Open thread 2/17/2022
I never cared much for blue jays; they’re so commonplace. But when you really look at them, they’re beautiful:
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Quintez Brown ruined the narrative…
…as well as his own chances to be elected to the Louisville City Council. Then again, you never know about the latter. Voters can be very forgiving of little moral flaws, such as this shooting attempt in which Brown is … Continue reading →
Trudeau the tyrant…
…isn’t all that popular these days. Maybe there’s hope for Canada yet: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid collapsing domestic approval ratings, is witnessing full-scale abandonment in the provinces, which is taking place as he moves to implement martial law on … Continue reading →
San Francisco recalls three extremely woke school board members
On the surface – because it’s ultra-blue San Francisco – this seems like a surprising development: San Francisco residents overwhelmingly approved of a vote Tuesday to recall three of the city’s school board members, election officials said. Critics, including San … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/16/22
Dreaming about blogging; on doxxing donors
Lately there have been so many events that cry out for in-depth analysis that I often feel overwhelmed, and I think I’d feel that way even if my task was limited to reading about them – forget about trying to … Continue reading →
JFK assassination conspiracy theories and how they work
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed that there is a new entry in the JFK assassination conspiracy rolls. And then later, commenter “John Tyler” posted a link to it, wondering what to make of it. I gave a perfunctory answer, but then … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/15/22
Roundup
(1) James Webb is starting to take pictures – and the very first one was a selfie. (2) This was very very very predictable: “Distributed Denial of Secrets, a leak site, claimed it received information about donors to the Canadian … Continue reading →
Russiagate: It’s both the crime and the coverup
A saying that became popularized in relation to Watergate was, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.” For Watergate, that was apropos. The actual crime of breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters palled compared to the efforts to cover it … Continue reading →
Happy Valentine’s Day!
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/14/22
This interview – one among many with the Bee Gees on YouTube – was from around 1989. After the Bee Gees’ early ballad success in the 60s and then their enormous disco domination in the late 70s, American DJs turned … Continue reading →