What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
And me? Glad you asked. Nada, zip, zilch. Oh, I might visit a nearby friend for a short while and have a sip of champagne, a tiny toast to the end of 2021, a year I’m pretty sure most people … Continue reading →
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Crime and punishment
In connection with the arrest of suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger yesterday in the Idaho student murders, there was a discussion in the comments of other cases brought to mind, such as that of Leopold and Loeb. That case, which occurred … Continue reading →
RIP Pope Benedict
He was the oldest pope in 275 years, the first pope to resign in about 700 years, and the first German pope in about 1000 years. More about his long and eventful life can be found here. He was known … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/31/22
You may never look at mushrooms the same way again:
Continue reading →Suspect arrested in Idaho student murders
There will be a news conference soon, but here’s what we know so far: Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody by local police and the FBI at 1:30 a.m. in eastern Pennsylvania on a warrant charging him with … Continue reading →
A new Church Committee?
I’ve been hearing that we need a new Church Committee. Let’s take a look at the old one. The Church Committee in Congress was bipartisan. In fact, the committee was set up in the Senate in January of 1975 by … Continue reading →
Triplets separated at birth
Open thread 12/30/22
The Kari Lake election fraud verdict: Part II
[NOTE: I said that Part II would be about efforts in Arizona to make elections more secure even before the 2022 election. But I find I have a few more things to say first, and I’m saying them here in … Continue reading →
Republicans pounce on the poor beleaguered FBI
The GOP is on the warpath, and the victim is the FBI. Why are the Republicans doing this to those agency innocents, fighting for truth, justice, and the American Way? It’s because of Trump, of course: The attacks on [FBI … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) Do we hear cries of “Biden is a xenophobic racist” from the left? No? Isn’t that odd. (2) Chaya Raichik, aka Libs of Tik Tok, is a brave woman. (3) It sounds as though Pope Benedict isn’t long for … Continue reading →