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Open thread 8/20/2026 — 15 Comments

  1. Karmelo Anthony fantasized about stabbing someone and licking blood off knife before he murdered Austin Metcalf, appeal hearing is told

    Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony allegedly fantasized about stabbing someone and ‘licking the blood off the blade’ just hours before murdering Austin Metcalf, prosecutors revealed.

    ..The filing, dubbed a ‘gentleman’s agreement,’ restricted what Anthony’s character witnesses could say about him and his family, as both sides agreed to keep potentially damaging information about the teenagers out of court.

    Sounds like family & defense voided the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ … oops?!?

  2. https://instapundit.com/817886/#disqus_thread
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    You’ll recall about 25 years ago a woman in Texas named Andrea Yates drowned her five children (in the interval between when her husband left for work and her mother-in-law arrived to help her for the day). (1) You had a chorus of the chatterati (notably columnist Kathleen Parker) blaming the husband for this atrocity, (2) you had Dr. Park Dietz testifying at the trial blaming some pastor with whom they’d done circuit-riding for a while (a pastor they hadn’t seen in two years), and (3) the pastor in public fora who insisted he’d told Russell Yates he needed to attend to his wife.
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    ;Feminism’ is less a social ideology than a complex of impulses and forensic games. Deeply unpleasant impulses for the most part.

  3. @ FOAF > From the Times of Israel story:
    “She also harshly criticized the socialist Left Party in Sweden for supporting jailed Palestinians who killed Israelis in terrorist attacks, accusing them of “sending love letters to Hamas and spreading fear on our streets.”

    She was referring to a letter sent by lawmaker Ilona Szatmari Waldau to Ahmad al-Moghrabi, a senior commander of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, who is serving multiple life sentences for plotting terrorist attacks.

    Szatmari Waldau later apologized in a post on her Facebook page, saying the campaign was in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and should have excluded anyone convicted of violence.”

    There won’t be anyone left on the solidarity list with that exclusion.

    Good on Mohamsson!
    (Interesting to see the merging of a Muslim name into the Swedish format. However, since she “doesn’t identify as Muslim” and isn’t a son, perhaps she ought to pick a new surname for herself.)

  4. Some days ago someone on this site recommended the new book ” 1453 The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople” by Anthony Kaldellis. I don’t remember who recommended it, but thanks! It is a good book.

  5. AF, it is not clear where her surname came from. According to wiki her family name at birth was “Mohammed”; I could not find any information on whether she is married or not.

  6. Oh, this just in. James Talarico wants a new trial for Karmelo Anthony because reasons.

  7. Geez, when I started this video the curly-haired guy at the piano with glasses and a bit of a raspy voice reminded me much more of Randy Newman than Jim Croce.

  8. James O’Keefe strikes again — and Lisa Murkowski is extremely pissed

    O’Keefe Offered Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Brother Ballot at Alaskan Polling Location With No ID Required, Anchorage Polling Worker also offers Lisa Murkowski’s State Director, Karina Waller’s Ballot Without ID on August 18th, Primary Election Day, Murkowski Opposes the SAVE Act, Arguing Voter, Documentation Requirements Could Be Difficult for Rural Alaskans, Lisa Murkowski Calls For Prosecution of O’Keefe

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