Open thread 9/9/23
Another obscure sport that’s more like an impressive circus act:
And it takes two women to do the work of one man – but still extremely impressive. The gradated sizes of the women are no accident:
Actually, sometimes the heavy lifting can be done by one woman – if it’s the right woman:
From yesterday’s open thread, the governor of New Mexico purports to suspend the Second Amendment via a “public health emergency.” Probably this won’t survive legal filings surely coming on Monday. She says her oath to the Constitution “is not absolute.”
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/09/09/new-mexico-governor-declares-emergency-suspends-gun-rights-in-shocking-move-n2163598
On the videos, it’s nice to see an acrobatic event in which women who are not teeny tiny can participate.
I had no idea this sport even existed.
Kate –The problem with these various actions by different levels of government, which are obviously on their face unconstitutional, is that by the time courts strike them down–the damage has been done–and whatever goal or effect these actions were designed to attain or create has probably already been attained; we’ve been warned that certain things are no longer allowed, and can get us in a lot of trouble, can be dangerous.
More recruits for Cirque
That’s Entertainment?
“Biden Biography Bombshell: Hillary Violated Logan Act, Drew Rebuke From Ex-Crony”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-biography-bombshell-hillary-violated-logan-act-drew-rebuke-ex-crony
The Corrupt Leading the Corrupt (while engaging in all out lawfare against political enemies).
Clearly, “Biden” is the cutting edge on How to Perfect a Banana Republic…
Speaking of sports. Here’s one I know about:
Nebraska Cornhuskers
0-2-0
@ Colorado Buffaloes
2-0-0
Today · Final 14 – 36
Buffs, with new head coach, Deion Sanders, roll to victory over Nebraska 36-14 at Folsom Field and continue to impress.
It’s been a while since we CU alums could cheer about the football team. 🙂
@ Kate: I tried to do my part by voting against Michelle Lujan Grisham last November, and by not joining my next-door neighbors when they held a $250-a-head fund-raiser for her at their house. Her polls looked bad for a while (for example, at the time of the fund-raiser), but she was handily reelected. New Mexico is now a blue state.
MollyG, Republican members of the NM legislature are calling for Grisham’s impeachment, but do they have the votes?
New Mexico is now a blue state.
MollyG, Kate:
Yep.
Grisham has been strongly anti-gun for years. This unconstitutional temporary gun ban is a crime of opportunity.
I just ended my personal relationship with the Sam Pick family in New Mexico.
Kate, Republicans are outnumbered almost 2 to 1 in both houses of the New Mexico State Legislature, so it’s very doubtful that they have the votes for the governor’s impeachment or anything else at all. Both of our US senators and all three of our congressional representatives are Democrats as well.
Huxley, I am sorry to hear that the governor’s rogue behavior ended what sounds like a long friendship, however the break occurred.
The patrons know what is best for the peons, Constitution or no. (sarc)
Excellent article by Chris Rufo (now being persecuted for his temerity*), but in detailing a comprehensive plan for dismantling the authoritarian leftist State, he misses the point about Nixon’s fall that has been made painfully clear by Trump’s situation: if you threaten the Bureaucrats’ power and pelf, they will take you down.
https://christopherrufo.com/p/bring-on-the-counterrevolution
*Riposte from the Revolution (as defined in the above post):
https://christopherrufo.com/p/the-regime-strikes-back
Sunday Open Thread: Defense system procurement; Wah!
How Incentives & Interests Shape Armies – Competition, Consolidation & Procurement Policy – Perun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XxySdqU1Xg
Here’s a not-so-impressive circus act.
(It’s what happens when the drugs aren’t working like they’re supposed to….)
Not to be overly concerned, though—we’re used to it.
Besides, he’s gonna win the next election no matter what he does or doesn’t do. (They even claim he’s currently packing a 45% approval rating!!!!!)
Anyway…for all of us who KNOW who’s in charge…
“Staff Pulls Plug on Presser as Biden Goes Over Edge in Vietnam With Confusion, Dog-Faced Pony Soldiers”—
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/09/10/biden-goes-over-the-edge-in-vietnam-with-softballs-confusion-and-dog-faced-pony-soldiers-n2163634
H/T Instapundit.
(Me? I blame Trump, of course…for existing.)
File under: The International Trump.
These “sports” are organized versions of muscle-beach/cheerleading.
But fun.
Regarding counterrevolution: We are now in a slow-mo showdown between the Leftist elites who have barricaded themselves in Israel’s court system, and The Rest of Us.
It is unclear whether the months of media struggle sessions have worked in favor of the elites or against them… every time they try to shut down another aspect of the country, another pocket of nepotism and corrupt patronage is revealed to Israelis who thought socialism was gone… and the silent majority that always trusted “them” to lead the country are increasingly disabused of that trust.
One reform that did get through created an unabashedly conservative TV station a-la Fox in its prime, and Tucker now…. The elites tried to shut it down when it drew huge audiences that no longer believed the official narrative…. Again, I am sure a lot of their moves are backfiring, waking even more people up.
Thanks for the report from Israel, Ben David. Best wishes for success!
is that caroline glick’s channel, that was a riot when it was on the air,
Democrats think differently.
San Francisco hires tourism boss to battle ‘ongoing narrative’ about surging crime, rampant druge use
They don’t fix problems. They fix narratives.
sometimes that becomes impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDiYb20iAsM
sure that sounds fine
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/09/08/chicagos-first-casino-opens-saturday-in-river-north/
They don’t fix problems. They fix narratives.
Banned Lizard:
They also improve messaging. 🙂
RE: Tony Hillerman’s novels
If anyone is interested in these novels or the Navajo I recommend a recent TV series I just stumbled upon on AMC+ called “DarkWinds,” which is based on Hillerman’s novels and the characters in them.
Lots of gorgeous cinematography and Southwestern landscapes, native American actors, solid acting, exciting plots and action, and lots of portrayals of Navajo culture.
miguel c, it’s a somewhat puzzling location to me in a way. I mean, aside from the architecture of the old Medinah Temple. I suppose putting it in or near Navy Pier would be too obvious in a sense, and there’s probably enough entertainment to be had there already. (I was last in Chicago six years ago, and that was the first time I’d ever walked around on Wabash where this casino is set up.)
I read one of Hillerman’s novels and thought it was lame. No description–zero– of the main character’s appearance. Sad.