Interesting video about election trends
Even if you think you know a lot about what happened this election, this video may surprise you:
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Open thread 12/17/2024
Trouble for Trudeau?
A crisis brewing?: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers, announced Monday that she was resigning from the Cabinet. The … Continue reading →
There’s been a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin [see UPDATE below]
RIP. I feel a weary sorrow every time I hear about a school shooting. They seem to come with regularity, and although they are all slightly different, they all seem somewhat similar as well. Initial reports were that five were … Continue reading →
The government and the drones
Is there anyone who trusts the government anymore? That’s a rhetorical question. Their explanations about this latest drone business remind me of something from a farcical comedy, but they’re not really funny. Something like this: We don’t know what the … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/16/2024
Dostoevsky’s Demons
I was in high school when I first read a Russian novel; it was Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The book immediately grabbed my attention – here was something to really sink my teeth into, something that dealt with the Big … Continue reading →
Kash Patel knows what it feels like to be spied on by the FBI
This is what I’m referring to: As chief counsel, Patel had no idea [between 2017 and 2018] that the subject of his investigation — the FBI — was collecting his data and increasing the visibility of witnesses he was communicating … Continue reading →
About Pelosi’s hip fracture
First of all, a disclaimer: I make no predictions about Pelosi’s recovery from a hip fracture she sustained in a fall the other day. But anything is possible. I read these musings: Statistically, when a woman in her mid-80s breaks … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/14/2024
The Biden administration is trying to thwart Trump on its way out
No surprise, really. First we have the border wall materials that are being auctioned off. This not only hurts Trump, but it hurts all taxpayers, because it means to build the wall he’ll have to buy new materials at a … Continue reading →
More on the left’s big slobbering love affair with Luigi Mangione
It continues. More thoughts: (1) The left loves the worst who are full of passionate intensity, as long as that passionate intensity has been aroused by leftist causes. (2) The left has always had a special jones for young leftists … Continue reading →