August 23, 2026

WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH JOHN FETTERMAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY:

In accordance with the prophecy:

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

THE 21ST CENTURY IS A BAD ONE FOR ACADEMIA, AND IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE: Nuke Academia From Orbit. It Is the Only Way to Be Sure. “Our prestigious institutions are fundamentally corrupted, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the dominant ideology has become race Marxism in the guise of DEI. They no longer have any allegiance to the truth, facts, or rational discourse. They are fundamentally hostile to the values that gave rise to them.”

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

August 22, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Party on, and be excellent to one another.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

I THINK THE WNBA IS A PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONVINCE NORMALS THAT BLACK WOMEN AND LESBIANS HATE AMERICA:

Posted at 8:44 pm by Glenn Reynolds

WHY, IT’S AS IF: The Robber Barons: Neither Robbers Nor Barons.

Posted at 4:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

STOP ANTIMALE DISCRIMINATION:

Posted at 3:44 pm by Stephen Green

MOHAMMED EL-KURD LAMENTS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO HIJACK PLANES IN PROTEST:

Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd likened hijacking planes and other extreme acts of violence to more peaceful forms of protest, and complained that none of them were acceptable on a post on X, late Monday night.

“You can’t protest peacefully. You can’t boycott. You can’t hunger strike. You can’t hijack planes. You can’t block traffic. You can’t throw Molotovs. You can’t self-immolate. You can’t heckle politicians. You can’t march. You can’t riot. You can’t dissent. You just can’t be,” he said in the post.

Shortly after posting, the unorthodox statement gained a lot of traction on X and warranted hundreds of replies, including from the Israeli government spokesman, Eylon Levy.

“Imagine associating your whole being with hijacking planes,” Levy said in his response.

Mohammed El-Kurd made this post as a response to US airman Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in New York while yelling “Free Palestine.”

Provided they clear a wide enough berth around them, I’m personally okay with the whole self-immolation thing, but as with the “take this plane to Cuba!” era, it does seem like an awfully retro ’60s throwback.

Posted at 2:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! ‘Who Knows, Right?’ Jill Biden Won’t Rule Out That Joe Was Drugged Before Meltdown Debate.

Hell, I suggest we ride this train all the way into the station here. Let’s have an investigation as to whether or not someone drugged (and overdosed him at that) the President of the United States.

It’s not like there is anybody within close proximity of the former President who heavily dabbled in drugs or anything. I mean, it was cocaine found in the White House after all, not Ambien.

Oh, speaking of which, Jill’s comments are very similar to the same theory Hunter Biden had as to why Joe lost his ever-loving mind during that debate.

“I’ll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate,” Hunter said in an interview last year. “He flew around the world basically, and the mileage that he could have flown around the world three times. He’s 81 years old.”

“He’s tired as s***. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage, and he looks like he’s a deer in the headlights.”

Because Joe looked as sharp as the proverbial tack when he originally challenged Trump to a debate:

14 seconds; five jump cuts; one absolutely cooked (p)resident.

Posted at 2:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

A NOVEL EXPLANATION FOR WOKE CULTURE:

Is the rapid growth of therapy today making people worse, not better? Might it be a cause, perhaps even the central cause, of today’s political polarization and related phenomena like Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)? These are questions posed by New York-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert in his recently released book, Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided.

Today, the claim that “not everyone needs therapy” is considered controversial, as therapy has become as accepted a part of reality as exercise. This is particularly true in blue cities and counties, which far outpace their red counterparts in the use  of therapy. It’s now even a form of identity for the left, in which suffering from say, ADHD grants the sufferer special treatment, such as being excused for chronic truancy. Given the incredible growth of the therapy industry over the last couple decades, Alpert  thinks he’s found an explanation for the parallel rise of wokeness.

He sets out his central thesis early and forcefully:

My colleagues would rather I not say this, but I will: As access to mental health care has expanded, so have rates of mental illness. And this isn’t simply a matter of greater awareness leading to more diagnoses. The more therapy people get, the more fragile, anxious, and dysfunctional they seem to become. This isn’t just an individual crisis—it’s a societal one. Which raises an uncomfortable but urgent question: Is modern therapy not only failing patients, but making them—and the culture at large—sicker?

Yes. Next question?

Earlier: Stanford’s Fake Disability Crisis Is America’s Future.

Posted at 1:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

OLD AND BUSTED: The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Plenty, and the Ministry of Love.

The New Orwellianism? The Oakland “Public Safety Committee:”

 

Posted at 1:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

TWO TIERS:

Posted at 1:06 pm by Stephen Green