We hadn’t heard of his existence before, but now it emerges that there was a third teacher in one of the two rooms under siege at Robb Elementary, Arnulfo Reyes, and he survived although seriously wounded and still in the … Continue reading →
Although it may end up with the same-old same-old. First we have the governorship. The loathsome Newsom is the current officeholder, and he survived a recall election recently quite handily. Newsom would dearly love Republican Brian Dahle to win the … Continue reading →
Earlier I suspected this might be the case, and now we have semi-official word that it is the case (of course, that can change after a more complete investigation as time goes on): State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said … Continue reading →
…but it’s not no confidence: …58.6% of Conservative MPs backed him — a worse result than former Prime Minister Theresa May, who had the support of 63% of her lawmakers (200, in a much smaller parliamentary party) when she faced … Continue reading →
This got some coverage yesterday: In an attempt to devise an ‘inclusive’ event, the ThunderCrit organisers created two new non-binary [cycling] races called ‘thunder’ and ‘lightning’. Its website said: ‘Thunder category is for cis men, non-binary people whose physical performance … Continue reading →
I distinctly remember watching a moment or two of her coronation on TV when I was very small. What I recall is her back as she walked down the aisle, and the incredibly long train: Young, pretty, happy: The Queen … Continue reading →
This video makes me very very nervous:
Continue reading →I was going to write the next installment of my eye story. But after disgorging this enormous post just now, I don’t have it in me at the moment and will postpone it to some future but not-too-distant date. I’d … Continue reading →
The Uvalde school shooting has been a terrible thing. The murder of children and teachers by a teenaged gunman who only gained access through a fluke of a door that didn’t lock when it should have, and the carnage and … Continue reading →
McCormick concedes and Dr. Oz will be the GOP nominee in the Senate race in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Oz’s Democratic opponent Fetterman has been the subject of a lot of rumors that he’s had more health problems than previously disclosed. Now … Continue reading →