Even for an open thread, this is way off topic, but it’s good news, of a sort.
Fans of “True Grit”–either the Charles Portis novel, the John Wayne movie, or the Coen brothers remake–might like to know that this month’s “Harper’s Magazine” includes a long excerpt from Portis’s unfinished novel, entitled “The Woman from Nowhere.”
Portis died in 2020, and two years later the manuscript was discovered. So far, nothing else has been published.
Continuing along the “due process” problem, this morning Megyn had Steve Bannon on. His take is that the Ds are employing a perfect strategy of “delay means deny”. By clogging up the system for the worst of the worst, just shields the other 10 million or so illegals from being deported.
I have to say, I had a similar gut feeling this last week or so. It seems the Ds are winning on the legal front in these endless suits and rulings. Add in the feckless Roberts SCOTUS, and I fear the the whole deportation thing is doomed. Unless the Congress passes some legislation, which given GOP spinelessness, will never happen.
Vought’s unique combination of loyalty and knowledge of how the government actually works makes him perhaps the most powerful person in Washington not named Donald Trump.
Again, Trump 1.0, Trump the interregnum and now Trump 2.0 has featured endless bad behavior out of the judges towards Trump. If I’m Trump, they are being stampeded over a cliff.
The Supreme Court bats last. We’ll see.
I share physcisguy’s skepticism about the Roberts Court.
saw the film, to catch a thief, recently with Cary Grant, I didn’t know it was based on a novel by David Dodge, which has been reissued with relevant notes, the original with grace kelly, was set largely in a villa in Cannes which I discovered was letter owned by Adnan Khashoggi the arms dealer, that was party to some sundry doings re the Chechen conflict in the late 90s,
a novelist named Mark O’Neil, has written a sequel, to catch a spy, which is relatively on point, approved by the author’s estate,
By the time SCOTUS bats last it might be made up of just Thomas and Alito. If Trump crosses the Rubicon, it will be an Earth shattering kaboom. He has to let the fools dig a Grand Canyon of justification first.
gets me away from pondering some of this real life skulduggery
physicsguy – I think you identify the problem, but no one yet has a workable solution. You cannot simply ignore process. For one, the courts wont’ let you. Not even conservative courts will let you. For another, how would you like to live under a progressive Democrat unbound by process? The prog wing of the Democratic party wants their next president to declare a “climate emergency” and assume dictatorial powers the way that Trump is on the Alien Enemies Act and tariffs. Any governing strategy that is based on the premise that the other side will never again have power is fool’s gold on steroids.
If there is any sort of foresight involved in Trump’s Alien Enemies Act move, I suspect that they are trying to move as many illegals outside the jurisdiction of American courts as quickly as possible, before the courts inevitably shut them down. This would be akin to Biden’s policy of getting the money out the door as quickly as possible before the courts tell them to stop.
so democracy only counts when AID funds it, of course the great work that elon has done, is echoed by the crickets in the possums, that are loath to ratify it, as judge lamberth blocks on another front, he was the one that ‘threw the book’ at the water buffalo guy, never minding the exculpatory evidence, that his court appointed atty fail to present, it took the video, that tucker released, that a subsequent atty used to help spring,
conversely the likes of sussman and kleinsmith who committed fraud upon the Courts and voila, suffered no consequences for their part in furthering the Russian hoax against General Flynn against the President,
paging james bond to the white courtesy phone, or harry hart the modern equivalent
The problem with the due process argument is that, if I try to enter another country without a proper visa and passport, they will refuse entry and send me away. Why on earth should people who are here without the proper visa be entitled to stay with the benefit of endless court hearings?
India has ordered every Pakistani national to leave the country within 48 hours.
Once again we are being warned away from doing what the Dems have already done over and over. “True conservatism” apparently means the Left always keeps their gains, and the Right always forbears to use power in the way the Left already does. That logic is what brought us to where we were with Biden, and I don’t think it persuades anyone any longer. It’s past time to break the ratchet.
Reflecting on the video for a moment. Oh my. What a welcome interlude.
I agree with Kate. When due process is defined in a manner that flies in the face of common sense, and maybe survival of national identity, something has to give.
I have not heard of Trump pressuring Congress for legislation to correct some of the anomalies. I hope that conversation is occurring.
On the other hand, I wonder if Trump’s strategy is to let this all play out to facilitate public outrage with an eye to 2026. He could be thinking, ‘we have stopped the bleeding at the border; let’s hold that line and let the Democrats and Courts dig their own holes/graves in full public view’. I wish that I knew what he is thinking.
