THEY’RE THEATER KIDDIES: Emotion Driven Theatrics.
March 14, 2025
BEHOLD HOW SHOCKED I AM: The ATF is Tracking Your Gun Purchases.
And they wonder why people want arrests.
THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MOST TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET: What is the Wealth of a Nation? aka GDP is a lie and the price of fuel and eggs is more important.
SCIENCE AND ARTS ARE NOT ENEMIES. BOTH ARE NEEDED: Not Of Bread Alone.
A CURIOUSLY ON POINT ESSAY: American Strong Gods. Trump and the end of the Long Twentieth Century.
March 13, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.
PRETTY MUCH WHAT I EXPECT FROM THE UN AND COLUMBIA THESE DAYS, TO BE HONEST: UN Judge, Onetime Columbia University Human Rights Fellow, Found Guilty of Slavery.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns.
HEY, IT’S NOT SO EASY FOR MEN, EITHER: PEOPLE FREAK OUT IF WE GET PREGNANT AT ANY AGE. Sienna Miller speaks out on double standard women face after having kids at older age.
NECROTWEETING:
We’ve known for decades that Democrats keep voting even after they’ve died. Now we know they tweet from the grave as well, as this guy’s staff just kept posting in his name hours after he died. https://t.co/i1iuHhSSr3
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 13, 2025
BREAKING: Schumer Caves on CR, Blames Trump for His Own Surrender!
Translation: Trump wins again.
TOUGH WEEK:
The Mask is Off.
In the past week the corporate media desperately tried – and spectacularly FAILED – to astroturf fraudulent new woke personalities and products.
Rep. Al Green as a 'Civil Rights Hero' – FAIL
Michelle Obama Podcast Launch – BOMB
Dylan Mulvaney 'Biography' Launch… pic.twitter.com/j6pPnS3Lry— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025
HUH:
Just got off the phone with a sales rep from Tesla.
She said today is one of the busiest days they’ve EVER had for sales.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) March 12, 2025
RIP: Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva dead at 77. “Grijalva, D-Ariz., died of lung cancer-related issues on Thursday morning, his office announced in a statement. In Congress, the southern Arizona Democrat was most known for his work on the House Natural Resources committee.”
FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER AS THE MAHMOUD CASE DEVELOPS: The story is still developing and it’s complicated, but there are still concrete lessons to learn here.
COVID FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: There’s Plenty of Toilet Paper in the U.S. So Why Are People Hoarding It?
Australia has also suffered from panic buying of toilet paper despite plentiful domestic supply. A risk expert in the country explained it this way: “Stocking up on toilet paper is … a relatively cheap action, and people like to think that they are ‘doing something’ when they feel at risk.”
This is an example of “zero risk bias,” in which people prefer to try to eliminate one type of possibly superficial risk entirely rather than do something that would reduce their total risk by a greater amount.
* * * * * * * * *
Americans aren’t alone in panic buying to ensure they have plenty of squares to spare. Venezuelans hoarded the commodity in 2013 as a result of a drop in production, leading the government to seize a toilet paper factory in an effort to ensure more supply. It failed to do the trick.
Unexpectedly — but as America’s Newspaper of Record “reported” five years ago today: Bernie Sanders: ‘We Must Seize The Means Of Toilet Paper Production!’
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: The Thursday Essay: America’s Postmodern Red Guards, Our Digital Brownshirts…
COVID FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: On the beach, waiting for Wuhan coronavirus.
MAINTAIN YOUR CAR: Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy Full Synthetic Motor Oil. #CommissionEarned
DECENT PRICE FOR BENELLI: First Look: Benelli Nova 3 Shotgun.
