CNN Nukes Morning Show, Far-Left Don Lemon Demoted to Sunrise Duty

Dozens of migrants arrive on Martha’s Vineyard via charter flights (ABC)

Ron DeSantis sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Migrants’ plane lands on Martha’s Vineyard: island mobilizes, with many unanswered questions (New Hampshire Public Radio)

Governor signs disaster declaration, calls up National Guard to assist with migrants bused from Texas (Chicago Tribune)

Illinois calls up National Guard to handle migrants, Chicago wants federal money diverted from Texas

Elena Kagan to her colleagues: You’re why the Supreme Court has lost legitimacy (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

Kagan repeats warning that Supreme Court is damaging its legitimacy (Politico) According to the Narrative.

“Quiet quitting” is understandable — but it won’t save us from predatory capitalism (Salon) Or even predatory socialism.

Ohio school board meeting gets heated over ‘woke’ policy keeping parents in dark about kids’ gender changes

Disinformation via text message is a problem with few answers (NBC) In the Narrative media, ‘disinformation’ is anything that disagrees with the Narrative.

Anti-abortion groups are getting more calls for help with unplanned pregnancies (NPR)

McDonald’s plans to expand West Loop HQ, but CEO says city needs to ‘face facts’ about downtown business climate (Chicago Tribune)

Eric Adams wants to put thousands of migrants to work in New York Doing jobs that Americans won’t do!

Chicago daylight robbery outside an Apple store thwarted by suburban mayor’s armed security detail

Advocacy groups say Fairfax is not doing enough to curb deportations (Washington Post)

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Launches Tax-Funded Abortion Website

Half Of Americans Think US Will No Longer Be A Global Superpower Within Ten Years; New Poll Finds

Mitch McConnell’s Refusal to Seat Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court Is Coming Back to Haunt Him (The New Republic) On the contrary, I’m sure he thanks God every day (as I do) that Merrick Garland is not on the Supreme Court.

Can This Lawsuit Overturn California’s 3D-Printed Gun Ban?

Why ‘Voter Suppression’ Is a Myth

Captiongate: How a Single Zoom Call Propelled Canada’s Greens Into Pronoun Meltdown

23% of Congress Is Over Age 70, Compared to 4% in 1981

Democrats Finally Have the Upper Hand in the Culture Wars (The Atlantic) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Democrats’ No. 1 fall goal: Try not to ‘poke the bear’ (Politico)

Delaware Judge: State’s Vote-by-Mail Law Unconstitutional

Persecuted at Home, Iran’s Christian Converts Finding Europe’s Doors Closed

Tax-Happy Congresswoman Penalized for Tax Delinquency

Montana Judge Blocks Anti-trans Birth Certificate Rule

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Saw that comin’.

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And who could blame them?

I’d live to live in Switzerland and work in the U.S.

I call it ‘retired’.

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I love books. If I go to the bookstore to check a price, I walk out with three books I probably didn’t know existed beforehand. I buy second-hand books by the bagful at the Friends of the Library sale, while explaining to my wife that it’s for a good cause. Even the smell of books grips me, that faint aroma of earthy vanilla that wafts up at you when you flip a page.

The problem is that my book-buying habit outpaces my ability to read them. This leads to FOMO and occasional pangs of guilt over the unread volumes spilling across my shelves. Sound familiar?

But it’s possible this guilt is entirely misplaced. According to statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, these unread volumes represent what he calls an “antilibrary,” and he believes our antilibraries aren’t signs of intellectual failings. Quite the opposite.

Better too many books than too few.

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A number of financial institutions in and around New York City are dealing with a rash of super-thin “deep insert” skimming devices designed to fit inside the mouth of an ATM’s card acceptance slot. The card skimmers are paired with tiny pinhole cameras that are cleverly disguised as part of the cash machine. Here’s a look at some of the more sophisticated deep insert skimmer technology that fraud investigators have recently found in the wild.

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These skimmers do not attempt to siphon chip-card data or transactions, but rather are after the cardholder data still stored in plain text on the magnetic stripe on the back of most payment cards issued to Americans.

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The FBI appears content with its role as the enforcement arm of the Democratic Party, somewhat like–although, so far, not as bad as–the role the Ku Klux Klan played years ago. The Mar-a-Lago raid was a low point, but the FBI has followed up with more intimidation tactics. Subpoenas reportedly have been served on dozens of Republicans, apparently fishing for some evidence of a connection to the almost entirely peaceful protest in Washington on January 6, 2021.

