Open thread 7/25/22
The first dance is about shepherds, and it’s quite the tour de force:
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Odette’s escape: woman or swan?
I know that’s the burning question you’ve all been asking yourselves for years: was “Swan Lake’s” swan queen Odette a swan, or was she a woman? Did Prince Siegfried actually have an interspecies romance? And I’m here to answer: Odette … Continue reading →
Pete Seeger has a stamp
I was raised on The Weavers, the folk-singing singing group of which Seeger was an important member – that, plus Tom Lehrer, Flanders and Swann, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado” and “HMS Pinafore”, and every Broadway musical from the mid-1940s to … Continue reading →
Bret Stephens and Paul Krugman of The NY Times give a double master class in how to admit to being wrong while remaining deeply, deeply wrong
On the one hand, I applaud Krugman and Stephens for admitting they were wrong about something. It’s not easy to do and many many people never do it no matter how many times they’re wrong and no matter how public … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/23/22
Speaking of the two-tiered system of justice…
…and we’ve indeed been speaking of it lately, over and over and over – Steve Bannon has been convicted by a Washington DC jury of contempt of Congress. It’s the first such conviction since 1974, when Attorney General Richard Kleindienst … Continue reading →
George Gascon fights his own prosecutors over three strikes
A lot of DAs have been in the news lately, haven’t they? Here’s what George Gascon of Los Angeles has been up to while he prepares to face a recall vote: Gascón’s prosecutors sued him so they could “charge repeat … Continue reading →
Trying to assassinate NY gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin? No biggee
Well, at least Zeldin gets to say “I told you so”: The man who allegedly tried to stab Republican candidate for New York governor Lee Zeldin with a bladed weapon during a campaign stop on Thursday was released from jail … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/22/22
Google: “Don’t be evil”
Google started out with the mantra “Don’t be evil”: When Google went public in 2004, it epitomised technological and entrepreneurial genius. Two engineers had developed a remarkably powerful, easy-to-use search engine, opening the doors to vast amounts of knowledge. The … Continue reading →
That two-tiered system of justice again: DA Mike Schmidt of Portland
I’m referring to this: …Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer was hit with a charge of rioting for the May Day brawl in August of 2019 [in Portland, Oregon]… Today, Gibson’s case was finally dismissed. He threatened to sue … Continue reading →
Biden tests positive for COVID
Supposedly he is experiencing only mild symptoms. I actually believe that’s most likely the case, because in general COVID has become more and more mild over time – in the manner of most infectious viral diseases. That didn’t stop the … Continue reading →