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Meet the LA fire looters
At least, here are some that have been arrested so far. I bet they didn’t expect to be caught, considering the way California usually treats thieves, and considering the chaos of the situation. Still, they might just get a mild … Continue reading →
The Pete Hegseth hearings
I’m doing a roundup for this. Ace opines, with clips, in this post. There’s a lot of coverage at RedState. Legal Insurrection has this as well as this. From the former, the following Hegseth quote: “I support Israel destroying and … Continue reading →
What we know about a possible hostage deal
I consider it all rumor until it happens, if it happens – and one of the many things we don’t know is whether it will actually happen. But here are some of my thoughts on the matter. Because it has … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/14/2025
I haven’t put up one of these in a long time:
Continue reading →Hostage deal rumors
It’s now a week till Trump’s Inauguration Day – which is also Martin Luther King Day, by the way – and once again there are rumors that a hostage deal is nigh. We’ve heard such rumors before. Are they real … Continue reading →
Jen Rubin leaves the WaPo
I can’t say I’ve ever “gotten” Jennifer Rubin. Since I go back a long way in the blog world, I remember briefly meeting her around 2006 or 2007 at some PJ get-together. At the time, she was nominally on the … Continue reading →
The two most informative videos I’ve seen on water for firefighting in California
It can be hard to sort out the wheat from the chaff in California fire news and information. But I highly recommend listening to the following interview with Brett Barbre, who is a Yorba Linda Water District board member. He … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/13/2025
Reading my own posts on Updike without knowing they’re mine
I recently was looking up some information about John Updike and clicked on a link to another website. There I found an essay on Updike and read it thinking, hey, this is pretty good. Then I thought, wow, the person … Continue reading →
Zuckerberg’s interview with Joe Rogan: remind me again, who are the fascists?
Wow: … [T]his really hit the most extreme, I’d say during the Biden administration when they were trying to roll out the vaccine program. Yeah, I’m generally like pretty pro-rolling out vaccines. I think on balance the vaccines are more … Continue reading →
Kamala’s dangerous statement about insurance companies
Thank goodness Kamala Harris wasn’t elected. Here’s her statement on insurance companies and the LA fire: Many insurance companies have canceled insurance for a lot of the families who have been affected and will be affected, which is only going … Continue reading →