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Another roundup
(1) Hat tip: AesopFan. The wheels of justice keep up their extremely slow grind: A Politico report this week confirmed that investigations are underway after researcher Mark Glaeser began crossing-checking Florida voter lists against lists of the state’s convicted sex … Continue reading →
Is the Russian military somewhat of a Potemkin village?
Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we’ve been arguing in the comments here about his motives and goals. Putting that aside, this post is about something else: the state of the Russian military. And by “military” I mean army, navy, … Continue reading →
Clarence Thomas has been discharged from the hospital
Good news: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was released from the hospital Friday morning following a weeklong stay related to an infection, a court spokesperson said. Thomas, 73, was hospitalized last Friday night with “flu-like symptoms”… Seventy-three isn’t so very … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/25/22
The Putin Doctrine
Zelenskyy recently made a speech right before the NATO summit in which he said this (in English): The War of Russia is not only the war against Ukraine. Its meaning is much wider. Russian started the war against freedom as … Continue reading →
This video was made in April of 2021
Here’s a guy who gets to say a few “I told you so”s: Hat tip: commenter Barry Meislin. Unfortunately, with all the woke business that Obama and Biden have pushed in our military, I fear we’re going in a similar … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson says a real reset is coming
Some excerpts: In truth, we are about to see a radical reset — of the current reset. It will be a different sort of transformation than the elites are expecting and one that they should greatly fear… In the November … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/24/22
It takes a biologist to define “woman”…
…according to Ketanji Brown Jackson. Duly noted. Of course, you might say that’s at least a somewhat more conservative point of view than the usual leftist “you’re a woman if you merely call yourself one” standard. Quite a while ago … Continue reading →
Unknown factor: the Russian public and the Russian military
Commenter “Kate” writes: I don’t think anyone on our side of the fence knows what’s really going on in Russia, or whether public opinion there makes any difference. Some military observers are now estimating Russian military deaths so far at … Continue reading →
How to format comments like a pro
Yesterday commenter “Turtler” asked this question: “How do I format my posts, such as bolding, making quotes, etc?” It occurred to me that a lot of people might be interested in the answer to that question. The answer is to … Continue reading →