A summary: An MQ-9 reconnaissance drone on a routine mission of the international waters of the Black Sea was intercepted by a pair of Russian Su-27 fighters based in occupied Crimea around 7 a.m. CET, or 2 p.m. Eastern. During … Continue reading →
Where I live, mid-March is still winter. Yes, tiny green shoots that will someday become daylilies have been poking up in the sunniest spots. But snow and ice storms can still happen for at least another month, and today there’s … Continue reading →
I continue to have somewhat surreal experiences with people who answer the phones these days. And I’m not talking about people who live in Bangladesh or wherever many seem to reside, I’m talking about right here in this country. For … Continue reading →
Here’s the way it works, children: President Biden on Monday stressed that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will not get a government bailout after regulators seized the assets of the failed bank. “No losses will be — and this is an … Continue reading →
Here’s a photo Gerard took years ago on one of our trips. He was having some technical trouble loading his photos onto his computer, so he put them on mine:
Continue reading →Take a look. No one could run like Ulanova, and no one even comes close now. Same for her bourrées, which are those quick and tiny steps all on pointe that make it seem as though the dancer is skimming … Continue reading →
Commenter “OBloodyHell” opines, in the Naomi Wolf thread: I do not believe you were truly “liberal” beforehand, Neo. I suspect you always had a part of your mind filled with doubt, conscious and unconscious of certain inconsistencies. Depends what you … Continue reading →
For this story I’m going to suggest you go to this post at Legal Insurrection and follow the internal links there as well. An excerpt: Within a 48-hour period, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) went from being the “Bank of Venture-Backed … Continue reading →
While trying to read this rather dense piece of social science research, I came across this portion quite a ways into it: …[I]t should also be recognized that the SAPA Project relies on participants finding or seeking out the survey; … Continue reading →
In this substack essay by Naomi Wolf, she apologizes to conservatives and Trump-supporters for having believed the Democrat/MSM January 6th narrative. In it, she makes some historical points: Massing peacefully at the Capitol and other public buildings, is part of … Continue reading →