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Have you ever noticed that when a news article talks about college students, they always use a picture from Yale?  This particular spot is the plaza over Cross Campus Library (which is underground) looking east toward part of Berkeley College, with the steps up to York Street and Sterling Memorial Library off-stage to the left.

ZMan does a deep dive.

For a very long time, the radical conception of politics was the struggle between the radicals advancing society forward and reactionaries trying to block the way. In this formulation, the radicals push for reform and the reactionaries concoct an argument against it and the resulting struggle advances society forward. The result is imperfect, so the ideal solution from the radical perspective is to eliminate the reactionaries, who stand in the way of the project and the path of human destiny.

Strangely, the modern Right has also embraced this view. This was not always so, but the conservatism that evolved in the 20th century fully embraced its role as the dancing partner of radicalism. Bill Buckley made this clear when he said, “A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.” Note also the need do the yelling when others are not inclined to do any yelling.

Looking at Buckley’s legacy, National Review, we discover that the reason they’re yelling STOP is because they want to climb on board. Every time you see an article by an NR-nik labelled ‘The Conservative Case for [stupid proglodyte proposal]’ you see them with the camouflage stripped off.

DUH!

The Antiplanner points out some inconvenient truth.

A growing body of research shows that mass transit is the major reason why the coronavirus has been so deadly in New York City. The New York urban area (roughly New York City plus Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties in New York plus Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union counties in New Jersey) provides 45 percent of all transit trips in the United States and, not coincidentally, has seen about 45 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

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Well, I guess all of our problems are over, then.

Welcome To America

Data Shows World Rejecting Governments’ Shelter-In-Place Tyranny

Watch: Video Of NYPD Officer Brutalizing Bystander During ‘Social Distancing’ Arrest Sparks Outrage

Justice Department Becomes Involved In Virginia Church’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit Against Gov. Ralph Northam

3 California counties are defying state orders on reopening businesses

Singapore to require smartphone check-ins at all businesses and will log visitors’ national identity numbers

India makes contact-tracing app compulsory in viral hot zones despite most local phones not being smart

Lightfoot and Cuomo, the So-Called Heroes of the Pandemic  Mayor Lightfoot looks like a character in a zombie apocalypse movie.

The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis Is Here

Judge Blocks Unconstitutional California Ammunition Laws  ‘Never let a crisis go to waste.’

900 Lockdown-“Snitches” Fear Violent Reprisals After Names, Addresses Published Online  Welcome to our world, Karen….

NYPD Union Says Cops Should Stop Enforcing Social Distancing Orders

Japan’s Coronavirus Cases Fall Sharply Without Compulsory Measures

San Francisco Police Banned From Wearing Thin Blue Line Face Masks

Maskless Andrew Cuomo Says People Who Don’t Wear Masks ‘Could Literally Kill Someone’  Some pigs are more equal than others.

Tapper Tees Up Governor to Smear Protesters with Nooses, Nazis, Confederate Flags

Atlantic Writer Likens Anti-Lockdown Protesters To Slaveholders

Canadian PM Trudeau Targeting Ban on Handguns  ‘Never let a crisis go to waste.’

CNN Suggests Going Outside for Fresh Air Is a ‘Dangerous’ ‘Betrayal’ to Hospital Workers

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #408

Researchers, Lawmakers Cry Foul After Harvard Quietly Edits Study Suggesting Pollution Leads To More COVID Deaths

Leftists Fume As Michael Moore Turns On Fraudulent “Green” Movement In Latest Movie

Claim: Dengue Spreading in South America Because Climate Change

Rev. Jesse Jackson Bucks Environmentalists, Pushes Natural Gas Pipeline As Black Neighborhoods Struggle With Sky High Energy Prices

TURNER: The Earth Day Post Mortem — How First World Privilege Sustained A Global Event For 49 Years

Velshi Cues Up Laurence Tribe to Fearmonger Over Trump Judges

‘Is It Because’ He ‘Didn’t Need Daddy’s Help?’: Don Lemon Goes On Rant Asking Trump Why Obama Gets ‘Under’ His ‘Skin’

George Conway-Advised Lincoln Project Releases Video Claiming That Trump Might Literally Destroy America

Concern-Trolling Scarborough to Trump: ‘You’re Not Well, Let Pence Run Things’

New Democratic Organization Pays Social Media Influencers To Disagree With Trump

CBS Reporter Tries To Sic Disney Copyright Attorneys On Trump Campaign Over ‘Star Wars’ Video

Sharpton Wrongly Claims Trump Never Condmemned Anti-Asian Racism  Being called a racist by Al Sharpton is like being called ugly by a frog.

