Open thread 8/30/23
Yesterday I put up a video about The Odyssey. And then last night I happened upon this fresco from Pompeii, depicting Penelope and the newly-returned Odysseus, disguised as a beggar. It’s so extraordinary:
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Beware the woke therapists – and many of them are woke, especially the young ones
This article understandably caught my attention: The contributors to Cynical Therapies are lecturers and clinicians in mental health who are raising the alarm about the ideological takeover of their discipline over the past twenty years. A mix of Americans and … Continue reading →
Biden’s secret email life
Biden wrote over five thousand emails under his various aliases, and the National Archives is stonewalling about releasing them: In its filing, SLF’s [Southeastern Legal Foundation] legal team made clear that it was requesting documents that NARA already admitted holding: … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz and Mark Judge on the DC Trump trial
Alan Dershowitz isn’t messing around in the following video. He begins with: “Today the Constitution suffered another serious body blow, and former President Trump’s rights to a fair trial have been all but negated. The trial judge in DC has … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/29/23
Yes, it’s that time again: asking for donations [BUMPED UP: Scroll down for today’s new posts]
It’s been a while since I’ve asked for donations. In the meantime, many readers have donated anyway, and I thank you all profusely. Some of you even have a setup whereby you make a monthly payment, which is also great. … Continue reading →
Those aristocratic Bidens
I came across these passages written by Hunter Biden in texts to Devon Archer in 2019. At the time, Archer had been arrested by the DOJ. I find the texts quite revealing: Every great family is persecuted prosecuted in the … Continue reading →
Trial date set in the Jack Smith case against Trump
And – surprise, surprise – the scheduled date “could have a crucial impact on the 2024 race for the White House.” Fancy that. What an odd coincidence: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision sets the trial in the middle of … Continue reading →
Roundup
Here we go again with a roundup. (1) The DOJ is targeting Elon Musk in a suit that makes little sense on any level except as political retaliation. Then again, that’s what the DOJ specializes in these days. (2) And … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/28/23
Just the other day:
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Some singers who have clear and ringing voices, especially in the upper register, find that as they age they just can’t sing that way anymore. But some can (by the way, Elvin Bishop wrote the song and is playing the … Continue reading →
From Giuliani
In all the brouhaha about Trump, it’s easy to forget that Giuliani posed for his mugshot too (see this), and had quite a bit to say: Faced with the same number of charges as former President Donald Trump, with a … Continue reading →