Centerville piecrust
Back in the days when I did a lot more cooking, I used to make my own piecrust. It always was okay, but I never mastered the art of making it really really good. Oh, I got lots of tips … Continue reading →
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Please use my Amazon links for your holiday shopping
It’s that time of year again: Christmas, Chanukah. If you’re like me, you’ve probably postponed your shopping – although this year I’ve mostly done it ahead of time and I’m up to the wrapping stage. If you use Amazon, please … Continue reading →
Struggle for power in Syria
There are no good guys among the factions vying for power in Syria. Here’s the situation at present, as best we can tell: Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is nowhere to be found in Damascus, according to a source, but Syria’s … Continue reading →
On applauding the hit murder of a health insurance executive
Perhaps – like me – you’ve been surprised at the amount of venom expressed online in reaction to the hit-style murder of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. The anger I’m talking about is against the victim, not the murderer. It … Continue reading →
Pearl Harbor Day
[NOTE: This is a revised and expanded edition of a post first published in 2006.] Eighty-three years ago today Pearl Harbor was attacked. That’s long enough ago that only a vanishing few remember the day and its aftermath with any … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/7/2024
UPDATE on the Penny case: judge dismisses first count; jury will deliberate second count on Monday
[NOTE: Also please see today’s previous post on the Penny trial.] Just a little while ago the judge in the Daniel Penny case dismissed the first count – manslaughter in the second degree – after the jury once again announced … Continue reading →
All the president’s preemptive pardons
Biden’s pardon of his son has many very unusual characteristics. It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son – which is already unusual. It’s another to do it like this (the clip is about two minutes long): The … Continue reading →
Daniel Penny jury says it hasn’t been able to reach a unanimous verdict
[NOTE: Please see UPDATE in this new post.] The jury is deadlocked on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree after three days of deliberation. Penny is facing a second lesser charge as well: criminally negligent homicide, which carries … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/6/2024
Body of hostage is recovered by the IDF
The body of hostage Ivay Svirsky has been found by the IDF. Svirsky was abducted alive on Oct 7, 2023, but was killed about four months later and it has been known for quite some time that he was dead: … Continue reading →
So – what about those missing Biden votes?
This guy discusses something that seemed mysterious shortly after the 2024 election – so many fewer votes than in 2020. It seemed to point to evidence that fraud had occurred in 2020. But it no longer seems that way, for … Continue reading →