The day after Joe Biden’s notorious Nuremberg speech, three armed FBI agents visited the home of a New Jersey woman named Lisa Gallagher. Why? The FBI had an anonymous tip that Gallagher had something to do with the January 6 demonstration. She also had a pro-Trump sign on her lawn.

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I’ve shipped a supply to the White House. I only hope it’s in time.

Trump-appointed judge convicts three Jan. 6 defendants but acquits two of them on obstruction charge (NBC)

Why our 14th Amendment lawsuit against a Trump fanatic sets a key American precedent (ABC) Empowering the witch-hunt.

Washington state Human Rights Commission says Alaska Airlines uniform policy is likely discriminatory (The Hill)

Erasing Confederate items from U.S. military will cost $62 million, panel says (Washington Post)

‘Outrageous’: GOP Lawmakers Slam DOJ Official for Smearing Legal Defense Organization as ‘Hate Group’

FBI Tracks Down Mike Lindell On Hunting Trip, Surrounds His Car And Seizes Cell Phone

Harvard Tells Students: ‘Using Wrong Pronouns’ Constitutes ‘Abuse’

Election deniers advanced to November ballots in 27 states, report finds (NBC)

Mainstream Democrats romped in the primaries. Republicans went full MAGA. (Washington Post) Dana Milbank pushes the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Watch: Dem Rep. Says “We Gotta Kill” MAGA “Extremists”

In Mastriano’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a chilling template for future races (Philadelphia Inquirer) Yeah–if you cheat, you’ll get called out for it.

MSNBC: GOP Is ‘Hell-Bent on Controlling and Punishing Women’

Crist Labels Florida Governor ‘DeSatan’ in Surfaced Video

New Hampshire Shows GOP Isn’t Learning the Right Lessons (Bloomberg) Don’t you just love it when Democrats give Republicans advice?

A new reminder of the advantage misinformation has over reality (Washington Post) In the Narrative media, ‘misinformation’ means ‘talking about reality rather than the Narrative’.

Camerota Insults Pro-Lifers, Says They Don’t Know How Pregnancy Works

Rep. Jeffries: Republicans ‘Running Scared’ Ahead of Midterms  Uh, sure….

Trump faces a new threat: Scrutiny of ‘stop the steal’ money scam (Washington Post)

Justice Department criminal investigation now touches nearly all efforts to overturn 2020 election for Trump (CNN)

Has Merrick Garland screwed up the Mar-a-Lago case? (The Hill)

Telling Big Lies: more Senate probes of Trump

Trump Lied About Secret Service Concerns to Throw Off New York AG (Daily Beast)

Border Patrol chief says memo clearing migrant release into US after Title 42 end is unprecedented

Judge won’t force disclosure of records on alleged episode with Hunter Biden’s gun (Politico)

Illegal immigrants who entered US since Biden took office to cost taxpayers $20+ billion a year: analysis

Migrant surge overwhelms Border Patrol and shelters in El Paso (NBC)

El Paso looks like a ‘third-world country’ after Texas border city is overrun by migrants

Foreign-Born Population Grows to Highest Level Ever Under Biden

Pelosi Nudges Crowd to Clap for Biden at WH Event

Watch: Dem Senator Slams Kamala Harris As “Dead Wrong” For Claiming Border Is Secure Joe Manchin ain’t buyin’ what she’s sellin’.

Quinta Brunson had to step over Jimmy Kimmel to accept her Emmy (CNN)

Jimmy Kimmel accused of ‘white privilege’ after Quinta Brunson Emmys stunt falls flat

Inmate Who Sued Over ‘Baby Shark’ Torture Found Dead in Cell

Trafficked Teenager Who Killed One of Her Abusers Ordered to Pay Restitution (N.Y. Times)

Day 2 of Jury Deliberations at R. Kelly’s Child Porn Trial

The View Loves How Stacey Abrams ‘Didn’t Traditionally Concede’  Neither did Trump.

What will American religion look like in 50 years? (Deseret News)

U.S. Christian majority could fade in coming decades, models find (Washington Post) Models! That proves it! Just like climate change!

