Open thread 4/14/22
He has every right to crow:
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Spambot of the day
One of the hallmarks of the comment spam that bloggers get is that, in addition to advertising some website or other in an attempt to raise that site’s rating for search engines, it tends to compliment the blogger. This one, … Continue reading →
COVID study
Here’s a lengthy report that studied the effectiveness of different states’ reactions to COVID. It’s complicated and I’m not going to write about it in detail at the moment (maybe never), but it’s worth looking at. Here are some of … Continue reading →
Subway shooting suspect Frank James arrested: an equal opportunity hater, but you would have trouble learning that if you only read the MSM
He was in the East Village when apprehended: Frank R. James was arrested in Manhattan on a federal warrant and will face a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court, with a police source indicating the 61-year-old suspect was busted after East … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/13/22
I strongly suggest muting the music while you watch this:
Continue reading →Things I’m having to do more of lately
(1) Roundups. There’s just so much news every day. (2) Closing down popups that ask me if I want “notifications.” No one ever wants notifications. (3) Dealing with trolls and/or near-trolls. (4) Deleting multiple campaign emails. (5) Hearing about the … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) Hunter Biden’s “Big Guy.” (2) Post-lockdown college students feel aimless and disconnected: In 20 years of teaching at Doane University, Kate Marley has never seen anything like it. As many as 30 percent of her students do not show … Continue reading →
Obama and Biden: on weakening the US
Commenter “Frederick” asked: @neo:This was part of Obama’s plan, I believe: to weaken the US on the world stage. Probably too big for the comments here, but I’m curious about this. Do you think Obama and the people aligned with … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/12/22
I’ve long wondered about this:
Continue reading →Ukraine, Russia, and Israel
It’s complicated: Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky declared Tuesday that, when the war is finally over, Ukraine would emerge from the rubble a “big Israel.” He meant that the war would never really be over, that Ukraine would be on a … Continue reading →
Shanghai: it’s a mad world
The Ukrainians seem to have been catapulted by Russia into a World War II movie. Not a good place to be. At the same time, the Chinese of Shanghai are living in one of those futuristic dystopian films: Nearly all … Continue reading →
Remember the days of jello posts?
They’re baaaack.
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