Oldflyer:
Congress passing a law on this would require either suspending the cloture/filibuster rules or passing it as a budget measure under reconciliation.
yes that was a wonderful respite, a great talent, at that age,
Niketas Choniates points out correctly, on the Kashmir terrorism thread, that India is not bothering with due process for Pakistani nationals. They are to get out within 48 hours. I cannot understand “due process” for illegal alien criminal gangs in the U.S. We are not lining them up and shooting them; we just want to kick them out.
much like the prevent program in the uk, that failed as stockport, along with many other examples,
it’s not merely a waste of time and money, but a danger to citizens, in the mix up world view of cve, the average citizen concerned about islamism, is the problem, and those that are supposed to be the subjects, well don’t worry about that,
this runs parallel to the notion that we should admit many persons from these same countries like the azeri imam, who told border patrol ‘you will hear from me soon’
Salamn Rushdie touched upon this flashpoint in a novel he wrote right after September 11th, Shalimar the Clown, of course this being Rushdie its as much about melodrama as the particulars of the conflict, this was true in Midnights Children, his debut,
the long and the short of it, is the protagonist is a pakistan trained kashmiri rebel, who goes on a vendetta against a certain character
‘the circle of violence’ trope is as true against india as israel, just less prevalent,
That 4 year-old pianist is a marvel, and rightfully garnered a First in whatever competition she appeared and played.
The best view of her playing is the piano’s mirror image of her hands– on the piano itself. Wow!
Let’s give politics a rest in the face of this wee accomplished lass.
Mike Plaiss on April 23, 2025 at 10:06 am
while reading your referenced item on Russ Vought, I had the thought that instead of running for a 3rd term, Trump should run for the House, then be elected Speaker, and run things there in conjunction with (presumably ) Vance as POTUS 48. So much of what needs doing really requires Congress to get moving/ correcting/ reforming/ repealing….
Explicit and well written laws will overcome and withstand any subsequent judicial challenges.
minor: Last night I was having problems accessing the x.com links you all were posting? Did others have that issue, too? Tonight the problem seems to have been “fixed”.
On the 4 year old pianist: basically my earliest memory is being 4 years old, sitting on the steps of our house, and learning to tie my shoe laces, or practicing as I had only recently learned this new skill. There was no push to learn a musical instrument until age 9, and no real buried musical talent to bring forth in any case.
But is that piano a standard sized one or one specifically built for smaller players with smaller hands, foot reach, etc.??
The incoherence of the recent SCOTUS decision is under review by the NatCon Squad withlawyer Will Chamberlain batting leadoff, 1-14m
Chamberlain thinks the High Court will remove this injunction soon, like this week. The US Solicitor General has issued a reply withering their stance, he says.
The direction of the High Court leads to a real crisis of legitimacy among the Right. I think their shared consensus on Chief Justice Roberts is that he is exactly the wrong man for this moment, and thus unaware of how much damage to the Court’s legitimacy he’s doing.
This is bad.
Before David Clayton comes back to shit on this blog with yet more of their nonsense demonizing us and Trump, let’s be appraised of what the Labour Government he apparently approves of far more as a “European Conservative”:
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. As a habitual gamer, there are some parallels. But this is literally the backstory for the ancient RPG/Strategy game Transarctica (wheee some dogooder environmental scientist tries to dim the sun to prevent global warming but does it too well, resulting in a global ice age). It is also the plot of the evil vampire clan in Skyrim using demonic magic and secret artifacts. But at least those two had logical reasons to want to dim the sun (well, half logical anyway).
But apparently Mr. Starmer and co think that Britain has too many sunny days.
Like, if I am incredibly generous this kind of knowledge and if would work Might be very useful in a sort of desperate “if facing global heat death break glass” sort of thing. But it is reaaallly not useful now. And a damn reckless and wasteful use of resources.
Even for an open thread, this is way off topic, but it’s good news, of a sort.
Fans of “True Grit”–either the Charles Portis novel, the John Wayne movie, or the Coen brothers remake–might like to know that this month’s “Harper’s Magazine” includes a long excerpt from Portis’s unfinished novel, entitled “The Woman from Nowhere.”
Portis died in 2020, and two years later the manuscript was discovered. So far, nothing else has been published.
link: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04/the-keys-to-veracruz-charles-portis-fiction/
Continuing along the “due process” problem, this morning Megyn had Steve Bannon on. His take is that the Ds are employing a perfect strategy of “delay means deny”. By clogging up the system for the worst of the worst, just shields the other 10 million or so illegals from being deported.