‘Public Safety In Chicago Is A Joke,’ Chicago Democrat Says

New York City homeless man sleeps on sidewalk with toaster oven, crisis worst ‘since Great Depression’

Is being transgender a medical condition? (Washington Post)

Illinois mayor says Gov. Pritzker owes his community an ‘apology’ for sending 90 migrants with little notice

Two more buses with migrants from Texas arrive in Chicago area (CBS)

Well-paid millennials left New York and California in their THOUSANDS in the early pandemic, many for lower-tax living in Florida, Texas and Washington state, study shows (Daily Mail)

California will send you hundreds of dollars next month (S.F. Gate)

US News college ranking under scrutiny after Ivy League university plummets (The Guardian)

‘Viewpoint diversity’ will lead to indoctrination and ignorance (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Democrats outpacing Republicans by tens of thousands of absentee ballot requests in key midterm state  Setting up the steal.

Chicago Tribune wins fight for public records that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration sought to keep secret  BRAAAAAAAINS!

Seattle police staffing drops to 30-year low, officers leaving in ‘droves’ after defunding

Boston Marathon Offers ‘Non-Binary’ Option to Applicants for First Time

Anti-War Vandals Deface 9/11 Memorial at Michigan State University

Not Just Nancy: Lawmakers Have Been Trading Like Drunken Insider Sailors

Arizona Can’t Enforce New Election Law In 2022 Election: Clinton-Appointed Judge

WATCH: Journalists Tout ‘Good News’ of 8.3% Inflation as Stock Market Plummets

House members roll out bipartisan election bill aimed at preventing future coups (NBC) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections. In the Narrative media, ‘coup’ means ‘Republicans winning an election’.

San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing

Chicago Mayor Supports State of Emergency Over Migrant Crisis  BRAAAAAAAINS!

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There are some things the Japanese do that are just incomparable.

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris might be the single worst pair of communicators to occupy the White House. Both Joe and Kamala are wedded to teleprompters because he has too much to say and she has nothing to say. Teleprompters are there to keep Joe Biden from telling wildly inappropriate stories about his leg hairs or announcing an impromptu surrender to China, but they’re also there because in her natural state Kamala is incapable of saying anything at all.

Presidents and their veeps are supposed to be a balance of strengths and weaknesses like a good marriage, but instead Biden and Kamala are a bad marriage in which their weaknesses are mirror opposites, but also so far apart that they’re incapable of balancing each other out.

Neither Joe or Kamala have any real skills. They both got to where they are as a combination of political accidents by men who were attracted to their weakness and incompetence.

ZMan tightens the belt.

The American stock exchanges dropped sharply yesterday when it was announced that the inflation reduction act had not reduced inflation. The consumer price index came in higher than expected. This triggered the robots to sell on the expectation that the Federal Reserve will keep tightening the money supply. The DOW dropped 3.94% bringing the decline for the year to 14.4%. Luckily, they have changed the definition of a bear market so this is still a bull market.

The inflation report was all bad news. Gasoline prices declined ten percent, but all other energy increased for the period. That probably means two things. One is the gas price decline is due to less driving. In other words, people are adjusting their spending because inflation is not starting to take a bite out of their budgets. Instead of a weekend car trip, people are staying home. According to AAA, over all sales of gasoline declined in August to levels last seen during the lockdowns.

Another piece of the gasoline puzzle is the dumping of cheap crude on the domestic refineries by the Biden administration. They panicked when gasoline hit five bucks a gallon nationally so they started releasing crude from the SPR. This drives down the price of gasoline a little. The taps run dry at the end of next month, just before the election, so prices will tick back up. In other words, some of the bad news has been pushed out to after the November elections.

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On Bastille Day of 2016, a 31-year-old Tunisian named Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel deliberately drove his truck into a crowd of people celebrating France’s national day in Nice. A total of 86 people were killed. The attacker was killed by police. Eight people are currently on trial in Paris, charged with aiding the terrorist.

Today, police in the French town of Auxerre in the Yonne Department arrested a 20-year-old man for disseminating hateful messages on social media against the victims of that attack, and supporting the attack itself.

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.

Joel Kotkin.

For much of the 20th century, Los Angeles symbolised the future. Over the course of the century, the population grew 40-fold to nearly four million people.