BIZARRE: Don Lemon Bashes Donald, Melania Trump as Dumber, Less Attractive than Obamas

‘A Racist Notion’

Mitchell Fears Trump Sullied ‘Hallowed Ground’ of Lincoln Memorial

CNN Guest Calls Trump ‘Un-Christian, Un-American,’ John King Thanks Him For His ‘Concern’

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A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let the daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn’t wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.

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Sure, let’s just cut out the pretense and have the news media come out of the closet as a Deep State propaganda service.

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This is an area that all previous Republican Presidents have sadly neglected. It will probably be the core of Trump’s legacy.

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The claim that “Putin wanted Trump” was absolutely fundamental and central to their coup effort — and it was all a lie concocted by former (?) Communist Brennan.

A lot of people need to go to jail.

Concur.

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Not that ‘journalists’ aren’t predisposed to do that sort of thing.

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An experimental antibody developed by researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands can defeat coronavirus in a laboratory setting, according to a new study published in Nature Communications Bloomberg, which notes that the antibody – known as 47D11 – neutralized the virus in cell cultures.

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The malaria-blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, was discovered by studying mosquitoes on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. It lives in the gut and genitals of the insects.

The researchers could not find a single mosquito carrying the Microsporidia that was harbouring the malaria parasite. And lab experiments, published in Nature Communications, confirmed the microbe gave the mosquitoes protection.

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Some examples of things I hear all the time:

• I don’t understand why team X isn’t working on feature idea Y. It’s such an obvious thing to do!
• Why is bug Z still present? Hasn’t it been known for a really long time? I don’t understand why they aren’t fixing it?
• I don’t get why HR team still doesn’t offer perk W. So many other companies have that!
• I’ve told my manager that we need a process for thing V but it still hasn’t happened!

Of course, why these things never happened is that something else was more important.

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Can they stonewall this long enough to get through the convention? If not, who will they pick?

Can they stonewall this long enough to get through the election? If so, Trump’s second term is going to be awesome.

UPDATE: NY Times Op-Ed: Time to Consider Dumping Biden

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Earlier today, I showed that New York state, the two other states that surround New York City, and nursing homes in the rest of America probably account for around two-thirds of the U.S. coronavirus death total. A focus on New York and nursing homes yields a common denominator: Andrew Cuomo.

Satellites reveal clearest picture of ice-melting in Antarctica

Oil Demand May Never Recover, Green Fantasy Part Deux

The Secret to Making a Liberal Argument Sound Dumb: Pretending Trump Doesn’t Exist  New York Magazine.

Maher and Taibbi Lament Media’s Trump Obsessions Distort Coronavirus Coverage

Journalists Complain That They Can’t Handle Four More Years of Trump  Hey, they could always go get a Real Job — Learn to Code!

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The concept known as “genetic memory” is much less studied and far more controversial than what we know as “regular” memory. Whilst there are a multitude of other examples in animals (see: Gallagher, 2013), according to the decorated psychiatrist and author Dr. Darold Treffert, these mysterious genetic memories may also apply to humans too (Treffert, 2015).

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A group of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering and SickKids Hospital have developed a new way to deliver molecules that target specific genes within cells. Their platform, which uses a modified form of diptheria toxin, has been shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseases as well.

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For more than 20 years, researchers have tried with limited success to engineer antibodies into new treatments for bacterial and viral infections. Now, a team of scientists has come up with a new approach: fastening together tiny antibodies from llama blood with a type of bacterial super glue. The interconnected antibodies protect mice from two dangerous viruses, and they could subdue other pathogens.

Faux-conservative cuck Rod Dreher unfurls his true colors.

These thugs have been threatening store employees and owners with violence — for expecting customers to abide by public health guidelines that are no more than an inconvenience, and that lessen the chance that a deadly virus will infect them and/or spread through them.

Idiots. Selfish idiots. They are given the opportunity to ease back into normal life, by shopping, but they’re not going to do the minimum necessary to help the community be safer. So now business owners and other shoppers are going to be more at risk from the virus, because Rights. Man, that ticks me off. Selfish creeps.

If I had Rod Dreher here in front of me I’d be happy to beat the living snot out of him (I’ve met him; I could do it) for being a classic Useful Idiot.

ZMan does a deep dive.

