Open thread 9/16/22
I am surprised at how tiny some of these actresses are/were:
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Europe vs. fracking
Europe has a great deal of fracking potential, but Europeans have for the most part rejected that possible solution to its energy problems. Here’s some of what’s been going on, and why: Proponents of fracking hold that Europe’s shale gas … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) Anyone can make an error, but I think the most interesting thing about this one is that she appears to be reading all these names and titles. I would think a presidential press secretary would know them all by … Continue reading →
Rail strike averted…
…for now. The agreement is universally described as tentative: With the deadline to avert a freight railroad strike by Friday morning approaching fast, a tentative agreement has been reached according to the Labor Department. The new contracts provide rail workers … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/15/22
This has been around quite a few years, although I’d never heard of it before:
Continue reading →Will there be a national rail strike?
Just what we need economically – not: One of the unions representing rail workers said Wednesday that its members rejected a proposed deal with rail carriers and voted to move forward with a strike that could have severe consequences for … Continue reading →
Durham limps on
The latest news from Durham is that Danchenko, the guy behind the Steele dossier, was a paid informant of the FBI for many years (isn’t everyone?): In a bombshell revelation, Special Prosecutor John Durham revealed Tuesday in court filings that … Continue reading →
Telling Big Lies: more Senate probes of Trump
It’s often educational to visit the looking-glass world of the leftist press. For example, from Salon, we have this article entitled, “‘Trump turned DOJ into his personal law firm’: Senate probes prosecutor’s claim of Trump corruption”: The Senate Judiciary Committee … Continue reading →
Bolduc, Morse, Hassan, and the New Hampshire GOP primary
Scott Johnson writes: New Hampshire held its late party primaries yesterday. The only interesting races were on the Republican side and Democrats had a hand in two of them. In the Senate contest to pick a challenger to vulnerable incumbent … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/14/22
Interesting:
Continue reading →Trump’s lawyers file a response about the Special Master
The logic in the response seems unassailable to me: This investigation of the 45th President of the United States is both unprecedented and misguided. In what at its core is a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control, … Continue reading →
Poor poor Hunter and the invasion of his privacy by the big bad Republicans
[Hat tip: commenter “Barry Meislin”] In NY Magazine: “The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop; “The most invasive data breach imaginable is a political scandal Democrats can’t just wish away.” In other news, nudists protest invasive gaze of onlookers. And … Continue reading →