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[U] Clearly, Hinderaker Simply Wants To Be An Unblinking, Unthinking Racist, Here…

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Update: Just as I expected, here not six hours later, Hinderaker admits to what I guessed — in a new post, no less: he wishes to demonize all Gazans, so as to see them exterminated. He doesn’t believe, despite ample evidence, that any Gazan is not with Hamas. Yet even the Israelis (as he admits) have vetted, and issued work permits to over 10,000 Gazans… who commute daily into and out of the Israeli urban centers.

What a putz. Palestinians in Gaza are not coterminous with Hamas members. Just ask… Israel, John. Damn. End update.

Only a blithering idiot (John) would substitute… one population, for another (even where there might be some overlap) when pretending to be decrying purported inaccurate headlines.

Only a fool — or a racist. But, as we’ve long demonstrated… you, John, are… both.

Not all “Gazans” are… Hamas. Not all Israelis are… Hasidic. Just as not all Black people… like… rap.

Holy crap, John — even you are not this feckless. No — this is an intentional provocation, likely because you’ve also read that a cease-fire, and perhaps multiple exchanges toward a lasting peace… are drawing nearer due to Biden Administration efforts at diplomacy.

Damn. You are a lost soul.

Paul Mirengoff Regularly Talks About “Reverse” Discrimination Cases… But Usually Invents “Facts” About Them, In Doing So…

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And tonight is no exception. Two and three quarters years ago, he wrote — without a scintilla of evidence that Blacks that make Law Review at Harvard and Yale are… worse students than many whytes NOT on Law Review. What a… feckless pile of crap.

Tonight, he claims that a suit being brought by whyte Gannett employees is a winner, on the basis of “facts” that Paul has only conjectured might in the future appear (there has been zero discovery, as the suit was just filed a few days ago). But he has zero compunction about stepping forward, and asserting… his imaginings, as fact.

In truth, it all becomes deadly… boring, actually. He and the Powerline boys are so, so desperate to claim that whyte replacement theory is a thing, in America… they just make sh!t up, on the regular.

Pretty sad.

But onward, we’ll sail — grinning, anyway. Out.

So Trump’s Sister’s Last Wishes Included That He Not Be Mentioned, Or Speak — At Her Funeral…

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This may seem small — but most regular people know that if your sister (a former federal judge) specifies that you not be allowed a mic at her funeral… she views you as of low moral character.

And she had said as much — while still alive.

She said he “stood only for… himself.”

This ought to resonate with the plain folk he claims are his base.

His own sister was openly wary of his motives — and vain ambitions.

I’m out, but me? I love the newly muzzled version Tangerine.

Update: The 40 Trapped Himalayan Miners Have Essentials, But New Cave-Ins Halt Rescue…

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Through a vent shaft, the 40 trapped borers / miners have been supplied with light, oxygen, food, water and medicines — and are able to communicate via walkie-talkie with surface rescue crews.

That’s all well and good, but ongoing fracturing / fissures in the bedrock have led to a pause in drilling efforts — to reach them.

Here is AlJazeera on it all:

…Indian rescue workers have paused efforts to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel over fears of more cave-ins.

Rescuers temporarily suspended work on Friday after a “large-scale cracking sound” was heard while trying to restart a drilling machine, the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) said.

The sound created “a panic situation” for rescuers and there was a “strong possibility of further collapse”, the NHIDCL said….

Now you know. We will keep a close watch, as we earlier said. Do keep a good thought… these people need some positive ju ju, in their Himalayan rescue efforts. Onward.

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Hinderaker Hates Antisemitism, Until The World’s Richest Human… Jumps On To The Bandwagon…

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I’ll admit it: there are few things Musk related that I really care about, any longer.

As to Elon (certainly on social / political issues), he’s a chump.

For me — mostly, my complaint is that his X-itter tech is often… busted.

Yep, he is increasingly just a stupid autistic spectrum buffoon, as to all world affairs that… actually matter. [Same with Hinderaker.]

And Elon’s latest SpaceX launch (again!) exploded this morning — before reaching orbit. The second stage lit, but then blew apart. Back to the drawing board, Elon — space is… hard.

In any event, so much for that IPO in the next few weeks.

John does admit that what he said directly on X-itter, and the stuff he’s been amplifying are… problematic. But John just uses the word… “stupid“… and… Gives him a pass.

Well. I’m not surprised.

Hinderaker’s always believed… the people with the gold make the rules. That’s his golden rule. Just as Mirengoff said overnight — these guys want speech codes that only apply to what others are allowed to say and write. Idiotic.

Y A W N.

It is all rather… boring, John — both you and Elon.

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Former Pentagon Police Officer Dixon Gets 25 Years Because… Detterence, In Cops Killing People Fleeing A Non-Lethal Crime Scene… MUST MATTER.

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Messrs. Mirengoff and Otis today pretend that police officers are not trained in what the Constitution, and our system of ordered liberty, under the law, contemplate — as to the balance of dangerousness, weighed against the entrusted power to use deadly force.

This is a more than pungent piece of garbage from those two.

Both of them well know, as now convicted murderer ex-officer Dixon knows… there is an express prohibition on using deadly force, against a fleeing suspect, for simple property crimes. And there was zero evidence that Dixon knew the man was dangerous, at the time, or that he had some priors.