But now, for the first time in its history, the population of Los Angeles is in decline, falling by 204,000 between July 2020 and July 2021. LA was once a magnet for investors. But recently many of the area’s corporate linchpins – including aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, Occidental Petroleum and Hilton Hotels – have left, taking with them high-paying jobs and philanthropic resources.

Steven Hayward at Power Line.

The dominant narrative of the Democrat-Media-Complex is that Joe Biden is coming back—look, his approval rating has risen above 40 percent! The “generic ballot” for the House shows Dems back in the lead! Democratic Senate candidates are leading their weakling Republican challengers in several red states! (Although in fact several recent polls reflect rising GOP Senate candidate strength in key races, but never mind.) Independent voters are breaking back to Democrats! Happy days are here again.

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In January of 2022, the San Francisco-based law firm Girard Sharp, which specializes in class action lawsuits, announced its investigation into the adverse effects of puberty blockers on transgender-identified children. These adverse effects can include low bone density, psychological problems, and potentially, per a July 2022 FDA warning label, pseudotumor cerebri, a condition which can cause brain swelling, headaches, nausea, double vision, and permanent loss of vision. Across the Atlantic, as of August 2022, the U.K.’s Tavistock Centre, a gender transition clinic, is expecting a class-action lawsuit from at least 1,000 families of children who were prescribed puberty blockers. Meanwhile, Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare released in February of 2022 new guidelines on transgender medicine, recommending that doctors not prescribe puberty blockers outside of “exceptional cases,” as their use is built on “uncertain science.” The reality that so-called “gender-affirming” medicine is not safe is now becoming too obvious to deny, and its implications could not be clearer: we are entering the long-overdue lawsuit phase of the transgender movement, and it is in lawsuits that this movement ends.

Trump-Appointed Judge’s ‘Originalist’ Claim Is Absurd (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Is Not Invited to Queen’s Funeral, and Joe Biden May Have to Take the Bus (Daily Beast)

FBI Concerned That If MAGA Doesn’t Conduct A Terrorist Attack Soon They’ll Have To Fake One (Babylon Bee)

No delay for Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial (Reuters)

GOP Leader Says Homes Of Trump Supporters May Soon Be Raided By FBI

Woman Arrested for Threatening Judge Who Granted Trump Special Master Request

Senate to Investigate Charge That Trump Meddled in Prosecutor’s Office (N.Y. Times)

Inside a Republican Superlawyer’s Break With Donald Trump’s G.O.P. (N.Y. Times)

Trump’s PAC faces scrutiny amid intensifying legal probes (Associated Press)

Senate to Probe Former US Attorney’s Claims of Trump DOJ Interference

Liz Cheney says new revelations reveal true ‘danger’ of Donald Trump

Trump’s Not Even Pretending to Hide His Support for QAnon Any More (Vice)

Joe Who? Celebrities Mentioned Biden Zero Times During Emmy Awards, But Still Took Jabs at Trump

The big takeaway from Trump’s legal filings: He has no defense (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin returns to her day job of bashing Donald Trump.

Trump faces a new threat: Scrutiny of ‘stop the steal’ money scam (Washington Post) Greg Sergent wants a cushy gig like Jennifer Rubin’s.

New York Times Censors Dick Morris Book on Trump

Harvard-Harris Poll: Trump Trouncing DeSantis, Leads Biden by 3

Durham Shocker: Steele Dossier Primary Source Was Paid FBI informant

Morning Joe Claims—Yet Again—That Walls ‘Closing In’ On Donald Trump  Slowest walls in the universe.

Mom told family she drowned her 3 children at Coney Island beach

Malerba sworn in as 1st Native American in US Treasurer post (Associated Press)

After risky journey, migrant and his dog say goodbye at U.S. border (Reuters)

Economy Flights Not Safe For Black Women, Says New Orleans Mayor

Stereotype Alert: Rapper Murdered at Chicken-and-Waffles Restaurant

Rapper PnB Rock fatally shot during robbery at Roscoe’s; police seek gunman

Green Globalism is the Ultimate Expression of White Supremacy

As Judge, Cheri Beasley Wanted Lighter Sentence for Career Criminal Who Possessed ‘Weapon of Mass Death’

The View: Until U.S. Has Racial Reckoning, Impossible to Unite Like 9/11

Biden court nominee fails to win confirmation as two Democrats miss vote

Why Taylor Lorenz Is Embracing White Supremacist Harassment Tactics

Southern Poverty Law Center Takes Aim at School Boards, Local Elections With New PACs

‘Wildfire of disinformation’: how Chevron exploits a news desert

Vile John Oliver Uses Queen’s Death as Way to Trash New Conservative PM

Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in a Week, Expanding Its Jan. 6 Inquiry (N.Y. Times) The witch-hunt continues.

