I recently posted a video on an open thread that featured an elderly British gentleman named Frank Prentice who was a survivor of the Titanic. He’d been a crew member at the time, and he told his story. I find … Continue reading →
This was a long time coming: …[T]he town of Mesa, Arizona, reached an $8 million settlement last week with the widow of Daniel Shaver. Shaver is the unarmed man who was fatally shot while crawling down a hallway on his … Continue reading →
The amount of coordination between federal agencies such as the FBI, DOJ, and DHS was vast, according to the latest analysis by Matt Taibbi, third in the series. Here’s one small part of it: 17. During this time, executives were … Continue reading →
I may write more later tonight about what’s revealed in this batch, but I’m more likely to do it tomorrow. If you’d like to read up, here’s the link. Taibbi mentions that the next group of files will be dealt … Continue reading →
We on the right knew for years that it was happening. Twitter was not just blocking conservatives outright when they hadn’t actually violated terms of service, but it was also shadow-banning them and subjecting them to a host of other … Continue reading →
First, some background on who Schenk is and why he was testifying in Congress yesterday: Schenck was supposed to testify over his allegations that Justice Alito leaked court opinions in regard to the 2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. … Continue reading →
Here’s the announcement: Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is changing her party affiliation to independent, delivering a jolt to Democrats’ narrow majority and Washington along with it. In a 45-minute interview, the first-term senator told POLITICO that she will not caucus … Continue reading →
But why no mention of Mary Queen of Scots’ height? She was reportedly about six feet tall and Elizabeth I was at most 5’4″, so Mary would have towered over her had they actually met.
Continue reading →Please use this blog as the portal for your Amazon holiday gift purchases if you prefer – as they used to say of the yellow pages long ago, before the internet took over – to let your fingers do the … Continue reading →
(1) The mystery of woke capitalism. I first really noticed the enormous extent of corporate leftism during the lockdowns, and then I noticed it even more after the Floyd riots and Black Lives Matter. (2) There’s a lot of angst … Continue reading →
The non-art of this prisoner exchange deal: Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, bringing an end … Continue reading →