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Experimental physicists have developed the smallest microchips ever – 100 times smaller than conventional microchips. They believe that this next generation of microchips could lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster.

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A conservative women’s group cannot paint its own mural on New York City streets even after Mayor Bill de Blasio allowed a yellow “Black Lives Matter” mural to be painted outside Trump Tower, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield said Women for America First, a supporter of Republican former President Donald Trump, did not show that the city violated its First Amendment rights in rejected its mural “Engaging, Inspiring and Empowering Women to Make a Difference!”

The judge said the city may apply reasonable, viewpoint-neutral restrictions to street surfaces, which are typically reserved for signage to promote traffic safety and are not “message boards for private expression.”

Steve Sailer follows the Science.

Scientific-minded dissidents frequently compare today’s orthodoxy that the cause of whatever ails blacks is—and, indeed, must be—white racism to discarded scientific constructs such as phlogiston in chemistry and aether in physics. But the most informative comparison might be to the long, unfortunate hold of the miasma theory of disease on medical thought.

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One of the things that happened to stories was memetics. Stories proliferate or decline based on their own Darwinian logic. They may reproduce if they are funny, or if they flatter the listener, or if they are set to a catchy tune. Consider my simplified story of history: isn’t it pleasing in its symmetry? Doesn’t “both eras had their benefits and challenges” sound like something a sophisticated person would say? But memetics isn’t inherently hostile to truth and unity. It produces Harambe, not Lysenkoism. Stories, like Soviet agronomists, are corrupted by power.

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For almost a year, the central policy debate in most Western countries has been whether—and for how long—to impose lockdowns. Advocates of stringent lockdowns argue that measures such as stay-at-home orders and forced closures of businesses are necessary to save lives and prevent health-care systems from being overwhelmed. So-called “lockdown sceptics,” on the other hand, argue either that such measures are ineffective, or that their benefits are outweighed by the associated social and economic costs; and that a focussed protection strategy is preferable. (The term “lockdown,” as I am using it, does not encompass all non-pharmaceutical interventions. In particular, I am excluding non-onerous, common-sense measures like asking symptomatic individuals to self-isolate, encouraging vulnerable people to work from home, and restricting large indoor gatherings.)

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A group of Utah parents has prompted a review of an “equity book program” in their local school district after a teacher read a book favorable to transgenderism to a class of third graders.

The book, “Call Me Max,” written by transgender-identified author Kyle Lukoff, follows the story of a girl wanting to be seen as a boy.

The book is a transparent attempt to make children comfortable with the idea of changing gender. According to the book’s description, it is “a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender.”

Some parents, however, saw the book as an attempt to indoctrinate their children into a false view of gender and sex.

To their credit, they did something—and their actions have made a difference.

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Note that she’s very very white. The Crust takes care of its own.

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Note the smear word ‘flee’. There’s nothing that a U.S. Senator can do to cope with a state-controlled agency’s power mistakes that requires him to be on the scene. If I could have gotten to Mexico, I would have gone.

Biden, as President, has more tools at his disposal to help such a crisis than a Senator. But Biden did — wait for it — exactly nothing. (Oh, now that the crisis is solving itself, they’re providing a bunch of diesel-powered generators — how about those fossil fuels! — which, I predict, will not ever be used.)

UPDATE: Media Informs Ted Cruz You Can Only Travel During A Crisis If You’re A Democrat  Babylon Bee.

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Because they’re assholes. Ask me a hard one.

Democrats: Party of Fear – Party of Hate – Party of Death.

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Where they will sit in a warehouse, unused, like the stuff they sent Louisiana for Katrina and to Puerto Rico for whatever the name of their hurricane was, while politicians and government employees wrangle over who gets the swag and who gets the credit.

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Can’t fault his priorities.

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Why not? He needs a hobby.

Alex Lasry, the 33-year-old son of a billionaire Democratic megadonor with alleged Russian mob ties, launched a Senate campaign in Wisconsin on Wednesday.

“We need a new way of thinking and a new perspective,” the wealthy Milwaukee Bucks executive said in his announcement video. Lasry is running to succeed Republican senator Ron Johnson, who has not revealed whether he will run for reelection.

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North Carolina Democratic Senate hopeful Jeff Jackson backed a bill that would immediately grant voting rights to convicted felons—including murderers and rapists—upon their release from prison.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday night alleging that the online behemoth bypassed regulations meant to protect its workers from COVID-19.

The lawsuit claims that since the pandemic began in March the company refused to adopt legally required safety measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus in its two New York City facilities. It also alleges that Amazon did not adequately sanitize and close its facilities, adopt necessary social distancing measures or notify its employees of possible coronavirus exposures.

