Roundup
I keep doing these roundups lately because there are so many stories to cover: (1) Biden’s hateful rhetoric seems to have borne fruit in this killing. But don’t look to the MSM to talk much about it. (2) I guess … Continue reading →
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Martha’s Vineyard demographics
With all the brouhaha about Martha’s Vineyard lately, I’ve noticed a lot of pundits saying that it’s an enclave for the white and the rich. Far be it from me to defend the Vineyard, but in this case I’d like … Continue reading →
Well, now Google finally recognizes me
It’s the first step, anyway, towards clearing up the problem. Thanks to those who helped instruct me on how to unblock search engines. Some services I paid for couldn’t help me, but you did.
Continue reading →Open thread 9/20/22
What a distinctive voice lead singer Gladys Horton had in this song, which was the first Motown offering to reach #1. Here’s the story of The Marvelettes:
Continue reading →Roundup
Here we go again with another roundup: (1) Scott Johnson of Powerline has a post on Jan Karski, the Polish officer who tried to warn the US about the Holocaust in a timely fashion, to little or no avail. I … Continue reading →
Why would any “election denier” respond to a pollster?
[Hat tip: “Stan.”] This seems intuitively obvious to me: A leading independent pollster said Saturday that polls might seriously undercount Republican voters in the current political climate. In a Twitter thread, Trafalgar Group chief pollster Robert C. Cahaly said that … Continue reading →
Describing Biden
The following description is quite on point. It’s by Miranda Devine: This is quintessential Biden. Lying, gaslighting, emphatic, nasty, denying reality while in the same breath denying he’s denying reality. It is so out of the bounds of normal behaviour … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/19/22
Such composure and musicality:
Continue reading →Greatest books
Commenter “huxley” linked this website purporting to list the greatest books. It uses an algorithm based on a a group of 130 other lists, and comes up with some obvious choices as well as some curious ones. Even some of … Continue reading →
What’s up with Lindsey Graham’s Senate abortion bill?
What is Lindsey Graham’s goal in proposing a national abortion bill at this point, shortly before the midterms? There’s a common belief on the right that he’s trying to sabotage Republican control of the Senate in 2022, as argued in … Continue reading →
Writing for the mighty SEO
“SEO” stands for “Search Engine Optimization,” which is apparently one of the main keys to Google rankings. I’m lousy at it, and so I decided to install a plugin that supposedly assists in that endeavor. One of my main problems … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/17/22
In particular I remember those metal skates:
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