When in doubt, you can always run out the clock with some verbiage, and then promise to “look at it.” In the following clip I also could not help noticing the ever-increasing arrogant dismissiveness of Trump’s manner these days. Note … Continue reading →
I’m what you might call a mid-level blogger. I’ve been doing this for eleven years, and I’ve reached a certain level of readership that’s more than I ever thought it would be when I began but less than I later … Continue reading →
This bracelet fragment is surpassingly strange, although it may not be clear why on first viewing: Here’s a reconstruction of what it probably looked like when worn: Here’s the explanation: It is intricately made with polished green stone and is … Continue reading →
…he should just answer “Oh, I’m likable enough.” It would be a very sly reference to these two, and a way to make fun of the whole question. How do you think that would play?
Continue reading →I heard Trump say during the debate that he had lost “hundreds of friends” on 9/11, and I immediately thought, “Really? That’s an awful lot of friends. I wonder if anyone’s ever challenged him on that.” And then I promptly … Continue reading →
I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh—or to any talk shows, actually—often. But I’ve listened now and then, often enough—to Limbaugh and also to Mark Levin—to get a basic feel for both of them. For example, I’ve noticed that for about … Continue reading →
This is potentially disturbing: Following a report of a series of alleged offensive online posts relating to Syrian refugees living in Rothesay on Bute, Police Scotland confirmed on Tuesday that a 40-year-old man, understood to be from the Inverclyde area, … Continue reading →
I’m going to keep posting this now and then, just as a reminder. This is not about Trump-fever in particular—it’s about what’s led to it, and where such feelings can lead in the very worst-case scenario. Trump, Sanders, or a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I asked this question in an earlier post, but I’m going to highlight it and expand on it here.] I wonder what’s to prevent a candidate who is against a party—and possibly out to destroy it—from using that party’s … Continue reading →
I looked at a lot of fashions from last night’s Grammy Awards in order to choose either the most beautiful and/or the most bizarre. I decided to go with the latter, and although I usually focus on the female fashion, … Continue reading →
What a guy, what a guy. In a press release, Trump writes: One of the ways I can fight back is to bring a lawsuit against [Cruz] relative to the fact that he was born in Canada and therefore cannot … Continue reading →
From William Jacobson. Oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas and even more more so Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association suggested the Court would decide for the conservative position in both. Now those cases are thrown into turmoil. The … Continue reading →