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Open thread 12/1/22 — 28 Comments

  1. Ever wonder how BBB was “gonna pay for itself”?

    Well, wonder no more…
    “Cha-ching! EPA quietly quadruples regulatory cost of carbon emissions in new war on fossil fuels;
    “Social Cost of Carbon estimate jumps from $51 to $190 per metric ton, creating future impact for Americans’ wallets and a new headache for the oil and gas industries.”
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/cha-ching-epa-quietly-quadruples-regulatory-cost-carbon-emissions-new

    Meanwhile, in Metaphorical news…
    …if you’ve ever wondered who TRULY represents the “Biden” government, well…look no further:
    “SAM BRINTON: THEIR PHYSICS, THEIR HUSBAND”—
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/12/sam-brinton-their-physics-their-husband.php
    I suppose we could also throw in at least a few dozen others…but space permits only the MOST metaphorical….
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-live-sam-bankman-fried-speaks-nytimes-dealbook-summit
    Alas, when EVERY DAY is a bad hair day….

  2. Yes, of course styles change. Very wide Ties and Lapels for men to very narrow ties and sometime no lapels. Now, no ties and no suits. Women with Bussels (spelling?) to well not. Not too many men wear Top Hats nor to women wear hats, except at the Races in England.

  3. Barry Meislin– Sam Brinton is just taking a page from that pride of the Canadian military, Russell Williams– who broke into at least 82 homes near his house in Ontario to steal the underwear of women and girls (some as young as 9 years old) between 2007 and 2009. He would then photograph himself wearing these items and store the photos on his home computer. In late 2009 and early 2010 he escalated from pilfering women’s garments to rape and murder. He’s currently serving a life sentence at Port-Cartier.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal)

    So far Brinton steals only suitcases containing women’s clothes, and hasn’t done anything more violent than lecturing on kink and having sex with puppies, but then ya never know . . .

    Incidentally, any of you in the NYC area interested in becoming the Rat Czar of the city? The mayor is looking for a Director of Rodent Mitigation, “a position that pays between $120,000 and $170,000 — but also requires a college degree.” The ideal candidate will possess a “general aura of badassery,” according to the job description at the link: https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/nyc-set-to-hire-top-senior-rat-killing-czar-for-170k-job/

  4. I am glad to know (read Barry Meislin’s link to Just the News) that the “social cost of carbon” is already in litigation, with arguments this month.

  5. There was that gchq guy who ended up in bondage gear inside a suitcase they say the russians did it

  6. This article has a fair amount of detail about Michelle Obama’s activities lately. The author’s depressing conjecture is that she is preparing for a run at the White House in 2024.

    My thought is that she is the perfect candidate for the American Idiocracy as we move into the mid 21st century. Quite possibly unbeatable, and as Joe Biden has demonstrated; no skill, intellect, or particular work ethic is required for the modern presidency.

  7. I think Ms. Obama is merely trying to cash in on another book. After all, houses in Kalorama, Martha’s Vineyard, and Hawai’i require a lot of upkeep. Plus the wardrobe, of course.

  8. On the post, that style of men’s wear lasted many hundreds of years. Very medieval, and much more suited to cold climes and transportation on horseback.

  9. The second half of the 15 million dollar bribe from bertelman

    Why would wardrobe necessarily change over 1000 years

  10. TommyJay:

    Ever since Barack Obama left office, people have been predicting Michelle will run. So far she doesn’t seem to want the job. I hope that continues.

  11. The author’s depressing conjecture is that she is preparing for a run at the White House in 2024.

    Republican mouths who take an interest in Mooch will inevitably generate that conjecture. That the woman has never shown much interest in anything aside from the decorative arts does not phase them.

  12. Why would wardrobes change over 1000 years? Trade routes, new materials, new ways of making fabrics, extinction of natural sources of fur or fiber? Just a few reasons things might change. Then again there is no counting for taste or a fashion mafia.

  13. I doubt the “Republican mouths” are phased by Michelle Obama, or anything else. Fazed, maybe. Very common misspelling, and maybe even spell check might do it.

  14. I mean, I get all the lefty wishcasting regarding Michelle. But I’ve never seen any evidence to suggest that Michelle Obama likes actually doing work or participating in any endevour that would force her to leave her comfortable guarded sphere of worshippers and sycophants in the media and Hollywood. Why should she want to do anything that would make her life uncomfortable in any way at this stage in her life?

  15. Thank y’all for trying to cheer me up.

    One of the interesting but not terribly surprising topics that came up in the recent Kanye West tell-all appearances was his claims about how powerful and influential his and ex-wife Kim’s handlers or consiglieres were. And these are merely wealthy folks, not political leaders. What do you suppose Barack and Michelle’s private environment is like?

