Open thread 3/31/23
File under “answers to questions you never asked”:
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DeSantis says…
…that Florida will not assist in extraditing Trump: The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head. It is un-American. The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law … Continue reading →
President Trump indicted
They say a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich. That sounds sort of funny, but it’s actually not the least bit funny. It’s about power that can be misused for any number of purposes, including political ones. The Trump indictment … Continue reading →
Gas stoves live to light another day
Even some Democrats realize that the Biden administration’s war on gas stoves is unpopular: …[O]ver two dozen Democrats in the House of Representatives joined Republicans to approve an amendment preventing the Department of Energy from implementing strict new regulations on … Continue reading →
Are trans murderers on the increase?
I saw this today: The Colorado Springs shooter identified as non binary. The Denver shooter identified as trans. The Aberdeen shooter identified as trans. The Nashville shooter identified as trans. One thing is VERY clear: the modern trans movement is … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to patriotism?
In yesterday’s thread on a poll indicating a steep decline in patriotism in the US, commenter “charles” wrote: That is one thing that makes polls like this so disheartening; if more and more people believe that love of one’s country … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/30/23
Religion and patriotism have gone out of style
This explains a lot: The Monday poll [from the Wall Street Journal] questioned U.S. respondents about the importance of patriotism, religious faith, having children and other traditional U.S. metrics. The poll found that just 39% of Americans say their religious … Continue reading →
How the MSM is framing the Nashville shooting
Shooter as victim: …[T]he new narrative must be maintained. A woman who shot to death six people including three children in cold blood must be recast as a victim of society. We must respect “his” pronouns even as we report … Continue reading →
There’s water in the moon’s glass beads
That title sounds to me like the beginning of a poem. Strange and interesting news: The moon is strewn with minuscule beads of glass that have formed over billions of years as soil ejected during asteroid impacts cools and falls … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/29/23
Just a rehearsal:
Continue reading →Heather Mac Donald: on dismantling DEI ideology
Mac Donald writes about the recent Stanford event at which law students shouted down a conservative judge’s speech, and the school’s DEI officer seemed to take the students’ side: At 7.02am on March 9th, the morning of Duncan’s planned speech, … Continue reading →