Open thread 5/18/22
Apes rather than monkeys, but that’s a minor quibble:
Continue reading →neo
Separated at birth?
Maybe Musk will now start reading NewNeo to guide him through the transition to voting Republican
The title of this post is tongue-in-cheek; I don’t expect Musk to be interested in what I’ve written about political changers and left-to-right political change. But he’s a classic example of the phenomenon in this announcement: Elon Musk, admitting he … Continue reading →
Judge Jackson won’t denounce the Dobbs leak or the protesters at justices’ homes
A lot of people are writing about this Andrew C. McCarthy article in which he reports the following: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court after the current term ends in a few … Continue reading →
The spam filter is a bit underactive and a bit overactive these days
Lately I’ve noticed that a few spam comments have been escaping the filter and getting posted. I get rid of them and I also have certain additional ways of blocking them before they even appear. Hopefully my methods will bear … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/17/22
Nice going, Putin old boy, say Finland and Sweden
Well, well, well: Finland will apply for membership in the NATO military alliance, the country’s president, Sauli Niinisto, confirmed on Sunday, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow, which shares a 1,300 km (800 mile) … Continue reading →
Horrific shooting in Buffalo
What is there to say anymore about a racist murder such as this most recent one, in a Buffalo supermarket – hasn’t it all been said before, so many times? I’ll say this: that each such murder is an outrage … Continue reading →
Abortion, angry women, and “choice”
I was walking in a certain town in New England this past Saturday and I happened on a pro-abortion demonstration. I heard it long before I saw it. There was a lot of yelling and honking, and a crowd composed … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/16/22
The story of my left eye – so far: Part V
[Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here. Part IV can be found here.] I can’t remember much about the drive home from the surgery, except that I was tired … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) Buh-bye, Jen Psaki: Psaki is now headed to MSNBC to host a primetime show, a plan she’s had in place for months while still manning the podium in what can only be called a massive ethics breach. Psaki: “[A]s … Continue reading →