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The lawsuit follows a complaint from Amazon against James made last week in an effort to block it. The company alleged that James was trying to oversee activities and policies that fell under federal law, putting them outside of her jurisdiction and invalidating the suit as a result.

I think Amazon can afford better lawyers than the State of New York can. Of course, the Halfrican New York AG doesn’t care about winning the case (although that would be nice)  but mainly about harvesting the headlines.

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How would the US military react if ordered to suppress large-scale civil disobedience? With Washington D.C. still being patrolled by thousands of National Guard troops and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordering the military to observe a 60-day stand down to combat ‘extremism’ in the ranks, it’s a question that certainly deserves closer examination.

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Earmarks are returning two reasons. The first is that the Swamp itself has returned in full force, now that Trump is gone and his populist movement weakened. The second is that Democratic leaders desperately need a tool to round up congressional votes because their majorities are so thin. A small clique of progressives or centrists can block any bill Pelosi advocates. She and her committee chairs need an effective tool to round up votes.

Earmarks are that tool. Big City Machines used them for decades, securing a councilman’s vote by promising to hire a ne’er-do-well nephew over at Streets and Sanitation department, or put a few more policemen on patrol in his district, or pave the street in front of his mistress’s house. No journalist or political scientist has captured the process better than this brilliant scene from the 1940 movie, His Girl Friday.

My, what a surprise. Democrats are all about buying votes with YOUR money.

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The Congresswoman from the terrorist Turd World.

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If we just summarily executed everybody with visible tattoos, how much would the crime rate plummet?

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Without presenting a scrap of evidence to back up his claim, Bill Gates, multi-billionaire inventor of the blue screen of death and Mr. Rogers impersonator, says:

“All cities will be affected by climate change, but coastal cities will have the worst problems. Hundreds of millions of people could be forced from their homes as sea levels rise and storm surges get worse. By the middle of this century, the cost of climate change to all coastal cities could exceed $1 trillion . . . each year.”

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That would be entertaining.

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Blaming Trump – Is there anything it can’t do?

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Oops.

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Except that Democrats already plan to raise the minimum wage, and businesses are already banned from hiring illegal immigrants.

Good thing they don’t have anything more important to do….

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Paul Hastings, the law firm hired to conduct a “comprehensive review” of the Lincoln Project’s “operations and culture,” could be hard-pressed to deliver a credible result given several of its senior partners have donated to the scandal-plagued super PAC.

Greg Nitzkowski, the firm’s managing partner of more than two decades, donated $3,000 to the Lincoln Project in 2020, according to federal election records. Elena Baca, who chairs the firm’s employment law department, has donated almost $2,000 to the Lincoln Project.

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Amazon deplatformed the social media site Parler for violent content, but it has no problem providing violent, terrorist or Nazi content to its customers.

A flag from the terrorist group Hamas, a beanie that has the word “lynching” emblazoned across it, and a shirt with the slogan, “All My Heroes Killed Colonizers” are proudly sold on Amazon. In a previous study, the company was found selling a “Kill All Republicans” T-shirt. A shirt with an image of Jesus Christ wearing the crown of thorns had the logo, “Kill Your Idols” across it. Several pieces of jewelry and articles of clothing promoting Nazi symbols are also sold on the platform.

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That would certainly be entertaining.

ZMan does some analysis.

Revolt in a normal human society is made easier by the fact that everyone knows who is in charge and the institutions they control. In a despotism, the name of the despot and his supporters is known. The institutions they control and their relative power is also well known. The same is true of a republic when it degrades into oligarchy. Picking sides comes naturally. In the synopticon, this is not so clear, because everyone is an agent of the system, a potential threat to anyone resisting the system.

The Other McCain is not afraid to ask the hard questions.

Say hello to Leonard Ortega, 47, of Seattle, a lifelong criminal who was inexplicably out on the streets earlier this month….

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But of course that’s racist. Everybody Knows that genes have nothing to do with ability.

Steve is disappointed.

Every day, normal people who miss America get a fresh axe handle to the face.

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A “woke” James Bond. It’s like Ellen DeGeneres holding a revival.

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As crazy as the public is, it still wants strong male characters who save attractive female characters. It doesn’t want to see Nancy Pelosi save Richard Simmons, and it never will, because traditional sex roles are hard-wired into human beings.