In sum, the police MUST — if they cannot safely apprehend a property crime suspect not known to them to be armed and endangering the public or other officers, allow the suspect to flee, and call for backup.

That is, all law enforcement officers are trained not to fire at fleeing non lethal crime suspects.

This guy, Dixon instead… FIRED on the fleeing suspect, killing him and injuring others.

So this 25 year stint — like the one given Derek Chauvin (for murdering George Floyd, in Minneapolis), and those meted out to the Chicago officers in the LaQuan McDonald case… is for DETERRENCE, Paul.

It is to send a notice to bad (and good) cops, that they cannot be… executioners, where the threat of the suspect is small, compared to the probability that the cop will kill him/her, without any judicial process.

All of which is well settled criminal law — for over 50 years. Paul, and his nut job buddy Bill well know it. They just want a reason to howl into the dawn… about… nothing.

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Paul Mirengoff Is Normally Smarter Than This — And More Fair-Minded… Oh. Well.

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Today, he takes aim at what he calls “mushy thinking” by American / Jewish journalists — ones with whom he disagrees, apparently, about Gaza — and what may lawfully (and perhaps more importantly, morally…) be done, in response to the terror attack there, on 10.07.2023.

But in the end, his central argument is that he wants to be the one who calls “balls and strikes” — in sum, he wants his own brand of “speech codes”. [His “okay for discussion list” appears at right, in black. Note that he wants only to discuss “relations” — but would leave calling it ~2,300 years of on and off warfare… as NOT allowed. Damn.]

It is astonishing that he and his former fellows at Powerline spent a decade arguing that “the left” was censoring offensive speech in violation of our founding promises.

Then Israel gets attacked (and, in fairness — that’s after a decade of on and off smaller scale attacks, BY Israel, in Gaza — and ones that resulted in civilian casualties, more than sporadically).

And now — he decries as “not allowed” — any speech by any Jew, or Arab or Christian or atheist that expresses the approval of an “eye for an eye” sentiment used by Hamas — one that Israel (is this moment) is deploying, and lauding — in fact.

That is probably all I need say, to demonstrate the illogic and hypocrisy of his post today.

Keytruda® Has Now Been FDA-Approved In 38 Separate Oncology Indications; Will Become World’s Best Selling Drug By Year End 2023…

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This is… just one gargantuan freight train… and it just will not… slow down much — before 2032, or so.

You may trust me that the people talking any form of “doom and gloom” as early as 2028 (on first patent expiry)… just don’t understand continuations and reformulations and… frankly… evergreening, of patents in pharma. Even if all that misses — it will be a slow entry, given how hard it is, from a biotech standpoint, to make an equivalent immuno oncology agent, and get generic FDA approvals.

So, even if pembrolizumab declines a bit in 2029 or ’30… it will still almost certainly still be an over $25 billion [yes, with a “B”!] a year juggernaut. Here’s the latest, from Fierce Pharma:

…[It’s good news] for Keytruda, [as] the blessing is its seventh indication in gastrointestinal cancers in the United States and the 38th overall for the checkpoint inhibitor which is poised this year to overtake AbbVie’s Humira as the world’s top selling drug. Merck reported sales of $20.9 billion last year for Keytruda, which was a 22% increase from 2021….

The approval was based on data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-859 trial, which showed Keytruda plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by 22% compared to chemotherapy alone. Median overall survival was 12.9 months for patients on the combo versus 11.5 months for those on chemotherapy….

Onward, to another warmish, and sunny Fall Friday… grinning ear to ear.

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Florida’s “Anti-Drag Performances” Law Will Remain Blocked, Through All Appeals — As Gov. DeSantis Just Lost, At The Supremes, Seeking Cert.

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The posture of this case differs substantially from the Friends of George’s case (which we’ve been covering) — as does the actual text of the law — less substantially.

But just as in Memphis this past summer, a USDC Court in Florida earlier had enjoined Florida Senate Bill 1438 (as signed by Gov. DeSantis in May) — as likely violating the federal First Amendment. And the Supremes just refused to change that.

So, this one is on a normal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals timeline once again — and the law may not be enforced anywhere in all of Florida, against… anyone. Here’s the bit, signed by six Justices, overnight:

…In sum, because this Court is not likely to grant certiorari on the only issue presented in Florida’s stay application, it is appropriate for the Court to deny the application….

Now you know. Sanity… bit by bit… is making a comeback. Grin.

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Teaching Hinderaker That Magellan Personally Kept Slaves.

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Hinderaker — as ever — pops off about things he doesn’t bother to research.

Tonight, it’s Magellan. John says (without evidence of any kind) he had little to no interactions with slavers.

That is laughably… wrong — two seconds on Google proves it.

No, Hinderaker — he is known to have owned slaves… aboard ship. [He freed one upon his death by will. The man’s name was Enrique of Mallaca. He was of mixed race.]

Moreover, Magellan forcefully kept indentured servants long after they paid their debt.

He did some notable things, true. But as to the charge of being… utterly dishonest… he is guilty.

There are plenty of honest people to name cosmological structures after.

Cheers, chucklehead.

Out.