  16. Kate, we might hope that “Republican mouths” are phased by Michelle Obama,
    as in being 180 degrees out of phase.

    And thank you for the faze alert. I felt something was wrong with using “phase” but I could not place the correction. Agree, something any of us might have done.

  17. @ Kate & R2L > “phased” is what happens to the Bad Guys on Star Trek.

    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Phaser

    But don’t let the typo faze you!

    M-W gets it right.
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/phase-vs-faze

    Bonus for a ST connection:

    https://www.patrickkphillips.com/grammar/faze-or-phase/

    However, joking aside, I’m seeing far too many of this type of error in on-line sources: homonyms that don’t mean the same thing have to be “read around” a lot of the time, which I attribute to the decline in general education, especially a lack of wide reading in decent literature (not what’s being pushed in schools today), and the rise of the reliance on spell-checkers, which accept any word spelled correctly, even if it’s not the one you wanted.

    I bookmarked a couple of recent ones just because they irritated me so badly.
    That they were written by the same person is perhaps not a coincidence.
    Confusions about the meaning of some homonyms is understandable, but this writer should have realized that the one she chose was just wrong.

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/11/22/leftists-are-going-after-someone-after-colorado-shooting-and-its-not-the-suspect-n2616281?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=slider
    “Rather than focus their frustrations on Aldrich and what’s potentially a failed system, leftists and mainstream media figures have their sites set elsewhere.”

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/11/22/house-democratic-leaderships-reaction-to-members-kicked-off-committees-shows-dems-in-disarray-n2616291
    (This one has since been corrected, but the commenters caught it.)
    “Through a fit”?!!! Don’t you mean “Threw a fit”?!

    However, sometimes a typo can work to your advantage.
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-25-at-9.20.06-PM.png?w=1160&ssl=1

  18. Someone (huxley, IIRC) mentioned Zeihan and shipping on another thread.
    H/t “Bill the Shoe” at Hoyt’s blog this week.

    https://gcaptain.com/end-of-the-world-is-just-beginning-book-review/

    There is a large shipping company that’s made record profits in recent years after changing its operational model to bet against the US Navy. Their secret weapon is an influential geopolitical strategist who claims the decline of the US Navy (and its apathy towards commercial shipping) poses the biggest threat to the world economy. Others gCaptain interviewed believe he’s just an American alarmist who uses fear to drive book sales. Who is right?

    The problem for those who discount the work of Peter Zeihan, author of the new book The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning, is his bold predictions – like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he predicted in his 2014 book The Accidental Superpower – are coming true at an alarming rate.

    Zeihan is not one to pull punches. He flat out believes the world is headed for serious trouble as it deglobalizes due to a lack of maritime leadership on the part of the United States and increasing tensions with Russia and China. He is not alone, an increasingly vocal set of influential people are warning about a changing world, what makes Peter Zeihan different is his focus on maritime security and shipping (including inland and short-sea shipping).

    Multiple sources have confirmed to gCaptain that Zeihan’s principles are being taken seriously by a small group of very influential industry players. There is even a secret Zeihan maritime book club. Sources who are influential enough that I dropped everything and read all his books.

    Those in shipping who promote Zeihan’s work say the United States turned its back on ocean policy decades ago and for a good reason. The oceans are a dangerous place but following World War II the United States made a deal with the rest of the world. If nations promised to use the US dollar as the denomination of trade and English as the lingua franca of global logistics then the US Navy would protect the shipment of goods globally. You provide the boots/butter and America will open up its markets to you and provide security at sea. And not just some seas but ALL the world’s trade routes to all the nations of the world – including to the United State’s competitors like Russia and more recently China – not openly belligerent to shipping.

    A cogent analysis of the predicted problem follows, so far as I can tell on the surface.
    International shipping is not in my wheelhouse.

  19. AesopFan:

    Excellent summary of Peter Zeihan’s thought, particularly with regard to deglobalization and shipping.

    My impression is Zeihan’s makes his bread and butter from high-powered consulting, not his books. (His latest book is the first to crack the NYT Bestsellers list.) There are a lot of financial people using Zeihan’s ideas as a guide to investing over the next ten years.

    For anyone curious about Zeihan but not to the point of reading his books or watching hours of his videos, the above article is a great start.
    __________________________________

    You may not agree with Zeihan’s premise even after reading the book … but I still highly suggest you read it because Zeihan’s outside-the-box thinking is of clear value in a world that we all can agree is getting more chaotic and uncertain.

    https://gcaptain.com/end-of-the-world-is-just-beginning-book-review/

  20. I haven’t worried about Mooch running for President since I heard the observation “she’s got room service lobster forever”.

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