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UPDATE on the Penny case: judge dismisses first count; jury will deliberate second count on Monday
[NOTE: Also please see today’s previous post on the Penny trial.] Just a little while ago the judge in the Daniel Penny case dismissed the first count – manslaughter in the second degree – after the jury once again announced … Continue reading →
All the president’s preemptive pardons
Biden’s pardon of his son has many very unusual characteristics. It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son – which is already unusual. It’s another to do it like this (the clip is about two minutes long): The … Continue reading →
Daniel Penny jury says it hasn’t been able to reach a unanimous verdict
[NOTE: Please see UPDATE in this new post.] The jury is deadlocked on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree after three days of deliberation. Penny is facing a second lesser charge as well: criminally negligent homicide, which carries … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/6/2024
Body of hostage is recovered by the IDF
The body of hostage Ivay Svirsky has been found by the IDF. Svirsky was abducted alive on Oct 7, 2023, but was killed about four months later and it has been known for quite some time that he was dead: … Continue reading →
So – what about those missing Biden votes?
This guy discusses something that seemed mysterious shortly after the 2024 election – so many fewer votes than in 2020. It seemed to point to evidence that fraud had occurred in 2020. But it no longer seems that way, for … Continue reading →
On Trump, snobbery, and the roller derby
I was talking recently to the only person I’m close to who is also on the right, and the topic of Trump-hatred came up. I said that I thought a huge part of the intensity of that hatred was snobbery. … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/5/2024
Mid-week roundup
Some days there’s just a lot of news. Maybe every day, nowadays. (1) This seem to have been a hit job. But why?: The CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance division was gunned down Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown … Continue reading →
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has a few things to say
On immigration: He suggested that he planned to work with Tom Homan, who Trump recently nominated to become his new border czar. “Those who are here committing crimes, robberies, shooting at police officers, raping innocent people, have been a harm … Continue reading →
RIP commenter “Mike K”
I’m sorry to have to announce the death of commenter “Mike K” on October 25, 2024. Mike K began commenting here in 2007 but only very intermittently at that point, and became a regular and prolific part of the commenting … Continue reading →