DOJ Subpoenas Conservative Group for Documents in Alabama Transgender Case

January 6 committee set to meet in person on Tuesday as it debates whether to invite Trump and Pence to appear (CNN)

DOJ Issues 40 Subpoenas, Seizes Phones From Top Trump Aides Over 1/6 Probe

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s epic fail at GOP campaign job: squandered millions, crap candidates (Florida Phoenix)

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Deal With the Devil (The Nation)

Justice Department subpoenas more than 30 people in Trump’s orbit in January 6 probe (CNN)

Biden Immigration Boss Apologizes After CBP ‘Retweets’ Ex-Trump Adviser Stephen Miller

Alex Jones Spied on His Wife and Ex-Wife, Texts Reveal (Rolling Stone) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH…. Rolling Stone descends even further into the Tabloid Zone.

Even by Florida GOP Standards, This Is Lunacy (Daily Beast)

Republicans tried to sidestep the issue of abortion. Now they’re seeking a reset. (NBC News) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Inside Chris Christie’s antiabortion blitz (Washington Post) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

“This Is A Full-Blown Political Purge”: Tucker Carlson Obtains DOJ Subpoenas Targeting Trump Allies

Justice Dept. Seizes Phones of Top Trump Aides in Jan. 6 Inquiry

Verdicts for men charged in Jan. 6 assaults could have a major impact on Capitol prosecutions (NBC News)

Charlie Crist Compares Gov. Ron DeSantis To Satan And Himself To Jesus Christ

CNN Declares Court Has ‘A Real Stain’ After Roe’s Demise

Republicans’ stealthy primary play (Axios) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Arizona GOP Chair Shares Post from Racist Account The witch-hunt continues.

Should I get the Omicron booster now or wait a few weeks? (L.A. Times)

Mucosal Antibody Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Depends on Prior Infection (Contagion Live)

What is the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among gout patients? (News-Medical.net)

Biden’s Ever-Shifting Position on COVID-19 ‘Emergency,’ Exploited Purely for Political Gain

New Zealand Scraps Nearly All COVID-19 Restrictions, Including Mask And Vaccination Mandates

Study: Antibody Levels Decline 15 Percent a Month After COVID Booster Shot

The Ruins of the Covid Regime

FDA Refuses To Provide Key COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Analyses

What You Need to Know About the Polio Emergency  It isn’t an emergency.

Megadrought in the American south-west: a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years (The Guardian)

Nearly 9% of state’s taxable land at risk of being lost by 2050 due to rising seas (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)

A new campus offering: Climate anxiety therapy (Washington Post)

All Earth’s Records Are Being Broken: ‘The Natural Cycle No Longer Applies’ (Newsweek)

‘Climate change is already happening’ A look back at a summer of extreme weather in Sussex (Sussex Live)

‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather (Associated Press)

Activists raise red flag over Argentina’s green hydrogen project (Al Jezeera)

World Economic Forum Introduces Pumpkin Spice Crickets (Babylon Bee)

This strange fruit could feed the world during climate change

All quiet on the hurricane front

The Guardian Downgrades the 1.5C Global Warming Panic

The World’s First Hydrogen Trains Started Passenger Service in Germany

Europe’s Drought Might Force Acceptance of Gene-Edited Crops

About the Newly Approved Nuclear Microreactor

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Cheese, curry, beer: We can thank our ancestors who put food scraps to creative use. What we’re leaving our children is garbage

To be fair: We’d love it if a restaurant or grocery store would sell us only as much food as we wanted. But they don’t. You get a choice of what they consider an economic quantity of food for them to sell, and if it’s more than you need (or want), tough shit.

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The underground excavation industry is exploring mini robots, plasma torches, and superheated gas to replace the massive boring machines now in use.

