A VERY PUBLIC EDUCATION: Colorado report outlines pandemic impacts on students heading to college. “The rate at which Colorado students are going to college right out of high school has dipped, and those who do go are less prepared.”
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July 19, 2022
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR WEEKLY INSANITY WRAP: Yeah, Rachel Levine Is Totally Coming for Your Kids. “Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s desire to ’empower’ kids to permanently alter their bodies is the big crazy on Insanity Wrap, an entire week’s worth of lefty nuttiness wrapped up in one easy-to-swallow medicated news capsule.”
Plus:
- Let’s talk dirty about clean solar
- Another Babylon Bee prophecy made real
- Welcome to Biden Falls, Delaware
So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
WELCOME TO THE PARTY, PAL: Goldman CEO David Solomon says inflation is ‘deeply entrenched’ in the global economy.
“I think the lack of specificity about the temporal cadence that was implied by that word led to a level of ambiguity that that wasn’t serving the debate very well.”
We have nothing to fear but specificity about temporal cadence.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Please, Idiot Blue State Dems, Bring Back Draconian COVID Protocols. “What if their COVID fetish turns out to be a huge assist for the Republicans?”
HMM: China has an unemployment problem. Why nearly 20 percent of young job-seekers can’t land a job.
Dissatisfaction among the young generation in China has spiked recently, and it’s not hard to see why. Chinese students face intense competition at school and at universities — and lately they have also spent stretches of time in strict covid lockdowns, many stuck in tight dorm rooms. Worse, perhaps: The payoff is increasingly elusive — it has become harder and harder to find a job.
New data released on Saturday by China’s National Bureau of Statistics shows that youth unemployment hit 19.3 percent in June. It’s the highest level since the data was first made public four years ago; back then, the figure was as low as 9.6 percent.
Previously: China working-age population shrinks, presenting pitfall for pension plans.
A shrinking workforce and high youth unemployment don’t say anything good about good about the true condition of China’s economy.
IT IS UNWISE TO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, COMRADE: If the 2020 Election Was So Secure, How Come We Keeping Discovering Irregularities?
Good news: Decreased demand means less inflationary pressure.
Bad news: Increased risk of recession (if we aren’t already in one).
July 18, 2022
THANK GOODNESS FOR JOE MANCHIN: Sanders Accuses Manchin of ‘Sabotage’ Against Biden Agenda.
UKRAINE WAR: Will U.S. Rockets Turn the Tide? “What happens when Ukraine suddenly has the ability to reach out and touch Russian supplies and transportation networks far behind Russia’s artillery?”
MEGAN FOX: The Indy Star Got Something Very Wrong in 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Story, Report Shows.
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WHEN YOU’VE LOST THE NYT…: NYT: Who we gonna believe, the Saudis or the serial fabulist? “It’s not just conservative critics wondering which narrative to buy, though, after conflicting accounts of the Biden-MBS meeting emerged over the weekend. The New York Times’ Peter Baker recalls a few similar Biden tall tales over the years and wonders as well, albeit very politely.”
IF HE DID, WOULD TWO-THIRDS OF THE NATION FOLLOW THEM? Will the Biden Administration Bring Back Mask Mandates and Lockdowns?
GOOD QUESTION: Just How Stable Is China Right Now?
The Chinese government, like all authoritarian regimes, requires a narrative of universal competence and wisdom in its leaders, which means the regime can never openly admit a mistake. Everything is always going according to the five-year plan, the state is always right, the leaders are always all-knowing and all-seeing, and any corruption, failures or incompetence that gets exposed is always isolated incidents involving rogue low-level employees.
And lately those narratives are crashing into higher and higher piles of counterevidence.
Whatever is happening in China, it seems to be pointing to new levels of economic, social, and political turbulence. Maybe the Chinese economy is a “too big to fail” colossus, with too much built-up momentum to be derailed for long. Or maybe the whole thing is a house of cards; reliable and verifiable economic data have always been hard to find in China.
Authoritarian regimes often appear strong and stable right up until they don’t.
I’M SO SORRY WE FAILED HIM: Jill Breaks Out the Violin for Joe: ‘He Had So Many Hopes.’
CRISIS BY DESIGN: More than 2 million illegal border encounters so far in fiscal 2022. “The total includes those apprehended and encountered by U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations staff. They exclude gotaways first reported by The Center Square, which includes at least another 50,009 people.”
CHANGE: New San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins Must Be Doing Something Right, as the Far-Left Is in Shambles. “On Friday, new San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins fired 15 people in her office. These firings happened in the first week after San Francisco Mayor London Breed appointed Jenkins following the recall of disgraced District Attorney Chesa Boudin.”
JOE BIDEN DID THAT: Gas Prices Could Be Spiking Again by Election Day.
COLORADO: Crested Butte eyes pricey ‘green’ building codes; forced electrification among possible mandates.
Already faced with an acute housing affordability crisis that’s driving out working class residents, the town council of Crested Butte is prepared to exacerbate the problem in the name of going green.
Following in the footsteps of the self-imposed fiascos in Louisville and Superior, the council is looking to get a jump on recently passed state legislation by considering the adoption of new green building codes by next month. In doing so, it plans to go further than any other jurisdiction to date in Colorado.
As part of a council study session concerning the building codes update, the town council is considering mandating 100% electrification for all new builds and substantial renovations going forward. That would make it the first jurisdiction in the state to require forced electrification, and one of only a handful of jurisdictions nationwide to make such a move.
The Californication of Colorado continues apace.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: What Nefarious Trickery Will Democrats Stoop to In November? “Even when they’re awash in misery like they are at present, the Democrats are working feverishly on conjuring up new ‘anomalies’ that can be introduced into the electoral process. They never lose focus. I imagine them working with a combination of computers, cauldrons, and cult labor minions whose eyes have been glazed over since the first time they got stoned during an Obama speech. All day. All night.”
OH MY:
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JOE BIDEN’S RETURN TO CLEAN GOVERNMENT: White House Edits Transcript of Biden Comment in Saudi Arabia. “Regardless of whether you believe Biden’s account of the words exchanged, they were a far cry from his tough rhetoric during the campaign. Yet, for the puppetmasters at the White House, Biden’s words may have been a little too tough. So, the handlers went full Orwell and edited the official White House transcript.”
REPORTERS DON’T TAKE SIDES, WE’RE TOLD: Most left-leaning journalists say conservative media does not deserve equal coverage. “Age was also a factor in the study, with 63 percent of younger journalists aged 18 to 29, who disproportionately report to left-wing audiences, being most likely to admit biased coverage of the issues. Similarly, 60 percent of those aged 30-49 do not support equal coverage of alternative viewpoints. Journalists 50 and older, however, are evenly split between the two viewpoints.”
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Narratives don’t establish or maintain themselves, you know.