Open thread 1/19/23
I lived in a house for twenty years that also had St. Charles steel cabinets. They were great. That’s the only similarity that house had to anything Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed.
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The women of The View sense something is missing in Joe’s response to the current revelations
From Joy Behar: “But it would have been helpful for Joe Biden, when it first came out, to say — and we have tape of Joe Biden saying Trump did something stupid and shouldn’t have done it and it was … Continue reading →
Reading old letters
My ex-husband saves things. A lot of things. But mostly paper. Old magazines, old newspapers, old medical records, every piece of artwork our son ever created, and old letters. Recently he’s been going through the stacks and trying to weed … Continue reading →
Garland’s DOJ: We had to hold back on the Biden investigation in order to save the Biden investigation
Something like that. Something absolutely, obviously absurd like that. Here’s the supposed explanation for the kid-glove treatment of Biden: President Biden’s legal team has cooperated with Justice Department investigators, helping it avoid more aggressive actions by law enforcement thus far…. … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/18/23
Dueling Odiles
[NOTE: I’ve been working on a big long post today but finally abandoned it for now because I just need to take my mind off ugly, depressing things. So I’ve pivoted to this one.] “Swan Lake” is one of those … Continue reading →
The imaginary Biden versus the real one: Mona Charen’s dilemma
Erstwhile conservative columnist Mona Charen is struggling to retain the image of the Biden she wishes existed. Her piece in Time is called, “We Elected Biden to Be Better Than This,” and it begins this way: In 2020, America elected … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/17/23
And then there’s the new Martin Luther King statue in Boston
The perfect statue for our times. Is it “a big old dong“? Is it a turd, or the portion of the anatomy from which a turd might emanate? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s hard to … Continue reading →
Sheila Jackson Lee wants to criminalize “white supremacy” writings that are felt to have inspired a crime
Here’s the bill that Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced. Its title is “Leading Against White Supremacy Act of 2023” – and so I would guess it might be unconstitutional because of its race specificity: (a) In General.—A person engages in … Continue reading →
This is the first explanation of why the Biden classified documents story came out that makes sense to me
Yes indeed, I think the idea that the Democrats and the MSM were trying to get ahead of the story is the correct one. Note the timeline Levin presents: Now we have the news that Hunter paid Joe close to … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/16/23
I’d never heard of this sport before, and I don’t think I really like it. The movement is very restrictive and self-contained, something like school figures in ice skating. But wow, is this girl ever skillful! If you’re unfamiliar with … Continue reading →