Monthly Archives: May 2021

Inside The Kamala Harris Bubble

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Lawrence Person

This long and mostly friendly Edward-Isaac Dovere piece on Kamala Harris is pretty revealing once you shear the piece of the requisite “first black woman VP” rah rah fluff bits: Air Force Two is a smaller plane than Air Force … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 21, 2021

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Biden behaving badly, Palestinian backers beating Jews, Portland crime soars, and the latest pause to the latest Israel beatdown of Hamas. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Dispatches from the swamp: “Former FBI director Louis Freeh gave $100,000 to a private trust … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Committee Passes Ban On Teaching Critical Race Theory

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Lawrence Person

In a followup to last week’s story about the Texas House passing a similar bill, a Texas Senate committee also passed a ban on teaching Critical Race Theory. And they even made it better: When state Rep. Steve Toth (R-The … Continue reading →

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This Is Your Skyscraper On Chinesium

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Only recently did I learn the word Chinesium, a much needed neologism describing the crappy, subpar metal that cut-rate Chinese manufacturers build their products out of. So what happens when you build skyscrapers out of Chinesium? This happens: Engineers were … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Warrantless Gun Seizure 9-0

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Here’s some welcome news in the form of a rare 9-0 Supreme Court decision upholding Fourth Amendment rights against warrantless gun seizure: In a unanimous opinion Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against police who seized a man’s guns without … Continue reading →

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Brandon Herrera On New ATF 80% Lower Rules

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I am very far indeed from an expert on ATF regulations, and have never bought an 80% lower (i.e., a partially milled metal blank that can be machined at home to produce the receiver for an AR-15 pattern modern sporting … Continue reading →

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The Lab Leak Hypothesis Revisited

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Lawrence Person

If you’ve been following the blog since 2020, you know that we’ve looked at the lab leak hypothesis several times. Now Nicholas Wade, a science writer who’s worked on the staff of Nature, Science and the New York Times has … Continue reading →

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Followup: IDF To Hamas: Psych!

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Lawrence Person

In yesterday’s LinkSwarm, I mentioned it was unclear whether IDF ground forces had actually entered Gaza or not. Well, it turns out there’s a reason for that. It was a ruse. Just after midnight Friday the Israeli Defense Force spokesman … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 14, 2021

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Lawrence Person

The Biden Recession blooms, Bibby bombs, Baltimore burns, inscrutable Flu Manchu somehow infects the vaccinated, and Canada’s institutional religious hostility inflicts its revenge on the pastor that defied them. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Carter Malaise II: Inflation Boogaloo: The … Continue reading →

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Texas House Passes Ban On Teaching Critical Race Theory

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Here’s something that’s long overdue: The Texas House advanced legislation Tuesday in a 81-52 vote that would restrict public school districts from incorporating critical race theory into their curricula. The roll call vote actually shows 79 Yeas, 65 Nays and … Continue reading →

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