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Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 17, 2024
SEEING REPORTS LIKE THIS IN VARIOUS PLACES, NONE THAT I’D CALL AUTHORITATIVE:
#BREAKING China's President, Xi Jinping, has suffered a stroke during the Third Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party.
Chinese Human Rights reporter, Jennifer Zhang, claims the "brain" stroke was "massive" and Xi Jinping is now in a
"critical condition" pic.twitter.com/2pBAWEGmQM— War Intel (@warintel4u) July 17, 2024
Stay tuned. Even if false, these reports probably mean something, if only an effort by rivals to underscore his age.
ORGANIZED CRIME MASQUERADING AS A LIBERATION MOVEMENT:
Remind me how they made their money pic.twitter.com/HrNSG3ukRr
— Jonny B ג'וני ברהם (@jonnybraham) July 16, 2024
GROUNDS FOR DISBARMENT, AT THE VERY LEAST:
Note this was done to falsely prosecute anti-Trump protesters. Like a mishandled chainsaw it doesn't care who it cuts.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) July 17, 2024
LOL, BIDEN WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE ARE TOO OLD OR TOO UNETHICAL FOR FEDERAL OFFICE: Biden seriously considering proposals on Supreme Court term limits, ethics code, AP sources say.
Related:
This tells you that his team is no longer focused on winning the election, they are focused on keeping the nomination even if that costs them the election. https://t.co/65kadfgGN1
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 16, 2024
AMBER ROSE’S MOST DANGEROUS SPEECH. “CNN senior political commentator Van Jones warned that TV personality and model Amber Rose’s address to the Republican National Convention in support of former President Trump was the ‘most dangerous speech’ for the Democratic Party. The pundit expressed trepidation over the fact that Rose, a person of color with mainstream fame, spoke at the RNC, noting that she’s appealing to people in liberal circles who may be frustrated with Democratic policies.”
BLOOD POLITICS:
Yep. During the GWB years, here in Portland, they had signs around town, “Free Hinkley” and a pic of the president. Point also being: the Dems have been touting this “do anything to stop the dictator” hokum for a long while, not just a Trump.
— petebray (@petebray) July 17, 2024
Related:
Biden tones down the heated political rhetoric by claiming Donald Trump wants to block Black Americans from voting and prosecute his political enemies. pic.twitter.com/8zXe1ch4aD
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 16, 2024
Compare:
Tom @LlamasNBC, on NBC News NOW, finds a very enthusiastic Texas delegate on the floor sporting a “Black Lives MAGA” shirt: “It is electrifying. How can you not feel the excitement, the energy, the joy!” pic.twitter.com/hZTi1fLApq
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) July 17, 2024
FIGHT THE POWER: College grad sues to stop mandatory student fee that supports liberal activist group.
Universities and their activity fees generally serve as money laundries for leftist activists and causes.
I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATIVE AND REASONABLE: Canadian professor laments Trump’s survival of assassination attempt: ‘Damn, so close. Too bad.’
“GUN VIOLENCE EXPERTS” ARE GENERALLY JUST HACKS. THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION, IT SEEMS: Gun Violence ‘Expert’ Claims Trump Attack Just Another ‘Mass Shooting.’
THOUGHTS FROM READER JOHN STEAKLEY:
All this talk about “turning down the heat” after the assassination attempt reminded me of something I read on Instapundit years ago that resonated with me, so I searched and found it:
https://instapundit.com/462312/
As Thomas Sowell told an interviewer in 2004, “There’s something Eric Hoffer said: ‘Intellectuals cannot operate at room temperature.’
So here is the catch-22 Democrats face when told to “turn down the heat”: Trump IS the heat Democrats need in order to function. If they can’t continue to bloviate and hyperbolize about Trump as an existential threat, then they’re paralyzed. They will fall from their high perches like Florida iguanas in winter. And then this just becomes a contest between one candidate that takes bullets and another that takes naps. They can’t have that.
This seems right to me. Also: “a contest between one candidate that takes bullets and another that takes naps.” Brilliant.
CHANGE IS COMING:
Just today, Microsoft announced they’re slashing their entire DEI program.
