Open thread 2/6/23
They’re probably not saying very much anyway:
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Calmly we walk
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a post originally published five years ago. Gerard had made the first comment on the original post, as you can see if you follow that link. “Many great dears are taken away…”] —John Updike: … Continue reading →
Journalism 101: on Russiagate
You’re probably all heartily sick of Russiagate. I know I am. But it’s incredibly important, and most people are unaware of the details. What’s more, plenty of Democrats still think that Trump was colluding with Russia and probably always will … Continue reading →
The Biden papers: here, there, and everywhere
More of the same, with a slight twist: Eric Schwerin, Hunter’s Rosemont Seneca partner who handled Joe’s taxes and personal affairs, was in charge of moving an archive of 1,850 boxes of files from the vice president’s DC office that … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/4/23
A good time was not had by all:
Continue reading →Still on the west coast…
…and I’m happy to say that I’m missing one of those deep-freezes back home.
Continue reading →On the Chinese balloon
Biden and company are tiptoeing around China, not wanting to challenge or offend. It gives me an earworm for this song, which for some reason I can’t stand. Listen at your own peril:
Continue reading →Heather Mac Donald on the Tyre Nichols beating and racism
Heather Mac Donald has written a great deal about the racial aspect of alleged police brutality cases, and here she weighs in on the Tyre Nichols beating: Five Memphis officers responded to what was initially reported as a car driving … Continue reading →
It turns out that masks are mostly a symbolic talisman
Something like wearing garlic around your neck: In the community, mask-wearing “probably makes little to no difference” in either influenza-like or COVID-like illness (0.95) or “laboratory-confirmed” infections of either virus (1.01). While the confirmed-infections finding had a much wider confidence … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/3/23
Neo’s true confessions
Regular readers here know I don’t usually go in for personal revelations. It’s not that my life is absent from my own blog, but I ordinarily cite something only as a jumping-off place for some of my thoughts and reflections. … Continue reading →
Ilhan Omar gets a taste of the Democrats’ own medicine
Here’s what happened: The vote to yank Omar (D-Minn.) from the powerful panel after a heated floor debate broke along party lines, with 218 Republicans voting to strip her of the assignment and 211 Democrats backing their colleague. One Republican, … Continue reading →