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Love-gone-bad songs
If you look at the topic broadly, probably more than half of popular songs are about heartbreak or love gone bad. But I was thinking about a particular sort of heartbreak – the lover who was never sincere, the one … Continue reading →
So, why did the LA Times and the WaPo decide not to endorse anyone this year for the presidency?
The easy answer would be: they hate Trump and his deplorable supporters, but they’re too embarrassed to endorse Kamala Harris because she’s performed so poorly. Of course, that didn’t stop them from endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 or carrying water … Continue reading →
Trump and Rogan, sitting and schmoozing
I listened to all three hours of Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan out of curiosity. As is my habit when listening to a podcast or the like, I was double-tasking, mainly doing chores while wearing a wireless headset, and I … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/26/2024
Critical Legal Studies: the radical assault on truth in American law was already apparent many decades ago
I became interested in Critical Legal Studies long ago, in the 1980s. I had been to law school in the 1970s, so it didn’t affect my own legal education. To the best of my recollection, although my law school had … Continue reading →
Oh, and by the way, Kamala Harris is best buddies with the owner of The Atlantic, Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs, the very deep-pocketed owner of The Atlantic, is an extremely close friend of Kamala Harris and a big supporter. Surely that had nothing to do with the Atlantic’s publication of a poorly-sourced hit piece on Trump by … Continue reading →
Everything you never wanted to know about Kamala Harris
I watched parts of a video of Tucker Carlson interviewing attorney Harmeet Dhillon about Kamala Harris’ early days as a prosecutor and DA in San Francisco, and then AG in California. Dhillon knew her back then. The video is very … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/25/2024
There are very few apples left on the trees at the orchard, and even those are way past their prime. Nevertheless quite beautiful, I think:
Continue reading →This journalist never met another one who supported Trump
Talk about living in echo chambers. See this: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer for The New Yorker, ascribed media bias not to a conspiracy among journalists, but to the fact that the overwhelming majority of journalists are left-leaning. Kang … Continue reading →
Roundup
Mostly Nazi stuff, but not totally Nazi stuff. (1) And speaking of Nazis and Hitler, here’s a take on how today’s Democrats resemble the Nazis. (2) And here’s some of the lengthy history of Democrats calling Republican candidates Nazis. (3) … Continue reading →
CNN Town Hall: Kamala answers the classic job interview question, and also says Trump is a fascist
It was always good for a laugh – remember? The classic comedy answer to the classic job interview question of “What would you say is your greatest weakness?” was something like “I’m just too conscientious” or “I work too hard” … Continue reading →