Biden Upset Trade Unions By Scrapping The Keystone Pipeline, But Sided With Teachers Unions Against The Reopening Of Schools

Lincoln Project Donors Include Romney’s Bain Capital And China-Linked Companies

Daily Caller Co-Founder Neil Patel Predicts Amazon, Walmart Could Support Minimum Wage To Price Out Competition

Donald G. McNeil Was Fired from NYT in Part for Being a Fan of Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel”

Newsom Recall Effort Now Has More Than 1.5 Million Signatures

Orthodox Rabbis Call to Strip Ilhan Omar of Subcommittee Vice Chair

CNN’s John Avlon Says Trump Defense Lawyers Could Face ‘Recourse’ For ‘Lies’ During Impeachment Trial

House Democrats Hire ‘Triggerman’ Who Has Admitted To Shootings, Drug Dealing To Top Campaign Post

Elderly Asians Targeted In Spate Of Vicious Bay Area Attacks

NCIS: Los Angeles Latest Show to Push BLM ‘Peaceful Protest’ Lie

Saving Rugby from BLM Marxism

Rickards Warns ‘Green New Deal’ Is Already Underway

Creepy Children’s Climate Video: What if Humans Disappeared?  Well, actually, I have a list….

Texas frozen wind power – outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour  It’s not easy being Green.

Should Republicans Impeach Biden and Harris?  I think so.

Biden Upset Trade Unions By Scrapping The Keystone Pipeline, But Sided With Teachers Unions Against The Reopening Of Schools

Biden Pushes Gun Control On Parkland Shooting Anniversary Never let an atrocity go unexploited.

Biden Pulls 65 Pending Trump Executive Orders  And of course the first thing the next Republican President is going to do is to cancel every Executive Order that any intervening Democrat President has done, whether it was a good idea or not. Plenty of fun! More than one can play!

Flashback: Celebs Gushed Over ‘Truthful’ Cuomo’s Emmy for COVID Briefings

German Nursing Home Whistleblower: “Elderly Dying After COVID Vaccine”

Not the Network of Science: CNN Freaks Over Opening Schools

‘Politics Intrudes’: Chicago Mayor Accuses Teachers Union Of Putting Politics Before Kids In School Reopening Fight  Like being called ugy by a frog. (BRAAAAAAAINS!)

Matt Taibbi.

News in the Trump years became a narrative drama, with each day advancing a tale of worsening political emergency, driven by subplots involving familiar casts of characters, in the manner of episodic television. It worked, but news directors and editors hit a stumbling block. If you cover everything like there’s no tomorrow, what happens when there is, in fact, a tomorrow?

The innovation was to use banner headlines to saturate news cycles, often to the exclusion of nearly any other news, before moving to the next controversy so quickly that mistakes, errors, or rhetorical letdowns were memory-holed.

The American Napoleon generated controversies at such a fantastic rate that stations like CNN and MSNBC (and Fox too) were able to keep ratings high by moving from mania to mania, hyping stories on the way up but not always following them down. The moment the narrative premise of any bombshell started to fray, the next story in line was bumped to the front.

News outlets paid off old editorial promises with new headlines: Ponzi journalism.

Why Math Is Racist

Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction [pdf]

When it comes to race and gender, oppressed people can be oppressors too

Don Lemon AGAIN Excuses BLM Violence, Analyst Compares Riot to Murder of Emmitt Till  Good old Emmitt Till – is there anything he can’t do?

Virginia College Suspends Players, Forfeits Men’s Basketball Game For Kneeling During Anthem

Not National News: the Murder of Ee Lee

Jemele Hill Condemns Anthem, Patriotic Symbols Used To ‘Weaponize’ Against Minorities  Black people who dislike being American can always move back to Africa.

This was no triumph for Trump (CNN) Yeah, you keep telling yourselves that.

Republicans who acquitted Trump put their careers over duty, honor and the Constitution (USA Today) As if a oice of the Crust would know anything about duty, honor, or the Constitution.

New Evidence Shows Trump Used Riot to Pressure Congress to Steal Election (New York Magazine) Tinfoil hat time.

Recall Newsom Campaign Gaining Momentum Ahead Of Signature Deadline

New York Times Turns Vital School Re-Openings Into Cynical Republican ‘Seizure’

N.Y. Times Doxxes Scott Alexander Because They Hate Free Speech

Hollywood is accused of McCarthy-esque crusade against conservatives after actress Gina Carano’s firing from the Mandalorian

“Never Experienced Such Vitriol” – Trump Lawyer’s Home Vandalized Amid Wave Of Death Threats   Haters gotta hate.

ABC Now Looks to State and Federal Prosecutors to Get Trump in Court  The mob howls on.

‘This Is Not Over’: Larry Hogan Predicts Criminal Charges For Trump

Trump ‘Wished Lawmakers Be Intimidated,’ Sen. Cassidy Says On Conviction Vote

Portland Cops Pelted With ‘Icy Snowballs,’ Police Say

‘He Is Done’: Amy Klobuchar Predicts The End Of Trump As A Force In Republican Politics  And of course Amy Klobuchar’s predictions have always come true.

A Return To Rage: Schumer And Pelosi Attack Members Who Voted To Acquit As Political Cowards And Shills

‘It’s A Disgrace’: Chris Christie Hammers Teachers Unions For Refusing To Go Back To Work

Republicans Who Voted To Convict Trump Face Backlash From Within Party  I SHOULD HOPE SO.

