CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3 million check to US government.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
June 9, 2024
THE SOLDIER/CIVILIAN DISTINCTION DOES NOT EXIST IN HAMAS TERRITORY:
This is a gigantic story
The person holding Noa Argamani hostage in his home was an Al Jazeera “journalist” who was ALSO Hamas’ Ministry of Labor spokesperson
His father (also in the house) is a doctor
And all of this was in a “refugee camp”
Dear the West, you’ve been played https://t.co/7ADundzET8
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) June 9, 2024
INSURRECTION:
Per NBC: “Police said they attempted to arrest one person who climbed a statue, but members of the crowd intervened.” So we are just going to leave that there, then? https://t.co/EKjAjbxcTY
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 9, 2024
Related:
Biden claimed to have run on Charlottesville. Now this is happening at his front door and crickets. https://t.co/xq6W4XlYJN
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) June 9, 2024
MAKE THEM PAY: Universities nationwide face antisemitism lawsuits en masse.
MELANIE PHILLIPS WAS WARNING ABOUT THIS OVER 20 YEARS AGO BUT NO ONE LISTENED: A World-Historical Transformation Is Taking Place in Britain, Yet Few Have Noticed. “A world-historical societal transformation is taking place before our very eyes, and yet few have taken notice. Britain, the erstwhile leader of the Western world and the foundation and source of English-speaking civilization, is in its last days as a free society, and will soon become an Islamic state. Yet despite the mountains of evidence that this transformation is taking place, many will still deny that it is happening at all. They may not even admit it when it overtakes them personally.”
It’s an object lesson in how effectively the left uses bogus claims of racism to silence its opposition.
SOME SERGEANT NAMED SCHULTZ WAS IN CHARGE: Columbia University Closes Investigation Into Harassment of Jewish Students Without Identifying a Single Suspect.
They’d have retina prints and credit histories if it was an anti-trans mob.
STRAIGHT WHITE GIRLS NOT WELCOME: Caitlin Clark will be left off the Team USA roster for Paris Olympics, source says.
I’VE ALWAYS DESPISED THE OLYMPICS AS CORRUPT AND STUPID, SO THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE: Olympics Create List of Banned Words for Journalists In Regard To Trans Athletes.
THEY WRECK EVERY INSTITUTION THEY DON’T CONTROL: Prof. Steven Calabresi: The Left Wing Attack on Judicial Independence and on Justice Alito. “The Left is so mad about the overruling of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the abortion rights case, that they are now trying to force the Supreme Court’s two most principled and brilliant members into resigning or recusing themselves from participating in important cases about the 2020 and 2024 elections, which they have a constitutional duty to help decide.”
JOEL KOTKIN: Libertarians can stay relevant by defending the middle class: They can drop the dogmatic theory and stand up for free-market pragmatism instead. “This year, in which the electorate is restless and disgusted with their main awful party choices, the libertarians are playing a very small role. They are likely to be overwhelmed not only by the candidacy of Independent Robert Kennedy Jr., who was disdained at the convention despite making a strong case against the censorship regimes of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They may not also beat pro-Hamas candidates Cornel West and Jill Stein.”
I spent some time in the Libertarian Party in the 1990s, when it seemed to be making inroads. But it wasn’t ready for prime time and it’s gone downhill since.
June 8, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Who inspires your fabled fools? That’s my claim to fame!
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory.
I WAS TOLD THAT THIS DRUG WAS ENTIRELY BENIGN: Huge Study Reveals How Often Cannabis Triggers Psychotic Episodes.
SCIENCE: How far have the medical journals fallen? This far.
I SHED NO TEARS OVER COLLATERAL DAMAGE:
“One of the most complicated hostage rescue missions in history.”
The operation to rescue the hostages from Nusayrat was named "Summer Seeds" and is defined by the IDF as one of the most complex ever for hostage rescue.
The hostages were held in a heavily civilian populated… pic.twitter.com/GOVqaN3L1Y
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) June 8, 2024
F*ck you EU 🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/i6fZzWHjH6
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 8, 2024
“We condemn the disproportionate loss of life among Germans during the operation for liberation of Jews from Auschwitz.” pic.twitter.com/LbgQ0PE4R0
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 8, 2024
Flashback: The European Union’s Proxy War.
More here.
UPDATE:
Part of the reason Hamas/supporters are so viscerally upset about Israel’s rescue of four innocent hostages from Gaza is that the news will remind a lot of people about the rest of the innocent hostages Hamas monsters have been holding against their will for nearly 250 days. 🇮🇱
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 8, 2024
It has now been confirmed that Noa Argamani was held by Hamas in the home of a Palestinian family, while the other three hostages were held at a separate home.
So tell me again how the so-called ‘civilians’ in Gaza are not just aiding and abetting Hamas? pic.twitter.com/8V4IQmvNyy
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) June 8, 2024
There is no soldier/civilian line in Gaza; it exists only in pro-Hamas propaganda.
GEORGE KORDA: Here’s what separation of church and state actually means and it does not apply to faith.
Archived version is here in case the above link doesn’t work.
THEY’VE KIND OF RUINED THEM: No One Wants a New Car Now. Here’s Why. Why are so many Americans forgoing new vehicles? Used cars are not just a better bargain, they retain designs and features more coveted than their high-tech replacements.
They’re bossy, they’ve subsituted touchscreens for knobs even though touchscreens are distracting and less safe because they’re cheaper, and most people don’t want the cockpit of their car to look like a home theater. The Insta-Wife hates screens in the car and bought a year-old Audi loaner from the dealer last year because the new cars had huge screens that couldn’t be turned off, while the older model had a small screen with an off switch. And I was writing about this phenomenon decades ago.
UPDATE: Second link was wrong before; fixed now. Sorry!
DAVID BARON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Killer bear: Woman’s death inside her home marks California’s first fatal black bear attack. Probably shouldn’t have chosen the bear . . .
This should end the “controversy” over killing a bear in your living room, but it won’t, because the controversy comes from morons.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: The first case of a ‘highly contagious’ ringworm infection spread through sex has arrived in the US, researchers say.
FIRST THE MURDER HORNET LETDOWN, NOW THIS DISAPPOINTMENT: No, ‘flying’ venomous spiders are not coming for you this summer.
CHANGE: U.S., Germany double down on space exploration. “Future collaborations include gravity studies, information sharing on Earth-surface changes and national threat assessments regarding possible hostile uses of space.”