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A lawsuit filed Saturday alleges that Texas A&M University’s hiring practices discriminate against white and Asian men applying for faculty positions.

Richard Lowery, an associate professor of finance at the University of Texas at Austin, filed a complaint in federal court in Houston, saying the policies at Texas A&M prevented him from being hired at the university. Lowery alleges that the university uses “racial preferences” to determine its hires for faculty positions, favoring “underrepresented minorities” over white and Asian men.

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Texas A&M, which receives federal funding, allegedly designates funds specifically for salaries of “underrepresented minority groups,” the lawsuit stated. Faculty positions within the school also allegedly have been deemed only for those part of “underrepresented minority groups.”

Even in red states, academia, the media, and urban government machines are dominated by the Wokerati.

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A woman whose DNA from a rape kit was used by cops to arrest her for an unrelated burglary filed a federal lawsuit against San Francisco on Monday, alleging the police invaded her privacy.

The DNA of the woman, known as Jane Doe, was stored by the SFPD as part of a domestic violence and sexual assault case in 2016. According to her lawyer, Adanté Pointer, the same sample was used to charge her with retail theft five years later.

The lawsuit claims that the victim’s DNA was entered without her knowledge or consent into a database used to identify perpetrators in other crimes.

In pari delicto.

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We may take pleasure in the suffering that is roiling the waters at the New York Times. Workers at the Times are struggling with the conditions of their employment. I hadn’t heard about the issues before reading Keith Kelly’s New York Post story “Over 1,300 New York Times employees pledge not to return to office.” Kelly himself seems to enjoy the contradictions.

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Blake Masters is running against incumbent Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly in the upcoming November elections. Running for reelection in a purple state, Kelly impersonates a moderate and may even be one in some sense, although he is reliable Democratic vote at a 100 percent level of certainty. In this he presents a telling contrast with his Arizona colleague, Kyrsten Sinema.

Kelly nevertheless holds himself out as Mr. Bipartisan. I assess his claim to be an exaggeration. To the extent it is true, however, we may infer that bipartisanship isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

Well, we already knew that. In addition to its inherent defects, bipartisanship is also a fraud. Take my Senator Amy Klobuchar — please.

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Last month, conservative media was buzzing about a British pick up artist being banned from the internet. On the same day, all of his social media accounts were shutdown and his payment processors dropped him. Conservatives noticed this incident because the victim did not look white. It turns out that he is half-black, so for American conservatives he is an ideal victim. It is the DR3 exception to the “they are private companies” principle of conservatism.

Amusingly, the regime media felt the need to address the issue, probably for the same reason so-called conservatives noticed the story. An iron law of the new religion states that any time a nonwhite cries out, it must be noticed. The New York Times helpfully stepped in and solved the problem. They noticed his banning but spent the bulk of the article explaining how his white half caused his black half to violate all of the important rules of the one true faith.

The racial part has another angle. Andrew Tate made the fatal error of turning up on banned shows like Alex Jones. Tariq Nasheed is every bit as “misogynistic” as Andrew Tate and he adds in wacky conspiracy theories. He makes Alex Jones look like a piker when it comes to the conspiracy stuff. On the other hand, he is viewed as left-wing, mostly because of his over-the-top hatred of white people. He gets to hate women as much as he likes on social media as a result.

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The commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces said his country now has a drone capable of reaching two of Israel’s largest cities.

Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said the Arash 2 drone specifically was designed to attack Haifa and Tel Aviv, the Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported. He added that the military was awaiting orders to start using the drones.

“Today, we have drones with a strategic range and also a drone with a range of 2,000 kilometers [1,243 miles],” Heidari said. “Of course, we also have drones with lower ranges in our stockpiles.”

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.

UPDATE: Israeli Defense Minister Gantz Reveals Map Showing 10 Iranian Missile Facilities in Syria

UPDATE: Iranian Oppression Causes a Backlash

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Two stories in the news strike a common chord: the need to stop infantilizing minority, especially black, populations. The first comes from the world of sports and involves the familiar racial hate incident hoax. Briefly, the Duke women’s volleyball team played a match at Brigham Young University, and lost. After the match, the godmother of one of the Duke players, who is black, tweeted that someone in the BYU crowd had yelled the “N-word” at her goddaughter when she was serving. It turned out that she (the godmother) is a virulent anti-white racist (“These white folks ain’t never had they ass kicked, but they better get used to it”).

