Author Archive: Stephen Green
April 13, 2021
HMM: Virginia Shuts Down Elections Site Ahead of Key Republican Deadline. “The website was taken down on April 9, a day before the April 10 deadline for Republicans in Fairfax County to register to participate in next month’s nominating convention.”
THEY DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY DON’T KNOW: Learning gaps matter. “If we don’t measure students’ learning, it will be easier to pretend that those locked out of school for more than a year are doing OK. Perhaps they’ve learned resilience. Or not. We don’t know.”
BRYAN PRESTON: Amid Renewed Rioting in Minneapolis, a Lesson on the Second Amendment. “Anyone who interjects hunting into discussions of the Second Amendment is either trying to deceive or doesn’t know the amendment and its true purpose.”
SHINE A LIGHT: What the Rolling Stones can teach us about today’s tax debate. “We’re about to embark on another national experiment to see how Americans react to tax increases. While some say that economic conditions have changed to the point where ‘it is different this time’ (cautionary words to any student of history) – we’re likely to find that human nature is a stubborn thing.”
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Woke Corporations Hand Out Millions to Rioters, Get Looted Anyway.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: What happens when corporations pledge $300 million to woke causes?
Answer: They get their stores looted by woke rioters, anyway.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Google shadowbans “riots today” search results
- Minneapolise body cam footage shows cop somehow mistakes pistol for Taser
- Who wore it better, Kid Cudi or Mick Jagger?
Bonus Sanity: Nancy Pelosi mocks AOC and the Squad.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Intel Veteran Exposes China’s Spy Ops and Paramilitary Training in Canada.
ANTITRUST: Google allegedly gave its ad system an advantage with a special project. “Texas thinks it might have an edge in its antitrust lawsuit against Google. MLex and the Wall Street Journal have found unredacted court documents showing that Google ran a program, Project Bernanke, that allegedly gave its ad purchasing system an edge over rivals. The internet giant used data from publishers’ ad servers to steer advertisers toward the price they’d have to pay for ad placements, but didn’t tell this to the publishers selling those ads. This amounted to insider trading, Texas claimed, as it could use exclusive info to undercut competing ad-buying systems and pay publishers less.”
DEMORALIZE THE POLICE: Austin Police Officer Shot On Duty; Just One City Council Member Gives Him Backup.
MIDDLE EAST: Iran Threatens Israel After Cyber Strike On Nuke Facility. “Israel appears to have launched a successful cyberattack on the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, causing a blackout at the facility on Sunday and resulting in heavy damage to new IR-9 centrifuges, according to Middle Eastern sources.”
WHAT IS IT ABOUT MICHIGAN? COVID-19 Cases Are Surging in Michigan and the CDC Director Says Shut It Down to ‘Flatten the Curve.’
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: U.S.May Want to Look Into Getting Rid of Minnesota. “Hear me out. I know that we have all gotten used to the way the American flag looks and that change is difficult but, let’s be honest here, we could all probably get used to having fewer stars on it. Maybe start by removing one after we rid ourselves of, say, Minnesota. I’m done with it. Minnesota and its 10,000 lakes need to go somewhere that isn’t here.”
PUBLIC SERVICE: Trump’s Net Worth Dropped Over A $Billion During His 4-Years In Office. “He knew what he was getting into when he came down the Trump Tower escalator to declare his candidacy back in 2015. But losing a billion dollars is what can happen when you don’t take a salary or make any business deals for four solid years. During that time, how many times have the Democrats and their sycophants in the media made false accusations that Donald Trump was using the presidency to enriching himself?”
Related: Here’s How Joe Biden’s Family Got Rich While He Was Vice-President.
Also related: “Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook.”
April 12, 2021
MOSTLY PEACEFUL: Holy crap. Watch BLM protesters threaten to dox these officers and kill their families.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): This is how you get death squads.
CRISIS BY DESIGN: The Building Austin Policing Crisis. “After the Austin police budget cut on top of the repeal of the public camping ban, Austin crime and disorder has gotten measurably worse.”
UPDATE (From Ed): Austin Police Officer Shot On Duty; Just One City Council Member Gives Him Backup.
(Updated and bumped.)
NEW YOU CAN USE: Here Are 100 Companies That Don’t Want Your Money if You Want Secure Elections. Spend Accordingly.
PANICMONGERS GOTTA MONGER PANIC: Irony Alert: Dr. Fauci Is the Most Effective Anti-Vaxxer Ever.
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GET WOKE OR GO BROKE, THEY WERE TOLD: The Victims of Woke Capitalism: Georgia Business Owners Speak Out After MLB Snub.
OF COURSE THEY DON’T: Energy secretary says ‘We don’t want to use past definitions of infrastructure.’
“Infrastructure” hasn’t lost all meaning. It has a new meaning: “Favored interest groups who want money.”
We used to just call it “graft” or “vote-buying.”