Open thread 6/1/22
“Rosebud!” said Charles Foster Kane. But not this type of rosebud:
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What one Border Patrol agent says about the efforts of officers at Robb Elementary
This is from a border patrol agent who rushed to the Uvalde school after getting a frantic text from his wife, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary. The siege was ongoing at the time [emphasis mine]: Albarado said he raced … Continue reading →
Beware of imagining you know more than you do about the Uvalde school shooting
I was going to write a huge post on this issue today, but I got busy with other things and decided to postpone it till tomorrow. But here’s a piece of information (hat tip: commenter “Kate”) that was revealed today … Continue reading →
The Etute trial
Ever hear of it? I hadn’t heard of this case until today when commenter “j e” wrote a comment about the verdict in the second degree murder case, which was an acquittal. The facts of the case are both disturbing … Continue reading →
The Sussman jury
I already wrote a post today on the Sussman acquittal, but I thought I’d give one subtopic its own post as well. It concerns the following, which I read in this piece (hat tip commenter “Barry Meislin”): The jury unanimously … Continue reading →
Sussman acquitted
In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, a jury in DC acquitted Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who had been accused of lying to the FBI. The reason this result is no surprise is because the trial … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/31/22
Wow:
Continue reading →For Memorial Day
I’ve posted this song before, but I think it bears repeating, especially on Memorial Day. It’s Tim McGraw’s extraordinarily moving song “If You’re Reading This“: If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a one … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/30/22
“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.” —Robert Frost
Continue reading →The girl who played dead in Uvalde
You’ve probably already heard of one fourth-grader in Uvalde who smeared herself with the blood of her dead friend, intending to pretend to be dead herself if the shooter returned to her classroom from the adjoining room where he was … Continue reading →
The story of the Uvalde police response just gets worse and worse…[also see the UPDATES at the end of the post]
…and still not especially clear. I’ve noticed, also, that many people who are following the story – be they newscasters or pundits or commenters on blogs – keep getting the details mixed up and either inferring things that weren’t said … Continue reading →
Why Durham waited
Most of us have wondered at the snail’s pace of Durham’s Russiagate probe, which was way too slow to affect the all-important 2020 election and very frustrating. Here’s Bill Barr’s explanation, for what it’s worth – and I think it’s … Continue reading →