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(1) I wrote briefly last night about the successful recall of San Francisco’s DA Chesa Boudin, and I’ve written about him previously as well. I just want to add that I first realized there was a good chance that the … Continue reading →
Senator Stabenow is in love with her car
Senator Stabenow of Michigan bragged about her electric car: “I just have to say just on the issue of that at gas prices; after waiting for a long time to have enough chips in this country to finally get my … Continue reading →
The banality of Arendt’s “banality of evil”
Several commenters have called my attention to the fact that there’s a new Israeli film about Adolf Eichmann. It’s entitled ““The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes,” and it features interviews in which he describes how much he knew about … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/8/22
It doesn’t really answer the question, but it’s still interesting:
Continue reading →Chesa, we hardly knew ya
Buh-bye Chesa, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. George Soros could buy your way in, but he couldn’t keep you there – not even in bluer-than-blue San Francisco. It’ll be Dahle against Newsom for the … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on lawfare against Trump and against Netanyahu
Well worth reading.
Continue reading →The story told by the third teacher under siege at Robb Elementary, Arnulfo Reyes
We hadn’t heard of his existence before, but now it emerges that there was a third teacher in one of the two rooms under siege at Robb Elementary, Arnulfo Reyes, and he survived although seriously wounded and still in the … Continue reading →
The California primary today is potentially very interesting
Although it may end up with the same-old same-old. First we have the governorship. The loathsome Newsom is the current officeholder, and he survived a recall election recently quite handily. Newsom would dearly love Republican Brian Dahle to win the … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/7/22
Report: the school police chief was not informed about the 911 calls from the children
Earlier I suspected this might be the case, and now we have semi-official word that it is the case (of course, that can change after a more complete investigation as time goes on): State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson: well, it may not be confidence exactly…
…but it’s not no confidence: …58.6% of Conservative MPs backed him — a worse result than former Prime Minister Theresa May, who had the support of 63% of her lawmakers (200, in a much smaller parliamentary party) when she faced … Continue reading →