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Jeff Sharlet, The Undertow

At Amazon, Jeff Sharlet, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.

Cartoon Round Up....

 

Surge Protector, Outlet Extender with Night Light, Addtam 5-Outlet Splitter and 4 USB Ports, USB Wall Charger Power Strip

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Carmine Gallo, The Bezos Blueprint

At Amazon, Carmine Gallo, The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman Hardcover.

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Matthew Connelly, The Declassification Engine

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Cartoon Round Up....

 

Will Sommer, Trust the Plan

See, Will Sommer, Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America.

Buck Knives Fixed Blade Hunting Knife, 4" Stainless Steel Blade

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Peter H. Wilson, Iron and Blood

Peter H. Wilson, Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500.

Carrie Lukas Checking Progressive Privilege

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Cartoon Round Up....

 

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Ben Smith, Traffic

At Amazon, Ben Smith, Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral.

Kevin Cook, Waco Rising

At Amazon, Kevin Cook, Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias.

Tucker: Chinese Air Balloon Exposes America's Humiliation (VIDEO)

Background at WSJ, "U.S. Air Defenses Failed to Spot Earlier Chinese Balloon Intrusions, General Says."

And Tucker Carlson's opening earlier tonight:

Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Reconnaissance Balloon Spotted Over U.S. (VIDEO)

This is freaky cold war-level shit. 

At the Wall Street Journal, "Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Spy Balloon Spotted Over U.S.":

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration said that a suspected Chinese reconnaissance balloon drifting over the continental U.S. violated American sovereignty, and indefinitely postponed a scheduled visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken aimed at easing the acrimony in the nations’ relationship.

Officials pulled the plug on the trip hours before Mr. Blinken was set to depart, underscoring the enormous challenges of finding areas of constructive cooperation, even as both capitals reiterated on Friday their commitment to reviving talks at a later date.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry denied Friday that the craft was for spying, saying it was a civilian balloon designed primarily for meteorological study that had blown off course. “China will continue to maintain communication with the U.S. to properly handle the unexpected situation,” the ministry said in a brief statement.

But the U.S. said it was certain of its assessment of the balloon’s intended purpose, and that conditions therefore didn’t allow for constructive dialogue.

The Biden administration has made competition with China a central tenet of its broader national-security strategy. In doing so, it is bearing down on a range of contentious issues, from Taiwan to technology, while expanding its own military presence in the Asia-Pacific to counter Beijing’s rising influence.

Mr. Blinken on Friday reiterated the U.S. government’s confidence that the craft was a Chinese surveillance balloon, calling it “a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law, and clearly unacceptable.”

“We concluded that conditions were not conducive for a constructive visit at this time,” he said in a joint press conference with South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin. Referring to the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Blinken said, “The PRC’s decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were preparing to have.”

He said that the U.S. was focused on getting the surveillance asset out of U.S. airspace and said it was premature to discuss consequences.

“I can only imagine what the reaction would be in China if they were on the other end,” Mr. Blinken added.

The Pentagon said Friday that the balloon had changed course, was flying east at 60,000 feet over the central U.S. and posed no threat to commercial aviation or to people on the ground. Officials declined to specify its location, but Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall wrote on Twitter that the balloon had been detected over northeastern Kansas. The night before, U.S. officials said the balloon was loitering over Montana, having earlier crossed Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and Canada.

The Pentagon scrambled F-22 jet fighters and at one point considered shooting down the balloon, which one U.S. official described as roughly the size of three school buses, but didn’t over concerns that the debris would pose a risk to people on the ground.

Defense Department spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said that the balloon bore a payload of surveillance equipment and was expected to drift over the U.S. for a few more days. The Pentagon said it was still reviewing options and wouldn’t say whether it would shoot the balloon down before it leaves U.S. airspace.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that President Biden had first been briefed on the presence of the balloon on Tuesday and had asked the military to present options. All options, she added, remained on the table.

Mr. Biden agreed with the decision to postpone Mr. Blinken’s trip to China, she added, calling it a consensus...

Addtam USB Wall Charger Surge Protector 5 Outlet Extender with 4 USB Charging Ports

An awesome unit.

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Harald Jähner, Aftermath

Here, Harald Jähner, Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955.

Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman, Spin Dictators

See, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman, Spin Dictators : The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century.

Christopher Rufo at New College, Sarasota, Florida (VIDEO)

This man is amazing.

Behind-the-scenes: the provost and president of New College attempted to shut down our conversation with faculty and students, citing a threat against Trustee Eddie Speir. But Speir and I insisted that we continue with the program—and establish a new standard for open discourse.

Behind-the-scenes: the provost and president of New College attempted to shut down our conversation with faculty and students, citing a threat against Trustee Eddie Speir. But Speir and I insisted that we continue with the program—and establish a new standard for open discourse. pic.twitter.com/XW23nimZM9

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) January 28, 2023

And watch, "My Speech to the Faculty at New College of Florida."

More, "Gov. DeSantis taps Christopher Rufo, 5 others to transform New College of Florida into ‘classical college’."

Catherine Liu, Virtue Hoarders

Here, Catherine Liu, Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class.

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Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option

At Amazon, Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.

Cartoon Round Up....

 

Anya Kamenetz, The Stolen Year

At Amazon, Anya Kamenetz, The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now.

Konstantin Kisin's Speech at the Oxford Union (VIDEO)

This was a bit of a sensation on Twitter.

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Resqme Quick Car Escape Tool

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Prince Harry, Spare

At Amazon, Prince Harry, Spare: The Duke of Sussex.

Lottie Moss Topless on Instragram

Heroin-chic supermodel Kate Moss's sister.

See, "Lottie Topless on Instragram."

Jonathan Malesic, The End of Burnout

At Amazon, Jonathan Malesic, The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives.

Colin Dueck, Age of Iron

At Amazon, Colin Dueck, Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism.

David E. Bernstein, Classified

At Amazon, David E. Bernstein, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America.

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Good stuff for the new year.

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Ken Block, Rally Driver and YouTube Stuntman, Dies at 55

Very Sad:

Block's video of him flying and sliding through San Francisco in a 650-horsepower Ford Fiesta has been viewed at least 110 million times. 

WATCH: "Ken Block, Rally Car Racer and Hoonigan Founder, Killed Snowboarding in Utah (VIDEO)."

New Year, New Women

It's going to be a great year in babe blogging.

See:

* "Alexa."

* "Sofia Bevarly."

* "Corinna. 

* "Fandy."

* "Beautiful Ms. Alyssa." 

* "Beautiful Random Woman."

* "Pauline in Baja."

* "Auber: 'I Could Marry This Woman'."

* "Lovely Kate."

* "Amouranth: She's So Pretty." 

Steelers' Running Back Najee Harris Snatches Microphone from Melissa Stark After Beating Ravens on Sunday Night Football (VIDEO)

 Heh.

Mad-dog mofo.

Here, "Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back Najee Harris Rips Microphone Out of Sideline Reporter Melissa Stark's Hands (VIDEO)."

Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red

At Amazon, Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.

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Cartoon Round Up....

 

Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240, 240Wh Backup Lithium Battery, 110V/200W Pure Sine Wave AC Outlet, Solar Generator

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Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, American Shtetl

See, Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York.

James M. Scott, Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

At Amazon, James M. Scott, Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb.

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