I FEEL LIKE A NON-BORING HONDA BREAKS SOME KIND OF A LAW: The Wild, Lamborghini-Shaped Honda 0 Saloon Is Coming to U.S. Roads.
January 8, 2025
THERE’S PLENTY MORE TRAGEDY YET TO UNFOLD, LARGELY SELF-INFLICTED:
A couple of years ago, insurance companies put in the necessary requests to the state of California to raise their rates. They were denied. So most of them pulled out of CA. It has been extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get house ins here since then.
Many of these now… https://t.co/1Ghd5In1OA— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) January 8, 2025
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CORN, POPPED: Did Sunny Hostin Rat Out Her Husband on The View? “On the December 11 show, The View discussed the Left’s sexual fascination with back-shooting coward Luigi Mangione, who assassinated United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and had recently been captured. The hosts debated whether Mangione deserved any sympathy, and that’s when Hostin decided to add in her two cents. Or rather, her physician husband’s two cents, so to speak.”
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’:
#BREAKING eight Senate Democrats now say they will vote for the Laken Riley act, a major blow to Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and the far left, & a major early victory for Trump. This is a big shift inside the Democrat party toward cracking down on the border crisis…
— Elizabeth MacDonald (@LizMacDonaldFOX) January 8, 2025
Elections have consequences.
I got an email from my trade organization asking for public comments on the new draft of “ethical principles” from the American Psychological Association (APA). I scrolled down to check out the Social Justice Principal and read the following:
Justice refers to treatment that is equitable and fair (i.e., free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism). Social justice is justice applied at the intergroup, systems, and societal levels. Social justice includes240 equitable and inclusive policies and procedures within a society as well as equitable resources and241 privilege. Psychologists balance individual, intergroup, systems, and societal factors when evaluating242 fairness, equity, and inclusion. In making evaluations, psychologists consider their individual power and privilege as well as the power and privilege conferred by the psychologist’s role in research, education and practice.
Here is my public comment:
1. Section name: Principle D: Justice and Social Justice
Comment: This “Social Justice” Section is insulting to those of us who are libertarian or conservative psychologists and should be to anyone who believes in the right to autonomy for our clients and ourselves as psychologists. Social Justice is just a buzzword for being a liberal psychologist who believes that a mental health practitioner’s duty is to straighten out anyone who is deemed to have the wrong point of view. I work with men in my practice and most of them tell me they have not been welcome in the world of therapy for years due to the biased nature of the field.
“Justice refers to treatment that is equitable and fair (i.e., free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism). ” If this is the case, why should feminist psychologists be allowed to belittle men and show favoritism towards women? This happens frequently in marriage counseling and other forms of psychological work and as a result, few men would go to therapy to get help. According to some polls, only 6 percent of men would see a therapist if they have a problem. The APA may mistakenly think this is because of men’s inability to accept help but their reluctance is often due to the feminized nature of the field and its bias towards men. Until the APA acknowledges this bias and the resulting bias of its members and academics, this field will continue to lose prestige and trust. Helen Smith, PhD
If public comments are “welcome,” go share your own.
INCENTIVES MATTER: Trump’s Tariff Threats Are Working Already to Curb Illegal Immigration.
WILL TRUMP, MUSK, AND ZUCKERBERG GET GOOGLE’S ATTENTION? Google Vs. the World.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Space Heater, 1500W Electric Heaters Indoor Portable with Thermostat.#CommissionEarned
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
🚨 NYU IS A JOKE 🚨
Dr. Linda Luu canceled her class to attend an anti-Israel rally and told her students to "join me at the picket line." Instead of teaching, she joined a mob trying to block access to the library during finals.
NYU is letting professors push propaganda and… pic.twitter.com/00FooDRL7g
— Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JewsFightBack) January 7, 2025
I’m (just) old enough to remember when Jesse Jackson was referring to New York City as “Hymietown.”
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Biden Finally Sits Down for Another Interview, Really Shouldn’t Have. “Thank goodness for transcripts — although I’d be shocked to learn if USA Today hadn’t heavily edited this one — because Page also left out a sundowner moment that would be shocking if we hadn’t seen so many of them already.”
ONCE AGAIN, “THE SCIENCE” FAILS: Snail darter revisited: Famous fish that halted a dam’s construction is not endangered after all.
THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF BIDENFLATION BAKED IN: Mortgage rates hit highest level since July, crushing application demand.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company.
HE’S THE T-800 OF STUPID IDEAS: Guess Who Is Already Talking About Impeaching Trump Again.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: DoxyPEP cuts rate of sexually transmitted infections, study suggests.
NOBODY SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY: Tom Homan: We’re Deporting Venezuelan Illegal Aliens. Venezuela: We Don’t Want Them Back. Homan: Tough. “Homan says he’s going to send them all back, no matter what the Caracas commies say.”
DISPATCHES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY AND RADICAL CHIC: Jealous Diddy ‘is raging that Luigi Mangione is getting more attention than him at their Brooklyn prison.’
Diddy is furious that alleged CEO murderer Luigi Mangione is seen as a bigger star by inmates at the Brooklyn federal prison where both are locked up, it’s claimed.
The rapper, 54, and Mangione, 26, are both awaiting trial at Brooklyn’s infamous Metropolitan Center in New York, and Diddy – real name Sean Combs – is reportedly raging that the alleged killer is more beloved than he is among inmates.
‘Diddy has been throwing tantrums over the fact that Luigi is getting all of the attention in prison and is being revered as a hero after literally murdering someone on camera,’ the source said.
Diddy is reportedly upset because he claims he is innocent of sex trafficking yet he continues getting ‘so much hate inside the lock up while Luigi gets so much love.’
‘Even in prison, Diddy’s ego is bigger than life,’ the source added.
Jailhouse fame can be so fickle sometimes.
HE’S RIGHT, OF COURSE:
Perfectly articulated
pic.twitter.com/0R00kkCC7z— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2025
THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN: Brad Parscale Joins Salem Media as Chief Strategy Officer. “Parscale is perhaps best known for his digital strategy during Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and for revolutionizing modern political campaigning.”
PRIORITIES:
There’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants because the city didn’t fill the reservoirs but at least the fire chief is a woman and gay! https://t.co/EXdtuAvM0O
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 8, 2025
On the left is the LA Fire Chief allowing her city to be burned down with no water in fire hydrants
On the right is the New Orleans Police Chief who allowed a terrorist attack on Bourbon without street barriers
DEI is quite literally getting people killed
Bring back merit pic.twitter.com/LEmtbC9owK
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 8, 2025
Earlier, from Steve: While Los Angeles Burns, Mayor Bass Parties in Ghana, Fire Chief Fiddles with DEI.
HMM: General Mark Milley, Pentagon approved directed-energy weapons for use on June 2020 DC rioters, source says. “It can stop the heart, make you s**t your pants and disrupt any number of bodily functions.”
PRIORITIES:
🚨#BREAKING: FEMA is NOT ANSWERING the phone calls of #WNC victims begging to extend their motel stays.
Mike McGraw, a retired veteran said,
"I only have one option, to live in my truck until I can find some other place to live."
It's 16° and snowing outside. pic.twitter.com/IGNAnQHRIU
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 8, 2025
FEMA seems to have some decent digs, though.
https://t.co/VW5ik8s98t pic.twitter.com/XTqSKKDjXt
— NC MELUNGEON Contrarian Documentarian (@ETEGriftless) January 8, 2025