‘We Haven’t Really Done The Reckoning’: Freshman Democrat Says It’s Time For A ‘Truth Commission’  Perhaps a Ministry of Truth — it’s traditional.

Recall Newsom Effort Gains Enough Signatures To Trigger Special Election In California

Trump Lawyer Rage-Quits “Slanted” CBS Interview: “You [Media] Are Bloodthirsty For Ratings… Trying To Divide America”

Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated

Tree Remnants Show Greta’s Thunberg’s Northern Sweden Was 3°C Warmer 9300 Years Ago…Trees Where There’s Tundra

Himalayan flood disaster exposes risks of India’s rush for green energy

More trees do not always create a cooler planet, Clark University geographer finds

Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong

Biden’s climate ‘fix’ is fantastically expensive and perfectly useless-Bjorn Lomborg

Suspect science threatens US farming – again

The CDC Says Don’t Go to These 4 Places Without a Better Mask

Five things to know about new CDC coronavirus guidelines | TheHill

‘We Are Trying To Survive’: Restaurant Owner Sued By LA County For Allegedly Violating COVID Restrictions Speaks Out

Half Doses of Moderna Produce Neutralizing Antibodies

EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Debacle Is “Epochal Failure”

Biden Takes “Death to America” Terrorists Off Terror List

Lindsey Graham Suggests Democratic Standard Would Allow Republicans To Impeach Kamala Harris

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

Steve Sailer.

Scott Alexander responds to the NYT’s hit piece about him:

I believe they misrepresented me as retaliation for my publicly objecting to their policy of doxxing bloggers in a way that threatens their livelihood and safety.

Beyond that, the NYT’s bigger goal is to advance the current crackdown on independent thought. Scott Alexander and Mencius Moldbug have little in common, but neither is Woke, which is, increasingly, the only worldview that The Establishment will tolerate. So, they are both therefore crimethinkers and must be dealt with, along with anybody who likes one or the other, or who likes anybody who likes one of them. Guilt by Association is very much back in fashion in 2021.

That said, I’d also imagine that NYT reporter Cade Metz is a fan of Scott’s, so he probably wrote his hit piece in part to shore up his career at the NYT. As an intelligent white man, Metz is in danger of being canceled like Donald McNeil, a 45-year veteran of the NYT newsroom who was in recent years their expert on epidemics. McNeil’s career was canceled recently for his lack of worship of woke dogmas. So Metz throwing Scott off the back of the sleigh to distract the pursuing racist wolves (such as Nikole Hannah-Jones and John Eligon) from gaining on him would be a rational career move.

Statement on New York Times Article  (Scott Alexander)

Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about?

A little while ago a friend asked me to make a list of my favorite pieces of his. So, here is a beginner’s guide to the writings of Scott Alexander.

A grand anticlimax: the New York Times on Scott Alexander

Last night, it occurred to me that despite how disjointed it feels, the New York Times piece does have a central thesis: namely, that rationalism is a “gateway drug” to dangerous beliefs. And that thesis is 100% correct—insofar as once you teach people that they can think for themselves about issues of consequence, some of them might think bad things. It’s just that many of us judge the benefit worth the risk!

Scott Alexander, Philosopher King of the Weird People (Quilette)

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A man who had to hire a lobbyist to help him navigate regulatory hurdles to become the first and only licensed Washington, D.C., gun dealer in nearly a year is now seeing business boom.

Shawn Poulin, the owner of D.C. Security Associates, located on K Street in Northwest, said he had to spend thousands of dollars on a lobbyist to help navigate the city’s complex rules and regulations on firearms businesses. “People told me, ‘Be prepared to deal with D.C. government, they’re as corrupt as anyone else,'” he said. “I had to get a lobbyist and I was getting friction from the permit zoning guys.”

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Today, Sen. Richard Burr joined six other Republicans in voting to convict President Trump of an impeachable offense. I understand the vote of the other six and consider it defensible, though not how I would have voted.

Unlike the other six, however, Burr previously voted that the trial should not proceed because it is unconstitutional to impeach a president who is no longer in office. But now, Burr has voted to do that unconstitutional thing.

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One of the key members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team looking into where COVID-19 originated has a lengthy history suggesting he may hold a vested interest in determining the virus did not leak from a lab – and the media is hardly talking about it.

Much reporting on the WHO’s recent visit to Wuhan has done little to characterize Dr. Peter Daszak, the sole U.S. citizen on the team, and his background. Daszak has a long financial history with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), previous reporting shows. He even organized a PR campaign in early 2020 to paint the lab leak hypothesis as a “conspiracy” in order to relieve the lab and Beijing of any potential scrutiny.