Open thread 5/20/2025
Rainy rainy spring.
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SCOTUS acts to end block on Trump’s policy reversing Biden-era exception
SCOTUS has ruled in support of a Trump policy this time – for the moment: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to lift a lower court injunction that blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate the protected legal status of … Continue reading →
My 2-cents on Biden’s prostate cancer
No, I’m not a doctor, much less an oncologist. But I happen to have a more-than-average amount of information about prostate cancer, due to the fact that I know – and am even close to – quite a few men … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/19/2025
Elusive muse: Suzanne Farrell
All dancers are unique. But some are more unique than others. Suzanne Farrell may have been the most unique of all – that is, I’ve never seen another dancer who reminds me of her in the least. The closest would … Continue reading →
SCOTUS rules against Alien Enemies deportations
SCOTUS ruled yesterday: Trump tried to address the problem as to a particularly vicious gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), by invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), which allows summary removal. That effort has been stymied by multiple courts, incuding the … Continue reading →
The release of the audio of Hur’s interrogation of Joe Biden
Now that the audio of the Hur interviews with Biden has been released, there’s a lot of talk about what it reveals. (see this, for example). Nothing on the recording should surprise anyone on the right. Biden’s state of mind … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/17/2025
Joe Biden: what were they thinking?
Commenter “TommyJay” asks: What were the Dem leadership and their minions thinking when they engaged in this massive coverup of Sloe Joe’s feebleness and disfunction? Good question. along with the related one of “why did they think they could get … Continue reading →
Roundup
Here we go; lots of news: (1) Ex-hostage Edan Alexander says that the terrorists treated him better after Trump’s election: Alexander’s aunt, Sharon Senyor, told the Ynet news site on Wednesday that “he said that since Trump took power his … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/16/2025
Trump gets down to business in the Arab world
This is the way I see it, too: President Trump is first and foremost a businessman, and he sees things through that lens. He went to the Middle East to do business, to talk business, to make deals, and the … Continue reading →