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Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, slid down the slippery slope
A sad sad tale: Spanish woman Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, died by legal euthanasia this week in Barcelona after a nearly two?year court battle with her parents over her right to end her life under Spain’s 2021 euthanasia law, following … Continue reading →
Why are so many people on the right dissatisfied with Trump?
And are there so many people on the right dissatisfied with Trump? Polls don’t really reflect it; Republicans and people who identify as MAGA still overwhelmingly approve of Trump. But I am convinced there is a group – mostly young … Continue reading →
Mainstreaming Jew-hatred: Politico tries out being the new Der Stürmer
Politico’s got a lot of competition these days in the Jew-hatred sweepstakes, but it’s definitely in the running (hat tip: commenter “TJ”): Politico published a cartoon on Friday featuring anti-Semitic imagery in an attempt to criticize the war in Iran. … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/28/2025
I rather like this AI genre. These dresses aren’t imaginary; they’re the ones the actresses actually wore for the occasions. I especially like the suits, which remind me of what my mother often wore when I was a child:
Continue reading →Iran news roundup
(1) Interesting observation: This war is solidifying the petrodollar system as it evolves into a hybrid petro/LNG-dollar. The old system was built on Saudi crude priced in USD. The new system is built on American crude plus American gas from … Continue reading →
The use of “free speech” as a shield for virulent anti-Semitism
Here’s an interesting article from Tablet entitled “The Free Speech of Fools”. Some excerpts [emphasis mine]: Led by [Tucker] Carlson, the network [of anti-Israel pundits supposedly on the right] systematically undermined the organizing principle of the anticensorship movement, which was … Continue reading →
Several lawsuits impacting freedom of speech
First we have Missouri v. Biden, which involves the government’s right to threaten companies such as Facebook if they don’t block information the government doesn’t like. The ruling is actually pretty narrow: Various federal agencies and the White House directed … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/27/2026
The host was having server problems for a couple of hours
You may have had difficulty accessing the blog for the past couple of hours. Apparently the problem happened to many blogs on one server at the host, although some viewers could see the blog and some couldn’t. I couldn’t. Nor … Continue reading →
Fraud? What fraud?
If you’re not looking for fraud, you’re unlikely to find it. And if you’re not preventing it, it’s highly likely to happen. See this: I recall the DNC and Obama deliberately turning off location verification for donations — thus allowing … Continue reading →