***Before we get down to business, I’d like to share with you the following video based on last week’s essay, “Revolutionizing Higher Education.” Check it out. I think it’s pretty darn good. It was created by one of my talented colleagues who prefers to remain anonymous and not be associated publicly with The Redneck Intellectual!!!
THE GOOD
I 🩷🩷 CAPITALISM: How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam. It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics.
IS THERE ANYTHING HE CAN’T DO: The age of medical progress
ARCHEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ROUND UP
Archaeologists strike gold at ancient city tied to significant Genesis story
Ancient Ruins Found in Mexico Have ‘Never Before Seen’ Features.
Human Ancestors May Have Used Fire Far Earlier Than We Thought, Study Reveals.
Egypt Uncovers Lost Byzantine-Era City In The Western Desert
13,000-year-old bones found near SoCal coast could rewrite human history.
RETITLED TO: “AMERICA’S AI PRODUCTION SHOULD BE ROOTED IN FREE ENTERPRISE PRINCIPLES”: America’s AI Regulation Should Be Rooted in Free Enterprise Principles.
SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER . . . to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before: James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time, finds our ancient universe wasn’t as pure as we thought.
SCIENCE ROUND UP:
Unprecedented: Scientists Have Built Miniature Brains That Experience The Passage Of Time.
Scientists Find a Youth-Associated Protein That Rejuvenates Brain Immune Cells in Mice.
Scientists Analyzed Earth’s Hidden Seed Vaults And Made a Disturbing Realization.
Scientists Discover a Mysterious New Snake Species Hiding in New Guinea.
MYTH BUSTING: The Robber Barons: Neither Robbers Nor Barons.
APPROVED: Javier Milei Just Proposed a Great Idea. Every Government Should Follow His Lead.
“Essentially, if the Argentine national government runs a fiscal deficit for several months in a row, the Congress receives a warning that it has a matter of weeks to fix it. If it doesn’t hit the deadline, the ‘shackle’ activates automatically, and the political class will be the ones impacted. . . . . The salaries of the top politicians stop completely. The vice president, ministers, secretaries, undersecretaries, national senators, national deputies, and even El presidente himself will not receive a dime of taxpayer money until they solve the problem.”
MORE, PLEASE. How ‘bout a DOGE in every state? Florida’s DOGE Is Delivering.
MEDICINE/HEALTH ROUND UP
Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk.
Abdominal obesity and muscle loss increase the risk of death by 83% after age 50, study finds.
MIT Scientists Have Discovered a Way To Rejuvenate the Immune System.
Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog.
PURE GOLD FROM ROGER KIMBALL: Odysseus Visits the Smithsonian.
FROM ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST WRITERS AND CULTURAL-POLITICAL ANALYSTS: The Rise and Fall of Anthony Fauci.
JUSTICE: Time for Covid prosecutions and nothing less.
I’LL GIVE IT A GO!!! Pour me a pint: Guinness found on 162-year-old shipwreck inspires divers with ‘Project Jurassic Beer:’ Divers aim to scientifically ‘rebrew’ old stout to ‘unlock a form of liquid time travel.’
MY SOURCES TELL ME THAT AMERICAN SPECIAL OPS GUYS DRINK “BANG.” If you look at the chart in this article, you can see why: Is there such a thing as a healthy energy drink? Experts explain.
THIS SEEMS RIGHT TO ME. AI, unlike humans, remembers everything: AI Isn’t Outthinking Mathematicians. It’s Out-Remembering Them.. The key advantage may not be superior reasoning, but a virtually unlimited symbolic working memory.
PROGRESS: We’re Shooting Down Enemy Drones With Fricken Laser Beams.
PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING EXCEPT POLICE, MILITARY, AND COURTS. Oh, but what about the roads? Let me get this straight: private enterprise can build, launch, and catch descending rockets, but it can’t build roads? Sure: Privatize the Smithsonian.
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Sort of like asking if The Redneck Intellectual can survive an attack from Mrs. Redneck because he forgot to turnout out the lights. The answer is yes, but barely: Can A Submarine Survive A Nuclear Attack.
JURASSIC PARK COMES TO LIFE! What happens when they want to revive Mr. Tyrannosaurus Rex? Scientists use AI to revive woolly mammoth, now targeting early 2030s
CHOOSE EXCELLENCE: The West at a Crossroads: Excellence or Mediocrity?
MUST READ: Farewell, beautiful world
THE BAD
IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES . . . AND WE’RE LIVING WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES GOOD AND HARD:
95% of political donations from UC Boulder faculty members went to left-wing candidates.
98.2% of political donations from Rutgers University faculty members went to left-wing candidates.
No identified Republican professors found in Georgia Tech’s public policy department.
98.3% of political donations from Emory faculty went to left-leaning candidates and causes.
99% of political donations from GWU faculty members went to left-wing candidates
97.2% of political donations from Howard University faculty members went to left-wing candidates
Largest Texas schools send majority of midterm political donations to Democrats
96.3% of political donations from UC Berkeley faculty members went to left-wing candidates
93.4% of political donations from UC San Diego faculty members went to left-wing candidates
84% of political donations from FSU faculty members went to left-wing candidates
98.8% of political donations from Georgetown University faculty members went to left-wing candidates
89.4% of political donations from UC Irvine faculty members went to left-wing candidates
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS? OBVIOUSLY, THE K-12 EDUCATION SYSTEM AND HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT I ALSO BLAME CONSERVATISM AND LIBERTARIANISM INC., WHO ABANDONED GEN Z: 84% of Gen Z Democrats back socialism, poll finds
IF THE HARD-WORKING PARENTS DIDN’T TEACH JUNIOR TO BE A SOCIALIST, WELL, THEN, HOW DID IT HAPPEN? The Revolution Has a Trust Fund.
FACTS: ‘Democratic socialism’ just an opening act for communism.
MY OWN VIEW IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAME SOCIALIST IN 1932: Poll: Democrats favor socialism over capitalism, 58%-32%
THIS IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF WHAT SOCIALISM WILL COST: ‘Real Cost of Socialism’: Report cites how much DSA’s agenda would cost each U.S. household
ANALYSIS CORRECT: The Left’s Permanent Derangement
YOU ASKED FOR IT BROTHER, AND NOW YOU’RE GOING TO GET IT GOOD AND HARD. Don’t be surprised tomorrow morning, if you wake up and think to yourself, “What have I done"!!!” Choose wisely, my friends.
AND HERE’S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE: Socialism in America.
I BLAME FECKLESSNESS OF CONSERVATISM/LIBERTARIANISM INC. FOR THE RISE OF SOCIALISM (AND THE REACTIONARY RIGHT) IN AMERICA: The Democratic Socialists of America Platform: The DSA would abolish the police, open borders, socialize medicine, abolish the Department of War, and abolish the Senate.
IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: HHS study links gender ideology beliefs to support for political violence
THE ROAD TO COMMUNISM IS PAVED WITH SOCIALIST INTENTIONS: ‘Socialists’ Are NOT Communists, New York Times Insists.