I have to say, I had a similar gut feeling this last week or so. It seems the Ds are winning on the legal front in these endless suits and rulings. Add in the feckless Roberts SCOTUS, and I fear the the whole deportation thing is doomed. Unless the Congress passes some legislation, which given GOP spinelessness, will never happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYl6C0H4OY
Interesting read from Bloomberg.
https://archive.md/YEhL5
Mike Doran, “Trump Tore Up Obama’s Iran Deal. Is He Now Negotiating Something Worse?”: https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-obama-iran-deal
Eric Schmitt 11 part thread (scroll down):
https://x.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1914777748498718955
Again, Trump 1.0, Trump the interregnum and now Trump 2.0 has featured endless bad behavior out of the judges towards Trump. If I’m Trump, they are being stampeded over a cliff.
The Supreme Court bats last. We’ll see.
I share physcisguy’s skepticism about the Roberts Court.
saw the film, to catch a thief, recently with Cary Grant, I didn’t know it was based on a novel by David Dodge, which has been reissued with relevant notes, the original with grace kelly, was set largely in a villa in Cannes which I discovered was letter owned by Adnan Khashoggi the arms dealer, that was party to some sundry doings re the Chechen conflict in the late 90s,
a novelist named Mark O’Neil, has written a sequel, to catch a spy, which is relatively on point, approved by the author’s estate,
By the time SCOTUS bats last it might be made up of just Thomas and Alito. If Trump crosses the Rubicon, it will be an Earth shattering kaboom. He has to let the fools dig a Grand Canyon of justification first.
the two works in question
https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Thief-Bruin-Crimeworks/dp/0982633939
https://tinyurl.com/3njhpptp
gets me away from pondering some of this real life skulduggery
physicsguy – I think you identify the problem, but no one yet has a workable solution. You cannot simply ignore process. For one, the courts wont’ let you. Not even conservative courts will let you. For another, how would you like to live under a progressive Democrat unbound by process? The prog wing of the Democratic party wants their next president to declare a “climate emergency” and assume dictatorial powers the way that Trump is on the Alien Enemies Act and tariffs. Any governing strategy that is based on the premise that the other side will never again have power is fool’s gold on steroids.
If there is any sort of foresight involved in Trump’s Alien Enemies Act move, I suspect that they are trying to move as many illegals outside the jurisdiction of American courts as quickly as possible, before the courts inevitably shut them down. This would be akin to Biden’s policy of getting the money out the door as quickly as possible before the courts tell them to stop.
Not great, but not completely unprecedented.
actually i’m familiar with the type,
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/04/23/irony-alert-wannabe-dolores-umbridge-nina-jankowicz-goes-to-europe-to-call-us-an-autocracy-n2411756
so democracy only counts when AID funds it, of course the great work that elon has done, is echoed by the crickets in the possums, that are loath to ratify it, as judge lamberth blocks on another front, he was the one that ‘threw the book’ at the water buffalo guy, never minding the exculpatory evidence, that his court appointed atty fail to present, it took the video, that tucker released, that a subsequent atty used to help spring,
conversely the likes of sussman and kleinsmith who committed fraud upon the Courts and voila, suffered no consequences for their part in furthering the Russian hoax against General Flynn against the President,
what do we have here?
https://www.reuters.com/world/world-economic-forum-launches-probe-into-founder-klaus-schwab-over-whistleblower-2025-04-22/
paging james bond to the white courtesy phone, or harry hart the modern equivalent
The problem with the due process argument is that, if I try to enter another country without a proper visa and passport, they will refuse entry and send me away. Why on earth should people who are here without the proper visa be entitled to stay with the benefit of endless court hearings?
https://x.com/RightGlockMom/status/1915082063625032072
Hilarious mirroring kitty
https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/1915081904321073586
Once again we are being warned away from doing what the Dems have already done over and over. “True conservatism” apparently means the Left always keeps their gains, and the Right always forbears to use power in the way the Left already does. That logic is what brought us to where we were with Biden, and I don’t think it persuades anyone any longer. It’s past time to break the ratchet.
Reflecting on the video for a moment. Oh my. What a welcome interlude.
I agree with Kate. When due process is defined in a manner that flies in the face of common sense, and maybe survival of national identity, something has to give.
I have not heard of Trump pressuring Congress for legislation to correct some of the anomalies. I hope that conversation is occurring.
On the other hand, I wonder if Trump’s strategy is to let this all play out to facilitate public outrage with an eye to 2026. He could be thinking, ‘we have stopped the bleeding at the border; let’s hold that line and let the Democrats and Courts dig their own holes/graves in full public view’. I wish that I knew what he is thinking.
