Open thread 11/25/2024
I just love this couple. They are so genuinely touching:
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On holiday fruitcake
Somehow I got on the list of a whole bunch of fancy food catalogues, which are coming to me in the mail almost every day. I’m pretty sure I earned my place on that list by sending some fruit to … Continue reading →
Criminal illegal alien? You’ve got a home in Denver
The mayor of Denver isn’t the only one asserting a city or state’s “sanctuary” status, but he’s threatening armed resistance: The Democrat Mayor of Denver, Colorado Mike Johnston has challenged Trump to try to deport any illegal migrants from his … Continue reading →
I’ve got a bunch of questions
(1) Will Trump’s second term be like a special edition of “The Apprentice,” with him saying over and over to government bureaucrats: “You’re fired!”? (2) Is Musk trolling the left with the notion that he might buy MSNBC, or is … Continue reading →
On Trump’s picks
It occurs to me that the relief the right feels at Trump’s election victory, as well as the scope of its breadth and depth, has the consequence of leading to enormous expectations. Can they be fulfilled? Probably not. After all, … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/23/2024
Chopin wrote this piece when he was eleven years old. It’s his earliest surviving work, but not the earliest he wrote. He was a child prodigy not just in playing but in composing: I think the pianist is thirteen here.
Continue reading →The very brief and election-motivated “crackdown” by the Biden/Harris administration on illegal aliens entering the country …
… has predictably ended. Fancy that: The Biden administration is quietly rushing to implement new policies that will loosen restrictions on migrants who entered the US illegally — a parting attempt to thwart President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns and mass … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
It was a exceptional starry night in the city. Thanks for sharing.
Continue reading →Why would anyone continue to want to elect Democrats in California?
And why would anyone want to vote for someone like Gavin Newsom for US president? Those are rhetorical questions, of course. Efforts to recall Newsom failed. He might even have gotten more votes than Harris had he run for president … Continue reading →
JFK was assassinated sixty-one years ago today
Like most people of a certain age, I remember where I was: in school. I found out piecemeal – first that someone had shot at him, then that he was injured, then that he was dead. Then all the rest. … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/22/2024
Gaetz out; Bondi in
House member Matt Gaetz was a controversial AG nominee from the start, and there was plenty of speculation that he wasn’t nominated with the intent of his actually being confirmed. At any rate, he’s withdrawn his name, saying: While the … Continue reading →