Open thread 4/8/2025
I’m not quite sure what to say about this:
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Tariffs: everybody’s scrambling, and the EU makes an offer
Some news: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc offered President Donald Trump a deal concerning tariffs on industrial goods. Von der Leyen said at a press conference (emphasis the LI author’s): “These tariffs come first … Continue reading →
Leftists want to murder Trump, according to polls
This news is unsurprising. I noticed the phenomenon among some people I know even in Trump’s first term, and not all of them would even define themselves as leftists. And it’s only gotten worse – plus, as the report describes, … Continue reading →
The “allow trans women” (that is, biological men) movement in women’s sports has reached its apogee as two biological men compete against each other in the finals of a pool tournament
If you believe that all a person has to do to be a woman is to declare oneself a woman, then it follows as day follow night (or is it night follows day?) that you must support the absurdity of … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/7/2025
A personal note: I was a dance extra (“silent bit”) in the movie. I wrote about the experience in this post.
Continue reading →Open threads and the scrolling days
I’ve been doing open threads every day except Sunday for quite some time. I think they’re a nice addition to the blog and people seem to like them and enjoy the open-ended commenting. But I’ve noticed an unforeseen side effect … Continue reading →
Tariffs again
Here’s another post on tariffs, because they’re a big deal right now. As I’ve said several times, I haven’t decided what I think about them and am willing to adopt a “wait and see” attitude. But in the meantime, they … Continue reading →
Erdogan had plans for Syria …
… but Israel has apparently thwarted them, at least for now: Turkey scoped out at least three airbases in Syria where it could deploy forces as part of a planned joint defense pact before Israel hit the sites with airstrikes … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/5/2025
The video I chose for today has embedding disabled. It’s about how people used to preserve food before refrigerators. That may not sound all that interesting to you, but I found it quite fascinating. So if you want to watch … Continue reading →
Hamas revises its casualty figues downward
There is no excuse for any western news organization reporting Hamas’ death figures as truth. And yet they do it constantly. Meanwhile: Hamas’ new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully “identified” deaths listed in its Aug & Oct … Continue reading →
On those prescription drug ads on TV
Roger L. Simon writes: We have all sorts of advertisements for medical installations big and small competing for our attention (and money), but even worse we have virtually non-stop advertising for prescription drugs on television. Indeed they seem to dominate … Continue reading →
The experts: who do you trust?
I don’t put much trust in experts’ prognostications, and haven’t for a long time. I think it began when so many failed to predict the fall of the Soviet Union. I was a Democrat back then, and I didn’t see … Continue reading →