Open thread 11/4/22
I don’t like pecans. But pecan pie? I love all million-calories-per-piece of it. And the season fast approaches:
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Noted presidential historian Michael Beschloss has an alarmist prediction to make
First, a little background on Beschloss. Nine books on the presidency. Graduate of Phillips Andover, Williams, and Harvard. He’s not a product of today’s “woke” education, either: he’s 66 years old. And yet this is the same man who said … Continue reading →
The Katie Hobbs office break-in: accusations versus reality
This is how it went. First, the campaign office of Katie Hobbs, fading Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, was burglarized on October 24. Next, Katie’s campaign manager accused her opponent Kari Lake of somehow being responsible: Let’s be clear: … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/3/22
Although they’re dancing together, the style is what Hines and not Baryshnikov specialized in. It’s hard to change styles, and Baryshnikov does a good job for a ballet dancer. But you can easily see the difference in training and approach. … Continue reading →
The origins of the word “disinformation”
It’s such a popular word these days, isn’t it? Ever wonder where it came from?: “Disinformation” is not a word from the English language. It is a direct translation of the Russian word dezinformatsiya. It is a KGB form of … Continue reading →
Israeli election: Netanyahu seems about to return to power
Most of the votes in the Israeli election have been counted, and it’s looking good for Netanyahu: looked set to return to power on Wednesday after an unprecedented fifth general election in less than four years on Tuesday gave his … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/2/22
Emily “Litella” Oster in The Atlantic: let’s have a COVID amnesty
Let’s just forget about all that lockdown stuff Democrats pushed and pushed and pushed, that was so damaging to society and in particular to kids, writes Emily Oster. Like another Emily: From the article: These precautions were totally misguided. In … Continue reading →
The press as propaganda
Leighton Woodhouse writes the following, in an article entitled “How the Media Trains Journalists to Lie”: Before the internet, a politically unpopular story might trigger a flood of nasty letters to the editor, but as long as it didn’t upset … Continue reading →
The latest on the Paul Pelosi attack
You can find the federal criminal complaint here (narration of facts are on pages 4-7), and a brief summary here. The first federal charge: “18 U.S. Code § 115 – Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/1/22
Oh Brave New World:
Continue reading →On the Paul Pelosi perp
So many people have gone into the Paul Pelosi attack in depth that I don’t feel the need to do so at the moment. So I’ll just link to this as well as this. I wrote at the outset I … Continue reading →