THE DISCUSSION LOST ME AT “NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH EQUITY.” Are You Eating Like the Rest of America? How U.S. Diets Have Changed Over 20 Years.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
June 18, 2024
Despite Trump’s “reputation” — which is mostly based on his opponents’ deliberate mischaracterizations — Trump’s views on race are more traditionally liberal, and more widely in tune with the American public’s, than those of the race-grifters and -baiters who make up the mainstream political establishment and media.
A 30% MORTALITY RATE WITHIN 48 HOURS IS NO JOKE: Japan sees record spike in infections caused by tissue-damaging bacteria.
“Most of the deaths happen within 48 hours,” Kikuchi added. “As soon as a patient notices swelling in their foot in the morning, it can expand to the knee by noon and they can die within 48 hours.”
STSS symptoms start as a fever, muscle pain and vomiting, but as the bacterial infection spreads into deep tissues and the bloodstream the symptoms can become life-threatening with swelling, low blood pressure and organ failure.
Since I don’t have a spleen, I’m more vulnerable to this. I keep a brutally strong antibiotic (Levaquin) on hand, and I’m supposed to gulp it and head to the ER at the first sign of symptoms.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: The 2025 Toyota Camry XLE AWD Quietly Reinvents the Midsize Sedan.
Related: Everything Old is New Again. Okay, it’s not all that related, but it’s awesome.
I HAVE ONE OF THESE, BUT IT’S FROM ROMANIA: Review: Century Arms WASR-10 Rifle.
CANCELING THE ELECTION WILL PROBABLY DO IT: Can we prevent a bird flu pandemic in humans?
SPEAKING OF OFF-LABEL DRUG USES: Drugmaker to testify on why weight-loss drugs cost 15x more in the US.
I REMEMBER THE BRIEF PERIOD WHEN OFF-LABEL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ANTI-SCIENCE: Antimalarial drug shows promise in treating polycystic ovarian syndrome.
IMAGINE IF MARJORIE TAYLER GREEN MADE THIS CLAIM: Cori Bush Claims She Miraculously Healed Homeless Woman’s Tumors by Laying Hands on Her.
I WAS HOPING FOR FLYING CARS: Brain scans identify 6 types of depression in new study.
I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT SO: Wealth Taxes are Direct Taxes that are Subject to the Rule of Apportionment.
THEY’LL BE LUCKY IF IT DOESN’T GO FROM FIGURATIVE TO LITERAL: How to Skewer Invisible Rulers.
IT’S NOT YOUR BOOK SHE WANTS TO TOUCH? A New York Times Book Reviewer “Longs” for Me. So Why Won’t She Touch My Book?
BOTTOM WORRY OF THE DAY: George Clooney: Now Who Will Fund Social Justice Movies!
WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? University of Oklahoma discriminates against white students: University allegedly told white female student she would get more aid if she was black.
Because it’s run by racists.
BIDEN IS OUR BREZHNEV, BUT WHO WILL BE OUR GORBACHEV? The U.S. as Soviet Union: A government with a permanent deficit and a bloated military. A bogus ideology pushed by elites. Poor health among ordinary people. Senescent leaders. Sound familiar?
KINDA LIKE DELAWARE, POLITICIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY IS UNDERMINING HONG KONG’S POSITION:
Thank you @NikkeiAsia for publishing my op-ed on how the resignations of Collins and Sumption from the #HongKong Court of Final Appeal are part of a wider malaise in HK’s status as a commercial dispute resolution hub, in which the national security crackdown is not a direct cause…
— Kevin Yam 任建峰 (@kevinkfyam) June 18, 2024
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Fact Checking Hurricane Severity Versus Climate Change. “[If] we have colder periods, we will get more hurricane activity. If we have warmer periods, the hurricane activity tends to drop off.”
CELEBRITIES THINK PLASTIC SURGERY LOOKS NORMAL: ‘What the f***?’: Celebrities baffled voters like Trump for sounding ‘normal.’
They live in a bubble. A crazy, stupid, frequently evil bubble.
TIME CALLED IT A “CABAL,” AND IT WAS ONE: Judicial Watch: New Records Detail Federal-State Censorship Coordination in 2020 Election.
And of course they’re planning to do it again. They didn’t suffer any consequences last time.
WHAT DISTINGUISHED CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS THAT IT WAS POLITICALLY USEFUL. THESE ARE NOT. THAT EXPLAINS THE MEDIA ATTENTION GAP. Hateful pro-Hamas protests create another antisemitic Charlottesville rally every day.
IT’S SATIRE, MOSTLY:
'It's Just Basketball,' Shrugs Decapitated Caitlin Clark https://t.co/1eTETU2FWD pic.twitter.com/WCNl4BQw6i
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 17, 2024
IT’S WHO THEY ARE, IT’S WHAT THEY DO:
Biden Administration continues its weaponization of federal agencies to go after Elon Musk.
"Again ask a court to bar him from serving as an officer or director of a public company … exposing him to the possibility of removal from Tesla."
“They sued him previously, and I… pic.twitter.com/00Vvnytzwj
— Warren Redlich – Chasing Dreams (@WR4NYGov) June 17, 2024
I now assume that any prosecution or regulatory attack on a business not overtly aligned with the Democrats is undertaken for partisan political reasons.