The player then backed up this claim, and it became a national news story. The reliably left-wing ESPN reported it as fact. The President of BYU denounced the incident. Good Morning America, ABC News, CNN and Deadspin all weighed in, as did Lebron James. A BYU student who was accused (wrongly, as it turned out) of being the perpetrator was suspended from attending the college’s sports events. And the coach of the South Carolina volleyball team canceled an upcoming match against BYU.

All of these people and institutions studiously ignored the fact that these campus “hate incidents” nearly always turn out to be hoaxes. One might have expected that Duke, given its history, would be sober enough to reserve judgment. But of course, that didn’t happen, even though the claim here was inherently dubious. Why didn’t the Duke player, or one of her teammates, or her coach, or anyone on the BYU team, or any other observers, say anything at the time?

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Instead of migrants waiting in Denmark for their asylum request to be processed, the country’s left-wing government will now begin deporting them to Rwanda after the African country agreed to accept them in a bilateral agreement.

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Watching BBC and Sky News coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one is struck by the adjectives used by reporters, commentators, and people interviewed outside Balmoral Castle and Buckingham Palace: sense of duty, virtue, integrity, service.

What astounds is that these and other character traits the late queen exhibited were once considered normal and worthy of being taught to children, but today stand in sharp contrast to what is modeled and accepted.

One commentator said the queen’s death is the symbolic end of the greatest generation. We pay lip service to the virtues that made the greatest generation great, but no longer promote them, whether it is in public schools, social media, or the wider culture.

UPDATE: ‘That Wretched Woman’

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We’ve all been asked to speak to some particular lie of the present regime. First, though, a word on that word.

We, or at least I, have been taking some flak recently for using it. It is said that we mean it as a pejorative. But when I say “regime” in reference the present ruling order, I am speaking as a political scientist. “Regime” means “ruling order” or “form of government.” How, then, could using this clinical word possibly be pejorative?

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In the case of the fake “conservatives,” I believe they know our regime has changed, they welcome that change, and so attack those who notice but don’t welcome it. This is the Law of Salutary Contradiction married to the Celebration Parallax: they get to say it because they like it; when we say the same thing, it’s a dangerous conspiracy theory. The role of these fake “conservatives” is therefore to gaslight you into believing that the founders’ regime still rules, and, failing that, to denounce you for saying otherwise. Telling the truth about the present regime is not a privilege allowed to its critics.

If every person in the world isolated for a month, would all transmissible diseases disappear? (The Guardian)

The U.S. shouldn’t live with covid. It should get beyond the virus. (Washington Post)

CDC warning parents, pediatricians about dangers of Enterovirus D68 (CBS)

Post-COVID Fatigue, Exercise Intolerance Signal ME/CFS (Medscape)

Pre-existing psychological distress increases risk of long-COVID (News-Medical.net)

Reasons for (cautious) optimism: the good news on the climate crisis (The Guardian)

Here’s the alarming amount of ice California’s longest glacier just lost in the heat wave (S.F. Chronicle)

The Ghosts of Antarctica Will Haunt the End of the World (CNET)

How climate change is tweaking the taste of wine (BBC) Climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

Cities Need to Kick CO2 Emissions to the Curb (Newsweek) Easy to say….

Rocky path revealed between Swiss glaciers in extreme melt season (Reuters)

Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice – growth or survival? (The Guardian)

The Green Dream to Rebuild a Sustainable Ukraine from the Rubble of War (Politico)

The Mennonites being accused of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon (The Guardian)

Comparing All The Upcoming Electric Semi-Truck Models

Europe’s Newest Nuclear Reactor Eases Finland’s Power Problems

New Reservoirs Could Help Battle Droughts, but at What Cost?

Bikes, Not Self Driving Cars, Are The Technological Gateway To Urban Progress What is it with proglodytes and bikes?

OUTED: Climate Industrial Complex: Emails Show ‘Urgent’ Media Role in ‘Climate Disinformation’ & Hill Hearings

Climate-Policy Is A Much Greater Threat Than Climate-Change

Ukraine’s gains expose thinly spread Russian invaders. More could follow (The Guardian)

White House alarm rises over Europe as Putin threatens energy supply (Washington Post)

It’s Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory (The Atlantic)

Could Russia’s Sudden Ukraine Retreat Mean A Tactical Nuclear Weapons Strike Is Coming?

