In this, our third summer in the Great Land, we’re still getting used to how short the warm season is. Here we are on August 2nd, where most of the country is sweltering (and it’s supposed to hit 77 here, which is pretty damn warm for the Susitna Valley) and we’re going to be moving into cooler, wetter weather soon. The swallows are gone, the trees are turning from the bright, vibrant green of late spring and early summer to the darker, dustier green of late summer. We may see snow as early as six weeks or so from now.
That’s Alaska, and we love it here more every day, long, cold winters and all.
Now then…
On To the Links!
This is probably a safe assumption for China to make.
Oh, yeah, that’s sure to end well.
Yeah, it’s time for the Murder Turtle to hang it up.
Ten Senate seats mostly likely to flip. We’ll see.
Judge to Hunter Biden: “Get a job, stay sober.” Hah!
National Treasure Dr. Victor Davis Hanson.
Did China get their money’s worth?
The question isn’t “how big a problem is Biden’s age,” it’s “how big a problem is Biden’s dementia, and his family’s shocking corruption?”
Ford losing $4.5 billion on electric vehicles this year. That’s “billion” with a “B.” Or: $4,500,000,000.
China’s coal use hits new record.
Animals – delicious, delicious animals.
My RedState stuff:
Is China Resurgent? Or Is the House of Cards Collapsing?
Commander, the Wonder (Bite) Dog
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and Their Endless Chutzpah
The Facebook Files: How the Biden Administration Cracked Down on Free Speech
China Abandons the Paris Climate Agreements; America Should Be so Lucky
Politics: You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
California’s Marxist Math: The Once-Golden State Is Past the Point of No Return
China, Biology, Illegal Labs and the Coming Conflict With the US
Anchorage Mayor Proposes Sending Homeless to California
Sunday Gun Day I – Great Reading for Shooters
Grown-Up Children and Permanent Minors
Great Migrations: The Grapes of Wrath, Book Two
There May Be Many More Gun Owners Than We Thought.
This Week’s Idiots:
The Guardian’s Margaret Sullivan is an idiot.
Washington Monthly’s David Atkins is an idiot.
Salon’s Heather Parton is an idiot. And again.
The LA Times (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
Sidney Blumenthal is an idiot.
Paul Krugman (Repeat Offender Alert) remains a cheap partisan hack, and an idiot.
This Week’s Cultural Edification:
I should have put this up before now. I’ve written on the topic of Jason Aldean’s tune over at RedState, and so has my friend and colleague Brandon Morse. Read both articles.
Jason Aldean makes a great point in this song. This shit may fly in the big cities. It won’t fly out here in the hinterlands. We won’t put up with that shit, and we have the gear and the determination to stop anyone who tries it.
And, in case you’ve forgotten, old Bocephus had much the same message forty years ago.
