Comments on: Open thread 7/24/2025

By: sd

sd — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:13:44 +0000

Full Video – Talk Show host Hugh Hewitt interviews Salena Zito – author of bestselling book “Butler”

https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2025/07/full-video-talk-show-host-hugh-hewitt.html

By: HC68

HC68 — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:02:41 +0000

In his recent interview, Hunter Biden spouted a lot of the usual nonsense, but he did raise a point that I had not considered. George Clooney’s wife Amal works for the International Criminal Court. According to Hunter, Clooney was pressing Biden to enforce the ICC ‘warrant’ for the arrest of Netanyahu, and that was part of what caused Clooney to turn against Biden Sr.

I knew in a vague way about Amal Clooney’s connection to the ICC, but I had never given any thought to that possibility. It seems to me that on this point, at least, Hunter’s claim is at least plausible.

By: Paul in Boston

Paul in Boston — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:04:44 +0000

Huxley, “ Cormorants are incredible underwater hunters”. The video leaves out the part where the bird comes to the surface, flips the fish so that it’s head down, and then opens its bill so that the fish slides straight down the bird’s throat and into its gullet. A circus juggler couldn’t do it more gracefully.

In the harbor you often see a group of cormorants sitting on pilings with their wings spread out wide to dry them. They are quite big with a span of about six feet.

By: huxley

huxley — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:28:40 +0000

Cormorants are incredible underwater hunters. Here’s some footage of one in its element:

–“Dive with Flightless Cormorants: Underwater Hunters | Uncover the Fascinating Hunting Techniques”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_daStLcDg0

You will believe a bird can swim underwater!

By: huxley

huxley — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:18:40 +0000

Re: Cormorant fishing

@Paul in Boston 4:21 pm reminded me of a story I read in elementary school about an Asian boy who fished with a trained cormorant.

The cormorant had a metal ring around its neck which allowed it to breathe and to eat small pieces of fish, but not a whole fish. So the cormorant would catch a fish, then come back to the boy, who would give the bird a slice of fish it could swallow.

Repeat as necessary.

I found the story striking. This is a real method of fishing in Asia.

https://www.britannica.com/video/method-cormorant-fishing-cormorants-Japan/-195674

By: sdferr

sdferr — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:48:56 +0000

Netanyahu: “We strongly condemn President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre. Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became.

A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it. Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel.”

https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1948484711871119454

By: miguel cervantes,

miguel cervantes, — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:35:14 +0000

https://www.ynetnews.com/category/3083

By: Selfy

Selfy — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:20:49 +0000

Everyone get doped up! It’s good for business, DEI, and helps you keep voting foolishly!
“Eric Adams wants restrictions on where New Yorkers smoke recreational pot”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/24/eric-adams-wants-restrictions-new-yorkers-smoke-recreational-pot/

By: Selfy

Selfy — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:12:11 +0000

“Christian photographer won’t be prosecuted by New York for declining same-sex weddings”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/24/christian-photographer-wont-prosecuted-new-york-declining-sex/

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:41:08 +0000

Another day, another classy “Biden” grift:

“Billions in Federal Aid Yield About 400 EV Chargers — at $19M Apiece”—
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/billions-in-federal-aid-yield-about-400-ev-chargers-at-19m-apiece/