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The new and not-so-new Fascism: have you noticed, re the Meloni election…
…how “God, country, and family” has become the very essence of Fascism? Here’s her “fascism”: But here is a cataloging, as best as I can pull together, of the claims used to portray Meloni as fascist: Meloni “bemoans” the chronically … Continue reading →
Richard D. Wolff and the ice cream cones
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited version of a previous post.] Here’s an interview that includes some remarks by a leftist academic named Richard D. Wolff. Wolff’s credentials are impressive, if you’re impressed by this sort of thing: Richard D. Wolff … Continue reading →
Zelensky’s message: Surrender, Conscripts
Given the unhappiness of many of the Russian conscripts, this appears to be a clever approach: In his video address, President Zelensky, made 3 promises to Russians who were forced into conscription and surrender to Ukraine: — Sid Chambers, PhD … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/28/22
Dershowitz, Barr, Durham, and lawfare against political opponents
In line with Allen Dershowitz’s history as a defender of civil liberties, he’s going to represent the “My Pillow” guy Mike Lindell in his lawsuit: I disagree with My Pillow founder Mike Lindell about a lot of things, including his … Continue reading →
The Nordstream pipeline has been damaged, and it looks like sabotage
As if things weren’t bad enough, now this: Natural-gas is erupting like geysers on the surface of the Baltic Sea above the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, images from the Danish military show. Danish Defence on Tuesday released a video taken … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/27/22
How corrupt is the FBI?
This corrupt. And judges/magistrates seem to have little trouble rubber-stamping the FBI’s excesses. Neither of the stories of FBI malfeasance described in the linked post at Ace’s have anything to do with searching Donald Trump, by the way. The first … Continue reading →
The election of Italy’s “far-right” Giorgia Meloni: the EU “has tools”
The EU was none too pleased at the prospect of the election of Giorgia Meloni of Italy: As Italians prepare[d] to vote in [Sunday’s] general election, the European Union has issued a warning – making clear that it stands ready … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/26/22
Now, this is devotion. It’s a devotion I don’t quite understand, but it’s devotion nevertheless:
Continue reading →I blame it on the Neanderthals
Hey Jean! You have more Neanderthal DNA than 34% of other customers. You inherited a small amount of DNA from your Neanderthal ancestors. Out of the 7,462 variants we tested, we found 229 variants in your DNA that trace back … Continue reading →