Open thread 2/14/2025
“It’s only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate”:
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Keeping up with the DOGE news
I can’t keep up – there’s too much news breaking every day. But I try. This seems important. Some of it isn’t due to payments to people perpetrating fraud, but some definitely is. At the very least, we seem to … Continue reading →
RFK Jr. confirmed
He’s not my favorite of Trump’s nominees. But I’ll give him a chance. The vote mirrored that for Tulsi Gabbard yesterday – Mitch McConnell was the only Republican voting no. I do think that RJK’s anti-vax views have been somewhat … Continue reading →
The DOJ sues New York, Hochul, and James
Bondi announced the move, and why: “They [NY] have a ‘tip-off’ provision that requires New York’s DMV commissioner to promptly inform any illegal alien when a federal immigration agency has requested their information,” Bondi said. “It’s tipping off an illegal … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/13/2025
Now, here’s something I never thought about before:
Continue reading →What will happen on Saturday with Hamas and the hostages?
Unfortunately, I can’t answer the question. I don’t think anyone can at this point, including the main players. At least four things happened recently to get us to this possible fork in the road. First was the terrible condition of … Continue reading →
Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed as head of intelligence
All the Republicans in the Senate voted yes, except their former leader Mitch McConnell. Interesting. Here’s a report: With the coordinated and persuasive assistance of Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Vice President JD Vance, crucial senators who had lingering concerns … Continue reading →
What’s Trump going to do about Ukraine?
Many people expect him to abandon the country, throw it to the Putin wolf. I’ve never thought that would happen. But I do think that, in characteristic fashion, he’ll change our relationship to Ukraine in accordance with his own priorities … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/12/2025
The aftermath for survivors: the Holocaust, and October 7
The terrible plight of returned hostage Eli Sharabi – the man who was released from Hamas captivity last Saturday in a state of extreme emaciation and weakness, only to discover that his wife and two teenage daughters had been murdered … Continue reading →
Please watch: Dershowitz says it perfectly
As my regular readers are almost certainly aware, I have a law degree from a university that’s supposedly not too shabby. But it was a long long time ago that I sat in a law school classroom. I didn’t like … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/11/2025
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] I think the content is quite good, but I don’t think this is really Jordan Peterson reading it – I think it’s an AI-generated version of his voice:
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