Oldflyer:
Congress passing a law on this would require either suspending the cloture/filibuster rules or passing it as a budget measure under reconciliation.
yes that was a wonderful respite, a great talent, at that age,
The second part of this post discusses “it looks a whole lot like President Trump has been preparing a path to argue for suspending habeas corpus.”
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/habeas-corpses-monday-april-21-2025
Niketas Choniates points out correctly, on the Kashmir terrorism thread, that India is not bothering with due process for Pakistani nationals. They are to get out within 48 hours. I cannot understand “due process” for illegal alien criminal gangs in the U.S. We are not lining them up and shooting them; we just want to kick them out.
the rest of the story,
https://x.com/ShidelerK/status/1914812570634215773
much like the prevent program in the uk, that failed as stockport, along with many other examples,
it’s not merely a waste of time and money, but a danger to citizens, in the mix up world view of cve, the average citizen concerned about islamism, is the problem, and those that are supposed to be the subjects, well don’t worry about that,
this runs parallel to the notion that we should admit many persons from these same countries like the azeri imam, who told border patrol ‘you will hear from me soon’
Salamn Rushdie touched upon this flashpoint in a novel he wrote right after September 11th, Shalimar the Clown, of course this being Rushdie its as much about melodrama as the particulars of the conflict, this was true in Midnights Children, his debut,
the long and the short of it, is the protagonist is a pakistan trained kashmiri rebel, who goes on a vendetta against a certain character
‘the circle of violence’ trope is as true against india as israel, just less prevalent,
And of course he is …
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unfurls-plans-double-100-foot-flagpoles-during-white-house-lawn-walk
New post: Will America Drown in Anger?
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/73847.html
That 4 year-old pianist is a marvel, and rightfully garnered a First in whatever competition she appeared and played.
The best view of her playing is the piano’s mirror image of her hands– on the piano itself. Wow!
Let’s give politics a rest in the face of this wee accomplished lass.
Mike Plaiss on April 23, 2025 at 10:06 am
while reading your referenced item on Russ Vought, I had the thought that instead of running for a 3rd term, Trump should run for the House, then be elected Speaker, and run things there in conjunction with (presumably ) Vance as POTUS 48. So much of what needs doing really requires Congress to get moving/ correcting/ reforming/ repealing….
Explicit and well written laws will overcome and withstand any subsequent judicial challenges.
minor: Last night I was having problems accessing the x.com links you all were posting? Did others have that issue, too? Tonight the problem seems to have been “fixed”.
On the 4 year old pianist: basically my earliest memory is being 4 years old, sitting on the steps of our house, and learning to tie my shoe laces, or practicing as I had only recently learned this new skill. There was no push to learn a musical instrument until age 9, and no real buried musical talent to bring forth in any case.
But is that piano a standard sized one or one specifically built for smaller players with smaller hands, foot reach, etc.??
The incoherence of the recent SCOTUS decision is under review by the NatCon Squad withlawyer Will Chamberlain batting leadoff, 1-14m
https://youtu.be/kQqSPJ-ynp0?si=syqWf49Ph3R1HJKv
Chamberlain thinks the High Court will remove this injunction soon, like this week. The US Solicitor General has issued a reply withering their stance, he says.
The direction of the High Court leads to a real crisis of legitimacy among the Right. I think their shared consensus on Chief Justice Roberts is that he is exactly the wrong man for this moment, and thus unaware of how much damage to the Court’s legitimacy he’s doing.
This is bad.
Before David Clayton comes back to shit on this blog with yet more of their nonsense demonizing us and Trump, let’s be appraised of what the Labour Government he apparently approves of far more as a “European Conservative”:
https://www.gbnews.com/science/science-news-latest-britain-approve-sun-dimming-experiments-climate-change
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. As a habitual gamer, there are some parallels. But this is literally the backstory for the ancient RPG/Strategy game Transarctica (wheee some dogooder environmental scientist tries to dim the sun to prevent global warming but does it too well, resulting in a global ice age). It is also the plot of the evil vampire clan in Skyrim using demonic magic and secret artifacts. But at least those two had logical reasons to want to dim the sun (well, half logical anyway).
But apparently Mr. Starmer and co think that Britain has too many sunny days.
Like, if I am incredibly generous this kind of knowledge and if would work Might be very useful in a sort of desperate “if facing global heat death break glass” sort of thing. But it is reaaallly not useful now. And a damn reckless and wasteful use of resources.
Thats not science do they want to back to 1815 and the little ice age since they’ve banned coal well its gonna be a cold winter indeed, thats was after krakatoa
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/23/wind-power-is-buying-eagle-kill-indulgences/
Likewise