EU Ministers Call For 10% Cut In Energy Consumption

A Desperate Erdogan Cozies Up to Iran and Russia

Germany’s Arms Pipeline To Ukraine Has ‘Crossed Red Line’, Kremlin Says

Last Operating Reactor At Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Plant Shut Down

Sen. Tester defends Biden’s anti-MAGA speech, says president was referring to people who support ‘violence’

Here’s who John Roberts should blame for the Supreme Court losing ‘legitimacy’ (CNN) How about the Narrative Media?

Former Democratic senator slams Chief Justice Roberts, says he’s ‘out of touch’ after Dobbs decision

House GOP eyes its own Trump-free Jan. 6 inquiry (Politico)

Jan. 6 panel set to reemerge with eye on Newt Gingrich (The Hill) The witch-hunt expands.

DHS chief warns of “emerging threat of the domestic violent extremist” (Axios)

Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers (Axios)

Roberts joins the chorus of Supreme Court whining (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin takes a break from her real job of bashing Trump in order to hate on the Supreme Court. A refreshing interlude!

What Chief Justice Roberts misses (Washington Post) Ruth Marcus joins the witch-hunt.

Rick Scott and the GOP want to be the anti-elite elites (Washington Post) What does that even mean?

Dem Senator Compares 9/11 Terrorists To January 6 Rioters  As they do.

CNN’s Amanpour demands King Charles III address ‘reparations,’ ‘justice’ in the ‘wake of Black Lives Matter’  Uh,  that’s not his job….

Chicago mayor: Migrants bused from Texas treated with lack of respect, dignity (The Hill) Yeah, they weren’t shot by gang members over the weekend; now that they’re in Chicago, though, it could happen. (BRAAAAAAAINS!)

Owner of Hawaii license plate offensive to BLM movement sues state, city (Hawaii News)

Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, Dies; Created Database of Enslaved People (N.Y. Times)

A Snapshot Of Wealth In Africa

Border Patrol seizes record-breaking $12M in meth at Del Rio Port of Entry

Biden to hit China with broader curbs on U.S. chip and tool exports: Reuters, citing sources (CNBC) Sounding a lot like a Trump….

Gas prices could spike again this winter, Yellen warns (The Hill)

Yellen says inflation and higher gas prices remain a ‘risk’ (CNN)

‘It’s not enough:’ Student loan forgiveness means less for the millions of borrowers who never finished college (CNBC)

The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop

Watch: Kamala Harris Proclaims Border ‘Secure’ When Asked About 2 Million Illegals Crossing

“The border is secure”

Rasmussen Poll: Biden’s Philly Speech Leaves Voters Divided

Democrats’ Midterm Dilemma: How to Back Biden, Yet Shun Him, Too (N.Y. Times) They’ll find a way.

Oops She Did It Again and Again! The Seven-Least Covered Kamala Blunders

Biden Withdraws Record Amount Of Crude From ‘Strategic Midterm Reserve’

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While water is an essential element to life that can be found for free most everywhere you look, that does not stop business from turning it into a profitable commodity. There is a whole aisle at the store dedicated to bottled water in a variety of forms. While some of us are too cheap to splurge on fancy water, it still manages to be a $283 billion global industry. With that in mind, it was only a matter of time before we circled fully around and went full Spaceballs by selling air in a can.

ZMan peers ahead.

A feature of this age is lots of talk about the future, but not in the practical sense as was the case in the past. A century ago, industry would promise labor saving devices to make material life better for regular people. Today, the managerial elite talks about the future in vague terms, sometimes awful and sometimes glorious. In the future, we will go about in self-driving electric cars, unless Gaia burns creation to a crisp over the use of fossil fuels and inappropriate pronouns.

The fact is the managerial elite does not speak in specifics about the future because they do not have a clear vision for it. The only thing they are sure of is they will be in charge of it and as such, it will need their constant attention. Like the members of a committee, the managerial class can only imagine the next meeting. The future is always more of them doing what it is that makes them possible. As a result, the future they work towards is more of an aesthetic than a real place.

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If they work. Remembering the problems they had with the Ford, the Zumwalt, and the LCS series, I have my doubts.