April 10, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hang on baby, Friday’s coming.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE TRUTH HURTS: A friend writes: “The Left tries to portray their support for college Hamasniks as being the 1970s ACLU defending the Nazis, except they actually like the Hamasniks. So, it’s more like the 1970s Nazis defending the Nazis.”

Posted at 7:43 pm by David Bernstein

I HEAR FROM PEOPLE SERVING ABOUT HOW MANY POLITICIZED LOSERS WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICER CORPS. APPARENTLY WE DO:

Posted at 7:21 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Whiff of InEVitability: Looks Like We’re Over EVs.

Right now they’re cool, but a niche product. In a few years, with a new generation of batteries, they may be a plausible replacement for internal combustion cars. Right now they’re not. If you want something electric but generally useful, a plug-in hybrid is the way to go since it lets you putter around town on electricity but make long drives without worry about charging.

Posted at 7:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

YOU WON’T EVEN WIN BACK MARRIED WOMEN:

Related:

Posted at 6:40 pm by Glenn Reynolds

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Strips Benefits From Thousands Of Aliens On Terror Watchlist. “Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has identified 6,300 individuals who were paroled into the United States since 2023, during the Biden administration, but are on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center or have a criminal record, a senior White House official shared with the Caller. The source was granted anonymity to discuss the details not yet announced. Every individual CBP identified is having their parole, which gives them benefits such as work authorization, stripped immediately, the official told the Caller.”

Posted at 6:34 pm by Stephen Green

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Posted at 6:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

ALLIES:

Posted at 5:46 pm by Stephen Green

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

I’d say, “Faster, please,” but those launch windows don’t take requests.

Posted at 4:53 pm by Stephen Green

CURIOUSLY, HARLEY OWNERS AREN’T ALL THAT FASTIDIOUS ABOUT PRONOUN CHOICES:

More here: Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz To Retire. Zeitz to remain at the helm until a successor is found.

Posted at 4:44 pm by Ed Driscoll

HOW IT STARTED: Twitter Admits ‘Error,’ Reinstates ZeroHedge After Banning It for Calling Out China.

Twitter admits it wrongfully banned the site ZeroHedge, but its history of selective enforcement is still infamous.

The COVID-19 virus’s origins, lethality, and cures have been hotly debated throughout 2020, to the point where social media platforms have heavily restricted many users’ posts. As a rare exception, one website has been reinstated after users thought it was gone forever. “133 days after Twitter ‘permanently’ banned Zero Hedge on January 31, the social network has reinstated us after admitting it made an error,” skeptic outlet ZeroHedge revealed June 14.

Twitter previously banned ZeroHedge’s account for allegedly violating Twitter’s platform manipulation policy by theorizing about the Wuhan virus’s origins. The initial ZeroHedge article suggested that the mainstream narrative about coronavirus being spread thanks to some bat soup was a “fabricated farce.”

—NewsBusters, June 15th, 2020.

How it’s going:

As Kate of Small Dead Animals tweets, “I can’t wait for Karoline Leavitt to call on ‘Tyler Durden.'”

Posted at 4:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

JEFF DUNETZ: Where’s Moses? A Passover Question.

During the Seder, we tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. But the Haggadah, the book that acts as the script for the Seder, only mentions Moses once. Only once? He’s the key human figure in the biblical Exodus story?     

Yes, THAT Moses… Prophet, miracle deliverer, G-d’s right-hand man, mountain climber, former tennis player, and a prince of Egypt. Former tennis player? Absolutely! The Torah says Moses served in the courts of Pharaoh.

Much of the Haggadah was put together by Rabbis after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It was created so Jews would have a guideline for the Passover Seders and to fulfill the Torah commandment to remember that G-d took our ancestors out of Egypt with a strong hand and outstretched arm.

Before the Romans destroyed the Second Temple, animal sacrifices were a big part of the holiday ritual, as required by the Torah. But those sacrifices were only allowed at the Beit Mikdash (the Holy Temple atop the Temple Mount). Sacrifices ended with the Temple’s destruction. Well, either the destruction of the Beit Mikdash or an anticipation that PETA would be created.

By the way, nothing in the Torah or Haggadah says that after the festival ends, Jews must have a week of leftover brisket after Passover. Sadly, it happens anyway.

Heh, indeed. Read the whole thing.™

Posted at 4:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

TECHNOLOGY MARCHES ON: First Look: The Return of the Franklin Armory Reformation. A unique take on a firearm is once again available for sale. “Franklin Armory is resuming production and sales of its Reformation firearm. Based on the ruling issued last month in its prevailing lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the company will begin shipping a variety of Reformation model configurations to dealers for sale to consumers. The Reformation features Franklin Armory’s patented straight-cut land-and-groove design and is classified as neither a rifle nor a shotgun. Rather, Reformation is simply a “firearm” that is regulated only by the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968. Since Reformation is not a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm, no tax stamp is required. FFLs can now transfer Reformation as a GCA-only firearm just like other similarly classified firearms, including the Mossberg Shockwave, Remington Tac-14 and Franklin Armory’s own XO-26. Both 7.5-inch and 11.5-inch barrel length versions of the Reformation are now available for purchase through Franklin Armory’s dealer network in most US states.”

Posted at 4:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

GOOD QUESTION:

The Left’s long march through the institutions was a smashing success and won’t be turned back easily or without constant vigilance — particularly on the part of people who should know better.

Posted at 3:51 pm by Stephen Green