https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/caught-video-jensen-huang-reportedly-had-second-affair-time-his-own-nvidia-executive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Redwing

The essay is excellent, as usual, and I went to the original post because I enjoy reading the comments. They were outstanding also, as usual.
I want to draw attention to this one in particular though:
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/70852.html#comment-1067999

Mike
April 18, 2024 at 8:52 am
I liked reading through the comments, maybe we can just all agree that the word “elite” is an epithet. I get the feeling that even those whose aspire to join the elite class probably don’t like the term. Then again, one man’s elite is probably another man’s “leader.” I will also add that given the vast number of cowardly medicrocrities who wish to be part of the “elite” that one of the defining characteristics is the need for approvals ffrom their peers

I’ll propose a 2-part questionnaire to distinguish between those who we would trust with the car keys to run our institutions on our behalf and those who are power-seeking elite scum who should marooned on New Guinea to be left to the tender mercies of those cannibals who ate Joe Biden’s uncle.

My initial test was something along the lines of John Marini’s test, “The proper role of government is a) protection of the citizen’s constitution or as a former president once said b) to do the things that we have decided to do together.” However that allows people to hack the test in favor of the preferred answers so my 2 questions would be.

1) In 2026 we will be celebrating the United States Semiquincentennial, one of the biggest birthday parties in our national history. The proper way to celebrate it would be….?
2) Who is better able to provide a better education for a child? Teachers or the parents?

For question #1 any answer that depicts “balanced” and:” air” [sic; fair?] should brand (and we should, literally) the respondent as an elite. It’s a birthday party, if you went to a person’s party and gave a “balanced” view of the celebrant’s many human frailties so would be castigated as a cad and tossed out. Save your need for a balanced view of American history for your school board.

For #2, likewise any equivocation regarding parental primacy in their child’s education marks you as an elite. Any similar question could use homeschooling.

As we saw in July, our “elites” resoundingly failed Test Number One.
What a sorry way to go through life!

And then there’s the gushing Sophia in Neo’s Round-up post 11/11.

Sometimes the thought of transitioning to being One of the Guys instead of being looped in with the current crop of Gals is enticing.

Agreed.
And that is the super-majority opinion of MAGA Republicans, most other conservatives, and a lot of liberals.

I remember seeing it in the original publication.

The New Yorker long ago became as unreadable as the rest of the Woke publications, but their cartoonists were hard to beat back in the day.
I have some “swag” like calendars, collected cartoons in books, and I think one mug somewhere in the boxes in the basement.

He flies away at the very end.

Someone who knows more about falconry than I do may correct me, but it seems like it would have been a good idea to wrap the hawk in a towel or something to keep it from flailing its wings or scratching the rescuer.
However, Cowboy got the job done eventually and the bird took off without any apparent difficulties, which is amazing.

Perhaps we should implement a mandatory 2 year service period of some form for all young men/women, so the “thank you for your service” might more correctly be reserved for that subset of people (in the military or intelligence or ??) who experienced mental or physical injuries in real combat or combat training. They are the people who have really made sacrifices for serving our country. We owe them the very best medical and other care we can provide to them as survivors. The rest of us did give up some time away from our career paths, or had lower risk assignments over a longer service period, but otherwise probably had an interesting time or at least the satisfaction of completing a period of service. And I qualified for the GI bill and for 10% discounts at selected big box stores. Maybe that should be “reward” enough.

However, when I think of my father’s support role in the Pacific during WWII, and the essential need for a variety of support personnel to keep the front line men (and some women) in the fight, I am more willing to extend our follow-up support for such cases where the obligation was more open ended in timespan, away from their family, etc.

Given the nature of modern warfare, including cyber exploits and defense, or tracking and stopping/ sanctioning economic transfers for selected individuals, companies, and nations, we may need to address the roles those folks play in our mutual defense as well.

This is one of the reasons I read your blog!