Open thread 7/29/22
This guy is good at what he does (I don’t mean the thumbnail guy; I mean the artist):
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“They Can’t Let Him Back In”
Quite a few people have recommended this Michael Anton article. Anton was the author of the “Flight 93” piece prior to the 2016 election, which he wrote under a pseudonym at the time. His more recent essay is about the … Continue reading →
Charging Trump
They’ve been trying to convict Trump of something for a long long time. So far, no dice. But the thrust of the January 6th hearings was to lay the ground for conviction of a crime later on through the court … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/28/22
There are tiny houses, and then there are teeny teeny tiny houses. People who can pare down to this extent and keep it liveable must be extremely organized. In this van, it also helps to have strong squatting muscles:
Continue reading →Manchin and Schumer, together at last
A compromise has been reached – surprise, surprise (not) – but the details aren’t quite ironed out yet: Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that he came to an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a reconciliation bill, after … Continue reading →
The Biden administration is the bully threatening to take kids’ lunch money
Accepting federal funds is accepting federal control through federal threats to withhold those funds. Here’s an example: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in May announced that K-12 schools must comply with its interpretation of the ban on discrimination based … Continue reading →
I think I can explain this bizarre-seeming phenomenon
John Hinderaker observes: Kamala Harris hosted some kind of event earlier today. Several mask-wearing (why?) women participated. As is now common in gatherings of liberals, they began the meeting by introducing themselves and stating their pronouns. And, weirdly, by describing … Continue reading →
More on the left’s language game
Commenter “Bauxite” observes: The language game is the MO of the left. It works most of the time because most of our political and policy debates occur in the realm of abstract theory. The left can bluff its way through … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/27/22
On puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria
The pharmaceutical treatment of children who present with gender dysphoria is getting more widespread. Children cannot validly consent, but they – and transgender activists on social media, plus therapists and doctors who believe in “affirming” the chosen new gender – … Continue reading →
The FBI whistleblowers and the Hunter Biden laptop coverup
I remember, when the Hunter Biden laptop first came out shortly before the 2020 election, that I had a moment of thinking it might become a big scandal – which it deserved to be. But almost immediately the news was … Continue reading →
The Biden administration says a recession by any other name would smell as sweet
The Biden administration continues the Obama administration’s emphasis on labeling, as though calling something by a different name would fool people into actually seeing it differently. Why do they do this? The main reason is that they believe in the … Continue reading →