Open thread 9/13/23
Another sport you’ve never heard of, although you’ve certainly heard of its components:
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Customer “help” is getting worse
In recent years it often feels that it’s not even worth it to try to get help for most products or websites. The instructions can be so arcane and convoluted that it seems that they were designed by programmers talking … Continue reading →
Kevin McCarthy has opened a formal impeachment inquiry against Biden
The news: The speaker said House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., will lead the inquiry in coordination with House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo. McCarthy spoke for only roughly … Continue reading →
New York City versus airbnb
Airbnb may be pretty much finished in New York City: New rules governing short-term stays book via Airbnb, Vrbo and similar platforms in New York City could have broader consequences for the vacation rental industry, just as it faces headwinds … Continue reading →
Are Biden’s handlers guilty of elder abuse?
Even back during the 2020 campaign, I heard the claim that Biden’s handlers – and also Jill Biden – were guilty of elder abuse in having him run for president and cooperating with it and facilitating it. I noticed today … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/12/23
Joe Biden : here, there, and everywhere
Did you know that Joe Biden was at 9/11 Ground Zero on September 12, 2001? In his dreams: A life long pathological liar! pic.twitter.com/F7bkSS2mZe — ??ColonelMAGAMark?? (@ColonelMark4) September 11, 2023
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(1) The absolute and imperial monarch of New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, has taken to heart the idea that in crisis is opportunity. But she’s getting some pushback, even from a few on the left: Emergency orders issued by … Continue reading →
On the 22nd anniversary of 9/11
It doesn’t seem possible that so many years have passed. And yet in a way, 9/11 seems like ancient history, or a bad dream. Or both. There are college graduates who were not born when 9/11 happened. To an entire … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/11/23
RIP. The beginning:
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I’ve always been very fond of the 1967 hit “The Letter” by the Box Tops. I had a long-distance boyfriend at the time, about to be drafted and sent to Vietnam, and the song had particular resonance. But it was … Continue reading →
Number of missing in Lahaina now stands at 66
This new number is a huge improvement over the thousand-plus people originally thought to have perished, or even the four hundred or so that constituted the revised number: One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century … Continue reading →