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Another F-you from the departing Biden administration
It worked so very well for Obama: When President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public that the dangerous enemy combatants would be … Continue reading →
Buh-Bye, Trudeau
A sort-of goodbye, anyway. Trudeau is retiring as head of the party and then once the party figures out who his replacement might be he will resign as PM as well. Or something like that: From [a] Canadian friend: He’s … Continue reading →
Today is the four year anniversary of J6
And Trump has been certified as the next president, to be inaugurated on January 20. What a difference four years makes, and what a long strange trip it’s been – and hardly over yet. The left tried everything – and … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/6/2025
Honoring George Soros and Hillary Clinton
Someone at the White House has a sense of humor – Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros and Hillary Clinton, among others: Soros, 94, was among the 19 people chosen to receive the nation’s highest civilian … Continue reading →
Judge Merchan schedules Trump sentencing hearing for January 10
And yet he also seems to be signaling that the case will be discharged without jail or probation. If that’s true, why do this at all? Simple, says Jonathan Turley: The sentence will finalize the case and allow for an … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) The Las Vegas truck bomber was not a terrorist, but rather a veteran intent on suicide who wanted to publicize his views and get attention: A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/4/2025
Johnson is elected Speaker
There was really no other possibility, and all the objections were merely theater. Trump had – wisely, I think – endorsed Johnson. With the GOP’s razor-thin majority, unity was necessary and no other candidate was viable. Here’s the story: Rep. … Continue reading →
Fundamentalist Islam provides an out for people who are suicidal
I’ve sensed from the start that both the New Orleans car attacker and the Las Vegas truck bomber had one thing very much in common: an impulse to suicide. The latter seems to have carried off his demise without seriously … Continue reading →
Liz Cheney gets a medal
Biden – or the people dictating to him at this point – is having fun in his last few weeks as president distributing largesses. Hunter was just the beginning. Then the 1500 pardons and the 37 death sentence commutations. And … Continue reading →