In The Mailbox: 02.03.23
Posted on | February 4, 2023 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 02.03.23
— compiled by Wombat-socho
Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
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OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: How Should An 80-Year-Old Man Defend Himself From Home Invaders?
EBL: Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Spoted Over Billings, Montana? also, Saint Blaise
Twitchy: If This Thread About Why U.S. Is REALLY Helping Ukraine Is True At All…, also, Occasional Cortex Brings Knife To Gunfight With Marjorie Taylor Greene
Louder With Crowder: Two grown men beef over a skinny latte in the most beta-brawl imaginable, also, Ilhan Omar whines she was only booted from House Committee because GOP hates she’s a Muslim
Vox Popoli: The King’s Justice, Strategically Incapable, and AI = Inhibited Algorithms
According To Hoyt: It’s UP! It’s UP!, Dreaming In Esperanto, and You Get NOTHING
Monster Hunter Nation: WriterDojo S4 E4 – Monsters (Round 1), also, My response to the official complaint at MarsCon about my “tone”
Gab News: A Christian Perspective On AI
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Come, Follow Me, also, The Born Loser
American Greatness: GOP to Investigate John Kerry’s Secret Negotiations with CCP, also, Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Bill to Eliminate Diversity Positions at Pentagon
American Power: Predator’s Paradise, Secretary of State Antony Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing Over Chinese Spy Balloon, and ‘The Cult of Book Ownership’
American Thinker: President Trump vs. the Swamp
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five 2023 Outlook Friday
Babalu Blog: 86 House Democrats vote against resolution condemning the horrors of socialism, Food in Cuba is both scarce and unaffordable as prices double while incomes remain stagnant, and Connecticut Democrats seek to ban use of ‘Latinix’ in state documents
BattleSwarm: Power Out Day 2
Behind The Black: Red China to build space ground stations in Antarctica, NASA switches lunar landing site for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, Spanish airport to become a rocket spaceport, and Today’s blacklisted American: Comic book writer slandered and then canceled because of the slanders
Cafe Hayek: More from Phil Magness on the Error-Stuffed 1619 Project, also, The Typical Immigration Restrictionist Is No Better At Economics Than Is the Typical Protectionist
Da Tech Guy: How About the Patriots Post Brady Expectations?
Don Surber: Woke Is Headed For The Deep Sleep
First Street Journal: Is the “spy balloon’s” mission just to make President Biden look bad?
Gates Of Vienna: Ignacio Garriga – Islam is Incompatible With the Culture of the West, Pimping For Allah, and Brother, Can You Spare a Pfennig?
The Geller Report: Why Doesn’t Biden’s Pentagon Shoot Down the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Over Montana?
Hogewash: A Burnt-Out White Dwarf, also, I’m Not Making This Up, You Know
Hollywood In Toto: Colbert Preaches to His Masked-Up Parishioners, also, New Celebrity PR Gambit – Self-Approved ‘Documentaries’
The Lid: Florida College Fires Woke President Who Refused to End Racist CRT Curriculum
Legal Insurrection: Nearly 70 Percent of Military Personnel Have Witnessed “Growing Politicization” of Armed Forces, New Poll Reveals, Arizona State Journalism Prof Suggests the Media Should Continue ‘Abandoning Objectivity’, Harvard Kennedy School Fires ‘Misinformation Expert’ Joan Donovan, Texas DPS Finds Chinese Nationals, Who Paid Smugglers $35,000 Each, Crossing Border Illegally, and Maryland School District’s BLM Curriculum Talks About 13 Forms of Oppression, Including ‘Speciesism’
Nebraska Energy Observer: 64 Years Ago
Outkick: High School Swimmer Reportedly Disqualified from Race Due to American Flag on Swim Cap, Alex Cora Bragged About Houston Astros Cheating During 2017 World Series, According To New Book, TikToker Plans To Sell Bags Of Sand From The Spot Tom Brady Announced His Retirement To Recoup Money She Lost Betting On Him, Men’s Ball Was Used During First Half Of Duke – FSU Women’s Game, Blue Devils’ Coach Wants To Appeal The Loss, and ESPN Drags Dan Orlovsky Through The Mud Over Joe Montana Take
Power Line: Thoughts from the ammo line, Omar persists, and A modest proposal
Shark Tank: Meet The Only Florida Democrat To Vote In Support Of Socialism
Shot In The Dark: It’s About Suburban Maryland, Never Forget, and Tick Tick Tick
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday: Texas Politics
This Ain’t Hell: A Modest Proposal II, Valor Friday, The U.S. agrees to send longer-range weapons to Ukraine, Extra dose of valor for your Friday, and More on ‘the balloon’
Transterrestrial Musings: How Humans Burn Calories, “We Were Wrong About Covid”, Virgin Orbit, and Finally
Victory Girls: Russia Saber Ratting Ahead Of Ukraine Anniversary
Volokh Conspiracy: Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Open Letter re Allegations of Antisemitic Bias by GW Prof Lara Sheehi
Watts Up With That: What is the IEA anyway?, Industry-Intensive Vietnam to Increase Fossil Fuel Consumption, and Could Someone Please Translate this Climate Change Gobbledygook?
Weasel Zippers: MSNBC Accues Israel Of Being A Terrorist State, Turning West Bank Into An Apartheid State, Occasional Cortex Says Eric Swalwell Was Removed From Intel Committee Over “Incisive Ability To Communicate”, Kamala Harris Claims “We Have A Lot To Be Thankful For” In Joe Biden, and The View Hags Denounce Pledge Of Allegiance As A “Waste Of Time”
The Federalist: Study: To Get Hired At UT Austin, Faculty Must Prove Allegiance To Racism,By Exposing Hamilton 68, The ‘Twitter Files’ Proved The Deep State Is A Weapon Aimed Directly At You, Kids’ Disinterest In Libraries Has Nothing To Do With A Manga Shortage, Was The Government Ever Going To Tell Us About The Chinese Surveillance Balloon?, and That Didn’t Age Well!
Mark Steyn: The First of Ninety-Nine Red Balloons
Valentine’s Day Gifts
Amazon Warehouse Deals