In the fullness of time, future historians will write books on their theories about why liberal democracy came to behave so much like Soviet communism. The hallmark of Bolshevism was its intolerance of dissent. It was willing to sacrifice everything in order to prevent individuals or groups from questioning orthodoxy. This is becoming the defining feature of liberal democracy. In the name of individual rights and dignity, western governments are methodically turning into police states.

The development of an establishment class often called ‘the new clerisy’ composed of government employees, academics, and news media figures (and the cycling of people among those three perches) has led to a uniformity of political opinion that naturally generates a totalitarian approach to publicly-expressed opinion.

With thanks to Bluebird of Bitterness, who is certainly not letting the virus get her down.

Steve Sailer.

Because you read iSteve to stay current with all the latest Things, you know that axe-throwing is now a Thing. It’s kind of like bowling, a fun after-work indoor recreation, except with more opportunity for mutilation and disfigurement….

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America’s meat processing crisis, mainly triggered by labor shortages and plant closings due to coronavirus spread, is set to unleash a new wave of automation across plants to ease labor and health woes.

Bloomberg Law reports JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, is preparing to install robots in slaughterhouses to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among human employees working on the production line.

Wind & Solar ‘Industries’ Crushed By COVID-19

Study: High End Model Climate Sensitivities Not Supported by Paleo Evidence

Fact check: New White House press secretary makes false claims in first briefing  CNN.

Don Lemon Flip-Flops on Coronavirus Briefings: It’s an Evil Plot Either Way

The case of Gary Lenius

Maher Resurrects Paranoia About Trump Refusing to Leave Office, Tells Holder to Run in 2020

Huntington Beach protesters assail California Gov. Newsom’s order closing beaches

Tensions escalate in California: Cities file lawsuits against Gov. Newsom

Tucker: Totalitarianism doesn’t shock us any more

California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown  How generous.

Data Privacy Advocates Alarmed By NHS’s New ‘Contact-Tracing’ App

Austrian Cops May Intervene if They See People Kissing

Judge Napolitano: Politicians Are Taking Our Rights Away In The Name Of Public ‘Safety’

Why SARS-CoV-2 Bluetooth contact tracing apps are a tremendously stupid idea

Joy Reid Encourages Celebrity Chef to Cook Up Virus Conspiracy Theory

NYPD Dispatches 1,000 Cops To Stop New Yorkers From Barbecuing On Saturday

Twitter Bans Conservative Owens for Michigan Protest Tweet

Politicians Have Destroyed Markets and Ignored Human Rights with Alarming Enthusiasm

Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and “Digital Certificates”

“The Whole Thing’s A Farce” – ‘Conspiracy Theories’ Thrive As Texans Flock Back To Shopping Malls

Death Is a Democrat: Florida Fearmonger Stalks Beaches as ‘Grim Reaper’

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Strapped for cash, state governments are plugging holes using unspent gift cards. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

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Do you know what’s been missing from the government’s response to coronavirus?

You might think– ‘more testing kits’, or ‘honest information’.

Nope. According to at least one county in the US state of Oregon, the biggest issue right now is establishing “safe spaces” where no white people are allowed.

Al Jazeera Climate Change Misanthropy: “Will coronavirus help nature reclaim the Earth?”

NOAA Satellite records second largest 2-month temperature drop in history

As 30 Million Lose Jobs, Robert Redford Sees Environmental Salvation in Lockdown  It always surprises me that people who make their living pretending to be somebody else, no matter how well that is done, seem to think it gives them some expertise in every sphere of human life.

Why Eco-Warriors’ Bid to Ban Natural Gas Appliances Is Wrongheaded

Broadway Star Tells ‘View’: This Lockdown Is a ‘Global Reset’ From ‘Mother Nature’ for ‘Self Care’  I make a point of never taking advice from people wearing pimp glasses.

U.S. officials crafting retaliatory actions against China over coronavirus as President Trump fumes  Washington Post. Fumes!

Trump Reportedly Threatened to Sue Campaign Manager Over Low Poll Numbers  New York magazine. Reportedly!

Jimmy Kimmel Confronts “Dead Inside” Jared Kushner: “What Are You?”  Vanity Fair.

Oregon Man Arrested After Threatening To Kill President Trump

Seth Meyers Slams ‘Conservative Movement’ as a ‘Fraud’

“F**k Trump Supporters” – Rutgers Prof Blames White Conservatives For Using Virus To Kill Black People  Race pimps in the news….

Kimmel Complains, Trump ‘Feeding Wingnuts’ With ‘Conspiracy’ ‘Blaming’ China for Virus

Here Are the BEST Trump Smackdowns of Journalists at Coronavirus Briefings

Politico Claimed Trump Took Credit for Obama Economy, Now Calls It ‘Trump’s Coronavirus Economy’

Democrats and Their Reductio ad Hitlerum Slander

Amanpour: Is Trump a ‘Danger’ to the U.S. and to the World?  Less so than Amanpour, I’d suspect.

Armed vigilantes appear outside Texas businesses to ‘protect their constitutional right to open’  Daily Mail.  Armed! Vigilantes! Pretty scary!

Cops hunt for person wearing creepy 17th-century plague doctor costume  After all, we can’t have people wandering around in creepy costumes.

Our Dress Rehearsal for a Police State  Real Clear Politics.

The Pandemic Road to Serfdom  Joel Kotkin.

Swiss Health & Tranquility Law Sparks “Desperate” Snitching To Counter Lockdown-Deniers

Germany Considering “Coronavirus Cards” To Allow Immune Citizens Freedom Of Travel  ‘Your papers please!’

‘Full Of $hit’ – Swedish City Spreads Manure On Parks To Stop Crowds Gathering

The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis

Sen. Kennedy: If Lockdown Continues ‘The Economy Will Collapse’ And People Will ‘Stop Complying’

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Extends Lockdown, Grabs More Emergency Powers And Executive Authority  If you live in Michigan, it’s time to move.

Blue States Become Laboratories of Despotism

Big Tech’s Big Brother Moves

“No Place For Such Weapons In Canada” – Trudeau Announces Ban On Assault-Style Rifles 

Teen Vogue Teaches Kids: ‘Reopen Protests Are Motivated By Racism’

‘A Bedrock Principled Right’: Louisiana Attorney General Urges Governor To Reopen Churches

Newsom “Put Politics Over Data” With Beach Closure Order, Newport Mayor Says

New CDC criteria points to Apple and Google contact tracing system as a ‘preferred’ choice  The Deep State has spoken.

Ace of Spades puts the boot in.

Joey Fingers should also be forced to answer questions about Lucy Flores and Amy Lappos and D.J. Hill and Caitlyn Caruso and Ally Coll and Sofie Karasek and Vail Kohnert-Yount.

And of course Tara Reade.

Kevin Williamson shoots some fish in a barrel.

I’ll get into this at more length later, but there’s a problem with Joe Biden’s naming Chris Dodd to run his vice-presidential search beyond the obvious waitress-sandwich stuff.

The Democrats talk a pretty good “diversity” game, but think about what that really looks like in a party where the bosses are rich and white and the voters are less affluent and less white. Joe Biden, an eternal party hack and white-guy visitor from the age of black-and-white television, pledges to name a woman to the VP spot. Okay — which woman? The woman recommended to him by Chris Dodd, eternal party hack and white-guy visitor from the age of black-and-white television.

The obvious conclusion to be drawn from the various contortions now underway by the Democrats and their mouthpieces in the national ‘press’ is that it’s all bunkum; what they say they do not mean, and what they mean is the same old shell game they always play when it comes to electoral politics. The only surprise is that their shenanigans are as successful as they continually prove to be — one would think that their ‘base’ would eventually wise up to the fact that they are being fleeced and refuse to submit to it.

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Given her history, I can’t think of a single antibody that Madonna wouldn’t test positive for.

Palestinian Lies Never Die; Wikipedia and Google Keep Them Alive

Off the Coast of Libya With an ECHR Lawyer on Speed Dial

The Yodeling of the Muezzin is Heard in Lleida

Easy Guide to Sharia Law

Jeff Goldblum Slammed for Calling Out Islam’s Treatment of Gays On ‘Drag Race’

Israel Arrests Hamas-linked Cell Plotting Numerous Bombings

Oil Spikes After Bomb-Laden Tanker Truck Detonates In Northern Syria, Killing At Least 34

ICE Deports Pakistani National Who Attempted To Launder Money From Al-Qaida

Jeff Goldblum’s Legitimate Question about Islam

Coronavirus Lockdowns Haven’t Slowed Jihadists

ISIS Vehicular Jihad in Colombes

Germany Bans Hezbollah, Conducts Raids On Mosques And Homes With Suspected Links

The News From Spain

I Wanna Hold Your Hand Grenade

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Finally, the evening newscasts of ABC and CBS broke their silence on the rape accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. While their respective morning newscasts had already covered the topic, Thursday night was the first time NBC News had dared to give it airtime. The contrast was stark in how they covered the accusations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where their mission was to sink his nomination. This time, they were walking on eggshells as they gingerly came to Biden’s aid.