Open thread 2/13/2025
Now, here’s something I never thought about before:
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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:
Continue reading →Hamas says no more hostages will be released until further notice
The better to torture Israel and to pressure Israel to concede more. The announcement: In a post on X, Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said that the handover of the prisoners “who were scheduled to … Continue reading →
The exposure and reform of the Deep State is the goal, and speed is of the essence
The USAID was somewhat of a warmup. DOGE has also turned its spotlight on the Treasury Department, which makes perfect sense if you’re trying to figure out where the money gets spent and where it gets wasted. A federal judge … Continue reading →
Trump: a penny no longer made is a penny earned
Or perhaps more than a penny is earned by this move of Trump’s: resident Trump announced Sunday that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that … Continue reading →
Work in progress: those security issues
I apologize once again for the fact that the blog has been intermittently going down. The cause is still apparently brute force bot attacks which overload the server. I’ve added several layers of security as my host has suggested, but … Continue reading →