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Israel makes life hard for the Iranian regime
Israel continues to do some very impressive things: Reports are that somewhere between one-third and one-half of the IAF took to the skies on Friday night — a remarkable feat in itself if you know anything about what it takes … Continue reading →
Truncated quotes from both sides now: “with a swipe of my pen”
Please watch this ad: ?HOLY SMOKES? This is the single-most devastating ad for Kamala Harris. Career ending. pic.twitter.com/xflECTCvyt — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 26, 2024 Horrifying, right? As far as I can tell, about 90% of the ad is factual; … Continue reading →
Beyoncé at the rally, versus Kundera: to dream the impossible dream of circle dancing
Whose decision was it that Beyoncé appear at Harris’ Houston rally to endorse her but not to sing? Not even one little itty bitty song? After all, isn’t Beyoncé like, you know, a singer? And when singers appear at political … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/28/2024
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 →