Open thread 12/30/23
It’s the prep work that counts:
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What I wrote back in 2005, when Israel first withdrew from Gaza
I knew I must have written about the withdrawal at the time. But I didn’t have a clue what I had said or what I predicted, if anything. So I went back to look and here it is (the comments … Continue reading →
Hamas: sexual sadists
I thought long and hard before deciding to give this link to a post at Legal Insurrection that details the sexual sadism of the Hamas operatives and Gazan civilians who participated in the October 7 murder and torture rampage in … Continue reading →
As Colorado goes, so goes Maine
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has removed Trump from the 2024 primary ballot – sort of: “I do not reach this conclusion lightly. Democracy is sacred,” Bellows wrote in her 34-page decision on multiple complaints challenging the 77-year-old Trump’s … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/29/23
[Hat tip: commenter “huxley”]
Continue reading →Nikki Haley discourses on the Civil War
Here’s the brouhaha du jour – when asked by a questioner what the cause of the Civil War was, Nikki Haley inexplicably failed to mention slavery: I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the … Continue reading →
Now Trump is being likened to Osama bin Laden and 1/6 to 9/11
And not by some random tweeter, either. The characterization is by Tim Heaphy, who was the chief investigative counsel for the January 6 committee in the House: In respect, with respect to 9/11, the commission found that there were failures … Continue reading →
RIP Tommy Smothers
Tommy Smothers has died at the age of 86. I was an early fan, having seen him and his brother on some variety show or other, doing their number, “Chocolate.” I was a kid and I howled with laughter. They … Continue reading →
Must-see videos on the Gaza war
[NOTE: If you’re impatient like me, click on “settings” for each video and increase the speed. They will still be intelligible, and they will go much faster.] The following is one of Caroline Glick’s best, and that’s saying a lot. … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/28/23
Pointe shoes were only very lightly blocked back then, which gives a different look and technique entirely – the dancer merely poises, alighting for a moment: Price herself was apparently the model for the statue of The Little Mermaid in … Continue reading →
Jack Smith – always making with the jokes
Yes, I’m well aware that Jack Smith wasn’t meaning this filing as a joke. But it certainly reads like one: The 20-page motion also argues that Trump shouldn’t be allowed to complain that the trial would interfere with his presidential … Continue reading →
Harvard: Larry Summers; Claudine Gay
There is no better illustration of the extremity of Harvard’s double standards based on identity politics than the difference between the school’s treatment of Harvard presidents Larry Summers and Claudine Gay. Summers probably could never even be chosen as Harvard’s … Continue reading →