Sunday Reads
- Greg McNeilly
- 1 day ago
- 6 min read
An irregular roundup of thought-provoking reads. Most made me go “hmm…”
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is too short.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
The White House has set very clear, objective and measurable goals for U.S. operations in Iran.
Nate Silver: Past conflicts offer little in terms of political clarity on impact.
Secretary of State Rubio rocking a presser in Spanish.
Donald Trump and Jesse Jackson.
Fascinating: There is a heavy correlation between the partisanship of your local prosecutors and public health outcomes, per this research.
Inside the cutthroat competition for the best “baguette” in Paris.
The upside of the new vaccine schedule is explored.
Studies:
Apparently when it comes to one-night stands, the most regret is a heterosexual woman.
Broadband internet access - a government policy - is correlated with worse mental health outcomes.
In China, cheating is the way, apparently, folks who plagiarize their dissertations disproportionately end up in government positions.
Social stigmatization of crime is more powerful than threats of incarceration suggests this research.
Modern temperature changes are statistically insignificant according to core-ice data.
One Battle After Another continues its awards march through Hollywood.
Good news! In-utero stem cell therapy shows promise.
Charting net migration, here.
Positive: Cursive writing making a comeback?
Another government k12 sexual predicator (keep in mind 17% of government school students are sexually assaulted).
Did neglect generate a better generation(s)?
Wow. A Canadian has a greater likelihood of dying by MAID (assisted suicide) than an American does by gunshot. Simply insanity north of the border.
Ranking American cities on health, here.
Ranking American cities by hard work, here.
The evergreen attempt to build a libertarian oasis.
The coming “peptide” age?
Woefully dumb: Apparently Americans know little about “race” in our nation or past history and have instead adopted a narrative.
Violent immigrant: Murdered mother by an alleged illegal alien with 30 prior arrests.
The color of sound: There is an interplay between color and the perception of sound per new research.
Cracking the myths on chiropractic therapies.
Freedom: Deregulatory triumphs in the age of Trump.
George Will: U.S. deterrence credibility is being restored.
The “Freedom Plane” tour information, here.
75 years ago, Americans spent 1 of every 5 dollars on food - today, 1 in 10 is the ratio. Progress!
Government fail: Learn about VA expenditures compared to the dwindling veterans population.
Texas Senate Primary: The Troll versus the Bore.
Railroads - a better way to go - argues this piece.
Parenting: Check out Resilient Children an interactive map of how U.S. families are developing.
Are you a liberal? There is a test for it.
A fascinating exchange on the role of charity versus taxation (redistribution).
Remembering our “ancient English liberty” sources, Runnymede.
Wikipedia’s credibility continues to take punches.
WSJ: “Why Johnny Can’t Read Anything other than Pronouns.” Here.
Parsing the “Girl Boss” versus “Trad Wife” dichotomy.
What? There is apparently a link between eclipses and civil rebellion.
Gallup: Government seen as top problem.
Ranking the states by taxation.
“No Kings” protests were a tool of a foreign influence apparently.
“Ranch” milk shake debuts at Great Wolf Lodge.
Remembering the “Spy Who Never Came in From the Cold.”
The U.S. Government: “Queering the maps.” One cannot underestimate how little regard Washington has for taxpayers.
Counter narrative: Wages zooming up!
Gallup: Lowest percent of Americans consuming alcohol since 1939 per pollsters.
Ranking states by beer consumption.
Terrence Howard: Left the Islamic faith after watching his congregation castarate a homeless man.
AI:
One Western nation is considering putting age verification on AI’s access to search engines.
Lawsuit filed against an AI platform for alleged role in a suicide.
58% decline in mental capacity after four months of using ChatGPT versus your own brain per this study.
CHINA & RUSSIA, IRAN & TERROR:
Free Iranians are joyous that America helped end the murderous dictatorship of a radical cleric.
The C.I.A. successfully called the tyrants location.
The Saudi’s are cheering America’s action.
Meanwhile our adversaries are learning different lessons from Iran.
Israel intel had been monitoring Iranian street cameras for years.
Iranian attacks on America:
And it’s not just Iran the USA is hitting, it’s China via this response.
Iran currently led by an impotent cleric.
Inside the operation that took down a terrorist tyrant.
Video of an Iranian women being stoned to death is one of millions of atrocities that are routine habits of the Iranian clerics.
U.S. Congress takes a stand on the Iranian action.
Iranian protestor hung in front of his six-year old daughter.
Women hung in Iran for reporting her multiple rapes - after being beaten.
84% of Republicans support destroying global sponsor of terrorism.
The regime the Biden Administration left in charge of Afghanistan has legalized domestic abuse.
The U..S. has disrupted 20% of China’s oil supply.
Another Russian mogul found “dead,” after name appears in DOJ Epstein files.
China’s missing leaders are noted.
China announces it will be moving towards friendly family formation policies.
COURTS:
Court orders Greenpeace to pay $345 million for defamation.
SCOTUS holds that California (or other governments) cannot hide minors who seek to transition from their parents.
“Begging” is still protected speech per a move by SCOTUS.
Gorsuch notes, in oral arguments, the Founder’s heavy drinking habits in the context of our inherit right to self-defense.
Ending Rule of Law: Another Court finds a person responsible for someone else’s crime. Even liberals get it.
Some American judges are now seeking to act as tyrants.
The ACLU’s failure to know what a woman is in front of SCOTUS, continues to draw deserved ridicule.
ECONOMY:
POLS BEHAVING BADLY:
Dems
The Clinton’s Epstein depositions on tape. Key moments recapped.
Retarded: Bernie Sanders proposes a $4.4 trillion dollar tax - on a nation (US) that only has 168 trillion in deposits.
Democrat Senate candidate continues his Nazi viewpoint advocacy.
BLM leader caught allegedly abusing an employee, again.
Texas Senate candidate declares G_d non-binary. And believes the southern border should be like an open front porch.
53 House Democrats voted against declaring Iran a state sponsor of terrorism.
Democrat Congressman took an illegal alien who is an alleged sex offender to the State of the The Union.
Mamdani’s household celebrated brutal October 7 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of U.S. citizens.
Adam Schiff’s “war powers” hypocrisy (in all fairness, really only Fetterman and Paul have been consistent).
Obama unhinged at Jackson’s funeral - as one observation notes - its why America elected Trump.
Reps
Krisi Noem, enough already.
Chuck Schumer: “The number one reason people come to the U.S. illegally is so they can defraud programs…”
Discipline, focus and hard work: Meet the Texan Titian who is beating everyone.
In praise of the “brick” phone / device.
Remembering when authors trashed other writers.
The censored photographs of Franklin Roosevelt’s Internment Camps.
The kiss on the stairs that is stunning.
The tasty red heifers raised in Texas.