Now, John Deere says they’re done getting involved in woke propaganda activities. Great to see them listening!
The tide is turning. The Culture War is shifting in our favor because people are sick of the… https://t.co/fyPxtjRndi
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 16, 2024
IRRATIONAL ANGER IS A SIGN OF DEMENTIA: Biden Conference Calls Go Badly. “Things got especially confrontational when Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) brought up the crisis in confidence in Biden being our commander-in-chief. Crow, a veteran with a Bronze Star, was excoriated by Biden, who trashed his service and once again used his dead son as some political playing card. The contents of the calls were not known until now. What a nasty piece of work Biden is. Mr. Empathy is a total a-hole, but you knew that already.”
Plus: “These antics aren’t what you want 16 weeks until Election Day.”
No, they’re exactly what I want. The “cabal” installed Biden in 2020, and I want them to suffer for that near-treasonous act.
UPDATE (FROM THE COMMENTS):
— Leslie Eastman ☥ (@Mutnodjmet) July 17, 2024
THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER OUR COUNTRYMEN: Mayor Johnson plans to remove George Washington statue outside his City Hall office.
BRADLEY THOMPSON: Private Property and the Birth of a Free Society. “The first principle and cornerstone of a free, just, and prosperous society is the recognition, inviolability, and protection of private property. The institution of private property—i.e., the right of exclusive possession, use, and disposition—is synonymous with the rise of civilization itself. No society has long existed without it. Indeed, there can be no freedom, no justice, and no prosperity without it. The acceptance, celebration, and protection of private property as an unalienable right is a reliable barometer of how much freedom, justice, and prosperity there is or will be in any given society.”
That’s why leftists hate it.
ANOTHER WIN FOR THE NCLA: Tenth Circuit Overturns NCLA Client’s Wrongful Conviction Under USFS Regulation for Instagram Post. “Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned New Civil Liberties Alliance client David Lesh’s criminal conviction for allegedly violating a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The Court ruled that the USFS regulation banning unauthorized ‘work activity or service’ on USFS lands is impermissibly vague as applied to his conduct. This means Mr. Lesh could not have known that taking photos on USFS land and posting them to his personal Instagram account would be punishable under the regulation. The Tenth Circuit, under binding Supreme Court precedent, determined that Mr. Lesh was not deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial because the so-called petty offense exception applies, but two judges implied that the exception might be inconsistent with the Constitution and should be revisited.”
Reminder/Disclosure: I’m on the advisory board of the NCLA.
PUSHBACK: Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz Say They Plan to Donate to Trump PAC.
The list of publicly identified participants is basically a roll call of the men and women building the new American century. Everyone knows @elonmusk, but not everyone properly understands him. He isn’t an old-school titan of industry amassing wealth for its own sake. He’s a…
— Brooke Rollins (@BrookeLRollins) July 16, 2024
That may be one reason, but I suspect after seeing New York’s lawfare against Trump, and receiving Delaware’s lawfare against him, he’s moving as much of his business as he can out of hostile jurisdictions.
Related: “At first glance every trained person in the world said one thing: Bullshit.”
Plus: “Good Lord. I do not want any of this to be the case. I’d far rather have the whole thing have been simple incompetence.” So would we all.
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July 16, 2024
LEADERSHIP IN THE BIDEN ERA: “That’s our President, Joe Biden, asked by Lester Holt to describe his first reaction to the assassination attempt. Biden stumble and bumbled his way back to his happy place, the Charlottesville hoax!”
AMERICA’S PESSIMISTIC YOUTH: John Hinderaker: The Kids Are Not Alright. “The results were stunning. Young people in Minnesota are deeply pessimistic about their futures, and their country’s future. We asked respondents whether their generation is better off economically than their parents’ generation, worse off, or the same. Fully 90% said their generation is worse off than their parents’. . . . Further, young people’s pessimism extends into the future. Asked whether the next generation will be economically better off, worse off, or the same as theirs, 68% said ‘worse off.’ In other words, the vast majority of young Minnesotans think they live in a country that is in a state of permanent decline. I have no reason to think the results would be much different in other states.”
Well, it’s the Biden Era. Like the Carter Era, but with less honesty and competence.