Open thread 9/14/22
Interesting:
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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 →
Another “unexpected” bit of financial news
Funny how the experts keep getting the prognostications wrong. Such as: Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism for cooling prices and a less aggressive Federal Reserve. The … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/13/22
All quiet on the hurricane front
Not too many hurricanes so far this year: Perhaps what is most striking about this season is that we are now at the absolute peak of hurricane season, and there is simply nothing happening. Although the Atlantic season begins on … Continue reading →
What’s going on in Ukraine these days?
Plenty. I don’t usually report on the ups and downs of the military events in Ukraine, nor do I make prognostications except for making one – which still stands – that this will go on for quite a while longer … Continue reading →
What does it take to wake people up to tyranny?
Commenter “stan” says, regarding how the left has been undermining our liberties and using lawfare to silence the opposition they label as the enemy, “What’s it going to take for good people to see what is happening in plain sight?” … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/12/22
There’s so much we don’t know about the past. But it’s also amazing how much we do know about the past:
Continue reading →Theme and variations on “Little Girl Blue”
I first heard the song “Little Girl Blue” when I was in high school, sung by Nina Simone. My high school boyfriend introduced me to her records, and I was immediately taken with her unique musical style. No one sounded … Continue reading →
The Biden administration’s lawfare against Trump allies continues
They want to frighten people into never, never ever working for Trump again. Those MAGA Republicans are, of course, the enemy out to destroy America, and they deserve everything they might get – after all, Biden said so in his … Continue reading →
Tomorrow it will have been 21 years since 9/11
Tomorrow is 9/11. Twenty-one years is a long long time, and a lot has happened since then to America and to the world. And yet 9/11 still marks a kind of turning point. Never such innocence again, after 9/11. Here’s … Continue reading →