMAN & SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Jack Smith — There He Goes Again: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit should reject his past political justifications to expedite his latest appeal. “Special Counsel Jack Smith is on a mission to convict Donald Trump before the election, and if needed, before the inauguration. At every level of the judiciary, Smith has urged federal judges to move at breakneck speed so he can get his man. Now that Judge Aileen Cannon has determined that Smith was unlawfully appointed, Smith is once again racing for another appeal. But there is no good reason for the courts to move more quickly than they usually would. Indeed, moving any faster or slower than normal would suggest that the judges are favoring one side or the other.”
THIS WILL GO WELL: Biden to Address the Nation This Evening.
YOU WANT MORE ANTS? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE ANTS: Harvard Caves. “Harvard University’s highest governing body, the Harvard Corporation, reversed its decision to withhold degrees from 11 students who participated in an unlawful anti-Israel encampment, including a Pakistani Rhodes Scholar now set to attend the University of Oxford next year.”
A STEAK AND A BAKED POTATO: BEST THING FOR YOU. 23-Year Study Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Increased Risk of Death. Minimally processed foods! Close to the land!
HE LEFT THE RACE BEFORE BEING NOMINATED: Was the War Chest Transfer From Biden to Harris Legal? “If Mr. Biden drops out before the Democratic Party formally makes him its nominee, then Federal Election Commission rules dictate that no more than $2,000 of any campaign funds that he raised may be transferred to any other candidate, including Ms. Harris. The Federal Election Campaign Act governs what a presidential campaign may do with ‘excess campaign funds,’ which is what the money left in the Biden for President campaign will legally be considered if he is no longer a candidate. Those excess funds may be contributed in an unlimited amount to the Democratic National Committee or an independent expenditure committee. Presidential campaigns may also contribute such funds to other federal campaigns, subject to contribution limits, which are $2,000 per election.”
Hmm. Republicans should launch a major lawfare operation on this, just as payback. And so should actual Democrat RFK, Jr.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: US corporate bankruptcy filings surge – here are the business types that led.
Related: ‘Worst Since COVID Lockdowns’ – Regional Fed Surveys Plunged In July.
Related: “Chicago and their partners at Everytown Law are trying to stop city residents from being able to purchase some of the most common and popular handguns in the country, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they’re playing fast and loose with the facts. I’m looking forward to seeing Glock’s response to the latest iteration of the litigation, as well as what Eagle Sports Range and Midwest Sporting Goods have to say about the legal attacks on their businesses, but keep in mind that this lawsuit could be just the first round of a broader strategy to ban semi-automatic handguns. As we’ve previously reported, about a dozen blue-state AGs have sent what amounts to a pre-litigation demand letter to Glock, and the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention has reportedly been pressing the ATF to issue a rule classifying Glocks as machine guns as well. The Supreme Court may have nixed a handgun ban as a violation of the Second Amendment, but the gun control lobby is clearly searching for a way to enact a sweeping gun ban regardless of what the Court has to say about it.”