The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 67)

March 5, 2024

The Good

COME TAKE A LOOK AT AMERICA’S BEST (RELATIVELY) NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAM. This is the way forward. And just think, it was started by a Redneck! Who’da thunk? Pass the word. Reforming higher education one school at a time: Clemson Great Books program looks to expand as it reaches 10 years

***NOTE TO ALL REPUBLICANS: THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT! Javier Milei Ended a DC-Sized Deficit in…Nine Weeks.

• Related: Milei’s Economic ‘Shock Therapy’ Pays Off, With Argentina Seeing First Budget Surplus in More Than a Decade.

“LIVE LONG AND PROSPER”: Which Lifestyle Changes Can Make You Live Longer?

MORE EVIDENCE THAT YOU DON’T NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD ROADS: ‘Welcome To The Moon’: Odysseus Is First American Spacecraft To Make Lunar Landing In 52 Years

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: New Research on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Turns LGBTQ Narrative on Its Head

I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE LEFT HELD UP SWEDEN AS THE MODEL OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND GOODNESS: How Sweden proved the world wrong about lockdowns: The evidence is clear: authoritarian restrictions did not save more lives.

GOOD READS:

• The Task of Journalism in a Free Society

• Canada’s Laurentian Elite Cry Uncle.

THIS IS SERIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE. I definitely want this guy on my team when the time comes: Manliness Unleashed.

I CANNOT IMPROVE UPON THE TITLE OF THIS IMPORTANT ARTICLE: The Story of the Decade: New documents strengthen—perhaps conclusively—the lab-leak hypothesis of Covid-19’s origins.

MEDICINE/HEALTH ROUNDUP:

• Researchers find Boswellia, an extract of frankincense, shows anti-cancer activity in small trial.

• Scientists Identify The Optimal Number of Daily Steps For Longevity, And It’s Not 10,000.

• DNA from ancient humans gives clues to common diseases.

• A single dose of urea-powered nanorobots reduces bladder tumors by 90% in mouse study.

• Google is working to develop an AI-based diagnostic dialogue tool as part of a medical interview system.

IN SHOCKING NEWS, A CANADIAN COURT HAS SURPRISINGLY RULED THAT THE TRUDEAU REGIME MAY NOT ACT LIKE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY:

• Court Declares Justin Trudeau’s Sweeping Actions To Suppress Trucker Protests Were Illegal

• Canada’s Act of Emergency Powers to End Truckers’ Protests Was Unjustifiable, Rules Court.

FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE:

• Physicists Find Groundbreaking Evidence Time Is Reversible Within Glass

• Incredible maps reveal where in the body different types of MUSIC are felt - from sad songs in your chest to happy tunes in your toes

• New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it.

• Amazing New Photos of Saturn’s Moons Have to Be Seen to Be Believed.

• Scientists Discover 2 Strains of Probiotics That Promote Weight Loss in Dogs.

ARCHEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ROUNDUP:

• Discovery of Ancient Mongolian Saddle Rewrites the History of Horse Riding.

• Ancient Roman Scrolls Unlocked by Artificial Intelligence

• Researchers use AI to decipher ancient Roman texts charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius

• AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79

• UK researchers 'blown away' after discovering 1,700-year-old egg still contains yolk: report

LAUGH OF THE DAY:

The Bad

FACTS, AS THE KIDS SAY: Leftists Disconnected From How Things Work Are Destroying Everything.

THE CASTREAU REGIME IS TURNING CANADA INTO CUBA BUT WITHOUT THE NICE BEACHES: Canadian Bureaucrats Forcing Dr. Jordan Peterson to Submit to Re-education for Criticizing Gender Ideology and Climate Change.

LEST WE FORGET: We are witnessing the mass memory-holing of the lockdown era.

THE DEEP STATE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND: Amazon Bowed to White House Pressure to Suppress Books Skeptical of COVID-19 Vaccines.

I FELL FOR THE HYPE AND TOOK THE JAB (BUT NO BOOSTERS), WHICH I NOW SERIOUSLY REGRET: Steve Kirsch: No doubt about it, COVID shots CAUSE dementia

IS THERE ANY SECTOR IN AMERICAN SOCIETY THAT IS NOT FALLING APART? We must rebuild our military infrastructure NOW: No Time To Waste: Updating and Upscaling the American Defense Industrial Base Has To Happen Now

CIVILIZATIONAL DECLINE AND FALL IS A CHOICE: NYC launches $53M program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrants

IT’S “BIDENISM” AND NOT JUST “BIDENOMICS” THAT IS DESTROYING AMERICA:  BIDEN’S AMERICA: Nearly 70% Of Americans Think U.S. In Rapid Decline, Polls Find

WHAT BIDENOMICS IS DOING FOR YOU:

• Biden-Fueled US National Debt Soars To A $100,000 Per-Taxpayer Burden

• Karine Jean-Pierre says voters should give Bidenomics more time to work

• The future of Bidenomics hinges on 'perpetuity tax' with Social Security on life support

• Biden Admin’s Latest Labor Rule Poised To Upend Key Sector Of The Economy

• #Bidenomics Prompts Macy’s To Close Stores And Cut 2,300 Employees, 3.5% Of Workforce

GEE, I WONDER WHY? PUTIN ENDORSES BIDEN

CHINA WATCH:

• Chinese hackers preparing to ‘wreak havoc’ on Americans, communities, FBI director warns

• Connecting China’s CCP to American Socialists, Communists, and Anti-Semitism 

• U.S. Space Force wary of China’s expanding spy satellite fleet.

• 4 Chinese Nationals Charged With Transporting U.S. Electronics To Iran Military

• China is Censoring Bad News About Its Economy.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA IS NOT TURNING OUT HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD: U.S. Syphilis Cases Surge to Highest Level in 70 Years.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? The FBI Again Tries To Block Seth Rich’s Laptop From Public View.

AMERICA HAS THE VERY BEST RULERS: Biden's new climate report touts use of 'indigenous knowledge'

U.N. OUT OF GAZA!!! Is the U.N. a terrorist supporting organization? Defund the U.N.: HamaSS data center found literally underneath UNRWA headquarters in Gaza.

THINGS FALL APART: Faulty door panel on Alaska Airlines flight had no bolts installed, NTSB says in preliminary report.