Favorite Rejects 2021-12-20

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Intellectualism on the Left: You post 20 charts showing the War on Poverty was good, and 3 history adjuncts pop up to tell you to shut up and stay in your fucking lane Intellectualism on the Right: You say "Actually, poverty is good", and it's high fives all around

Aaron Green @AaronGuhreen

New York Times @wirecutter says it’s fine to have outdoor propane heaters because “two-thirds of global emissions are produced by just 100 companies” 🙄 🙄

Colin McMillen @mcmillen

Japan is experiencing a Covid "surge" right now... due to a cluster of hundreds of infections at the US Marines base in Okinawa 🤦

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RINO https://t.co/REBzvpeErJ

No Spin News @NoSpinNews

'You’re playing right into their hands' when you doubt the vaccine, President Trump says. https://t.co/xJc7JTL0cR

John Elliott @thehereafter

@TheFrisc "...the push to bring cars back centers on three talking points: Nearby streets have become more congested and less safe; Lake Street itself is now less safe, even with fewer cars on it; and seniors and disabled people have less access. Not one of these is true." 🧐@conniechansf

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

NO NO NO NO NO WRONG ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea18/2…

Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren

Giant grocery store chains force high food prices onto American families while rewarding executives & investors with lavish bonuses and stock buybacks. I'm demanding they answer for putting corporate profits over consumers and workers during the pandemic. https://t.co/NvY2MKKJNP

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

I unironically want this. Taco trucks on EVERY corner!! LET POOR PEOPLE SELL THINGS

O @Last1OfTheBest

@Noahpinion if you didn't actually enforce street vendor regulation literally anyone looking to make money would set up a stand on any square foot of available street space.