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Turns out that migration of bat viruses to humans is actually quite rare.
And here’s more. Big money in Woke speaking. Ta Nehesi Coates earned $41,500 from Ohio State for a one hour lecture. He also got 1st class airfare, great hotel, per diem, private transportation and they sell his shitty books, an indoor pool whenever possible, specified brand energy bars, two cold waters and a partridge in a pear tree, I suppose…
In my very youngest days, I caught the tail end of white privilege when it actually was a privilege (of sorts) and not a political slogan. The guy I worked for was unrepentently racist, able-ist, and all the other “ists.” While he clearly had room to benefit, he wouldn’t have understood, much less agreed with any of the points. And now, I’m forced to listen to b.s., though my entire career my teams have been 90%+ non-white, non-hetero, female, etc.
I was mandated to do a layoff in 2000, 8 of my 40 were let go. HR called me and asked “Why aren’t there any straight white men on your layoff list?”
I replied “Because I am the only straight white man out of the 40 in my group.”
Oh. Didn’t even get an apology, but why would I?
Kamala Harris gave the speech at the Naval Academy last Friday. It was as tone-deaf as you could imagine. There are excerpts from both Mike Pence’s and Biden’s commencement address to the Naval Academy. You’ll note the huge difference.
Kamala Harris’ Navy | Washington Examiner
BTW, Harris didn’t apologize for her tweet, though she did later tweet her support for the military.
The facts are these: the voting game was substantially altered across the country. The election turned out the way it did, completely within the rules. no investigation is likely to turn up anything different. The question is whether the rules were altered in good faith. The question is whether the game was rigged. The pandemic, while real, deadly, and scary for a sub segment of society, was a political tool. It was the proverbial crisis that politicians wouldn’t let go to waste. The Trump model of governance, while nasty and embarrassing, was working. The Dems know this and actually were gifted a crisis big enough to remodel politics in months. It’s a fascinating story if anybody wants to look at it for what it is. Screw Antifa.
All true. Trump’s economy was roaring. He had a number of successes politically and internationally that the Dems could never have; e.g., get certain Arab countries to foreswear attacking Israel, quarter after quarter of shrinking unemployment and increasing, record entrepreneurial starts for all genders and races.
BTW, all that’s gone. Mideast crisis. Check. Immigration/border crisis. Check and double check. International failure after international failure, check and triple check. And best of all, soaring inflation, vanishing jobs, China on the rocketing rise and a soggy job market. Checkmate.
Peace, jobs, prosperity, and a constantly tightening money supply (people have already forgotten that trump’s market and economic successes came while the fed tightened 7 consecutive times IIRC).
Well, you nailed it. And let’s not forget that Obama enjoyed interest rates that were literally as low as they could go for seven of his eight years in office, then they were raised 1/4th of a point in his last year.
Oh, and by the way…the staff at Wuhan’s Virology lab sought out help at a hospital during the autumn of 2019, before the outbreak. Seems they had COVID-like symptoms.
Makes for interesting reading.
I’m genuinely glad they retained the 11 varsity sports. I think athletics is a terrific add to a world class university. I’m shocked and appalled that they considered the reduction in the first place. They made the right choice, maybe for the wrong reasons and with the wrong process, but all’s well until…next time.
Biden is going to get our economic hats handed to us. Economists were expecting 3.6%, and got 4.2%, highest since 2008. But more to the point, and buried in this article is that last month’s inflation increase was 0.8%, or a 9.6% annualized rate. The monthly gain in core inflation was THE HIGHEST SINCE 1981, the bad old Jimmy Carter years (yes, I know it was Reagan, but his early days reeled from Carter’s idiocies). Make no mistake, we’re about to get crushed. And it didn’t have to happen.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/consumer-price-index-april-2021.html
Federal taxes and spending hit a record:
Agreed with your point. But customers don’t vote for CEO. In politics, it’s just a popularity contest. Steve Jobs might have been elected CEO. But Chainsaw Al wouldn’t have been.
Meanwhile, China is buying Africa:
And employers refute Democrat claims on jobs:
U. S. added just 266,000 nonfarm jobs:
https://www.axios.com/april-jobs-report-economy-f56e27dc-7048-43b2-a0ee-5845bb01a7f8.html
[quote quote=4711]Empirical evidence is hard to come by. Jobs? Unless I’m mistaken, 80 million people voted for an increase in the cost of living. We’re just getting started. And now rents are soaring if you can find one. 40% of renters are now delinquent. It’s starting to get away from them.[/quote]
Not starting. Been getting away for a while. 6% of all homes (2.7 million mortgages) were delinquent in February. And of course, a rise is coming:
As of January, 1/4th of all American renters were behind:
