December 4, 2025

IT’S COME TO THIS: Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House.

Tim Walz called it a slur that should never be repeated. Now, he hears it all day.

The Minnesota governor, on Thursday, Dec. 4, said people have been driving by his home and screaming the r-slur — a word used to malign those with intellectual disabilities — since President Donald Trump called him that in a social media post last week.

“This creates danger,” the embattled governor said, discussing Republican rhetoric. “… I’ve never seen this before: people driving by my house and using the R-word in front of people. This is shameful, and I have yet to see an elected official — a Republican elected official — say you’re right, that’s shameful.”

Walz said he believes it’s a slippery slope from name-calling to something more serious.

“We know how these things go,” he said. “It starts with taunts; they turn to violence.”

Are people burning rubber as they speed away after shouting “Retard?” Mrs. Walz at least would enjoy the piquant scent of well-heated Michelins.

Posted at 8:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Production Hell — Cats. 

 

Posted at 8:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

HALLE BERRY VS. ERIKA KIRK:

Berry ripped into California Governor and potential 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom for not supporting a Menopause Care Equity Act in California. “With the way he’s overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be the next president,” Berry said. She said that menopause and perimenopause are staggering health problems that affect the entire national economy, causing one of six women to leave the workforce. If men “had a medical condition that disrupted their sleep, brain function and sex life, we’d be calling that a health crisis on par with Covid, and the whole world would shut down.”

“I need every woman in this country to fight with me,” Berry said. “But the truth is, the fight isn’t just for us women. We need men too. We need all of the leaders, every single one of you in this room – this fight needs you.”

Newsom himself appeared at the DealBook summit, but spent his headline-making moment by claiming that if Hakeem Jeffries somehow doesn’t become Speaker of the House just over a year from now, the United States will descend into permanent autocracy – with show elections like the ones in Russia. Newsom urged the people in the crowd, most of whom were Democrats, to wake up from their stupor and elect Democrats, the only way to save America. This seemed like a bit of an exaggeration, a reach, and a fear tactic, Gavin Newsom specialties, given that he has his own authoritarian tendencies.

And some rather unique tendencies when seated: Hot Takes: Internet Has a Ball Mocking Newsom’s Eyebrow-Raising Sitting Pose.

Posted at 6:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

I’M SO OLD, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE LEFT CLAIMED TO BE PRO-CHOICE:

Posted at 6:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

THE FAILING EXPERIMENT OF SELF-CHECKOUTS AT THE GROCERY STORE:

Self-checkouts were introduced as a multi-purpose solution to labour shortages, rising wage pressures, and consumers’ appetite for speed. In theory, they would modernize the grocery experience while reducing operating costs. In practice, they have become a source of irritation for many Canadians — and a growing liability for retailers.

Our recent survey shows that more than 60% of Canadians choose self-checkout when purchasing fewer than 20 items, especially Millennials and Gen X consumers. Boomers, however, remain resistant; many avoid self-checkout entirely. This behavioural split matters, because it illustrates a broader truth: technology adoption is not merely about efficiency, but about trust.

What was meant to streamline the transaction has, paradoxically, produced friction. The now-ubiquitous “wait for assistance” message has become a symbol of failure in the grocery aisle. And beyond frustration, a more worrisome trend is emerging: self-checkouts appear to be driving up theft, both accidental and intentional.

Read the whole thing.

(Via SDA.)

Posted at 5:44 pm by Ed Driscoll

TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE?

Posted at 5:17 pm by Ed Driscoll

NO WONDER HE’S SWEATING:

Posted at 5:16 pm by Stephen Green

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO TUCKER (CONT’D)?

Related (From Ed): Tucker Carlson Goes Full Truther.

Posted at 4:14 pm by Stephen Green

THIS ONE’S BEEN A BIT OF A HEAD-SCRATCHER: Trump (Inexplicably?) Pardons Henry Cuellar. “Maybe Trump feels (probably correctly) that politically Cuellar is toast anyway, since his district was one of the ones recently redistricted in the special session. Maybe the pardon will allow Cuellar to dish dirt on just how Democrats decided to flood the country with illegal aliens, or how they use them to commit voter fraud. The private email and memo possibilities are endless.”

Stay tuned, I guess.

Posted at 3:51 pm by Stephen Green