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Are we seeing the start of an “Ozempic for all” movement?
In yesterday’s post on the expansion of the definition of obesity to include 70% of Americans, I wrote: Who’s celebrating? The makers of diet drugs and the purveyors of diet programs. Well, today I saw this article: The study, published … Continue reading →
Trump is building a ballroom in the East Wing
Impeach him, I say! Or perhaps sue him for something or other? And yet now and then on the left there are surprising voices of reason on this, for example Shaun King on X: I actually think it’s a great … Continue reading →
George Abaraonye, of the Oxford Union, wants a word with you
In the midst of all the shocking reactions from the left to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there was this: “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f***ing go,” George Abaraonye, a 20-year-old Politics, Philosophy and Economics student and the incoming president of the … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/24/2025
For all parents:
Continue reading →Psaki and friends on Usha Vance – the left’s Handmaid’s Tale fantasies
This is what I’m talking about: “I think the little Manchurian candidate, JD Vance, wants to be president more than anything else,” Psaki claimed. “I always wonder what is going on in the mind of his wife [Usha]. Are you … Continue reading →
NYC mayor’s poll tightens – if there were a 2-person race
Only thing is – it almost certainly won’t be a 2-person race. Here’s the poll: The newly released report by Gotham Polling and the city AARP found that 44.6% of New Yorkers would vote for Mamdani if Sliwa quit the … Continue reading →
We are all obese now
Or at least, the vast majority of us are, according to a recent re-definition: Obesity rates in the United States may increase dramatically under a new definition introduced earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission. Researchers at … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/23/2025
Democrats stand by their man Jay Jones
It’s too late for Democrats in Virginia to get a replacement, and so they’re sticking with the deathwish-on-opponents-fantasizing Jay Jones, their candidate for AG. They idea is that the “D” after his name will be enough, and perhaps it will. … Continue reading →
It’s one of those roundup days again
(1) As Comey and Bolton go, so goes Brennan, if the DOJ chooses to act: Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 21 referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, alleging Brennan made … Continue reading →
The Louvre heist
I imagine many if not most of you have visited the Louvre, so I’m not telling you anything you don’t know when I say that the place is big. Really, really huge. So it must be quite difficult to secure. … Continue reading →