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Russia is kicked off the UN Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council is a joke anyway, but this happened today: The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council following global outrage stemming from alleged atrocities recently committed by Russian troops … Continue reading →
The vagaries of a parliamentary system may allow Netanyahu to return to power
A defection means that Bennett’s government has lost its fragile majority: Plunging the government into crisis, coalition whip Idit Silman announced Wednesday that she is quitting and will instead work to form a new, right-wing government without a resort to … Continue reading →
Ketanji Brown-Jackson confirmed by a 53-47 vote
This action by the Senate was a foregone conclusion, even without the ever-so-helpful three Republican votes. That is because not a single Democrat defected, not even Manchin. That does not surprise me terribly, although with the three Republican votes Manchin … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/7/22
My favorite part starts with the lyric, “Not quite a year since you went away.” It’s the quietest part but so effective:
Continue reading →Roundup, roundup!
(1) A January 6th defendant who elected to be tried by a judge rather than a jury has been found not guilty: [Judge] McFadden said that the first charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building was a “close … Continue reading →
What to do about the Smiley Martins of the world?
Six people were murdered Sunday in Sacramento: Sacramento police say that two groups of men began firing at each other in Sunday’s shooting downtown and that at least five shooters were involved in what authorities are now saying was a … Continue reading →
You may have noticed…
…that I’m back to blogging more in real time now rather than just pre-scheduled posts from before my surgery. I plan to take it a bit slower for a while, although it really depends on how I feel. Also, I’m … Continue reading →
It occurs to me that Elon Musk is somewhat the anti-Soros
Now that Musk has become the largest shareholder in Twitter, it seems he has plans to change some things: Elon Musk filed a new disclosure on his Twitter Inc. stake with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, admitting that … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/6/22
Two’s company, three’s a lichen:
Continue reading →Update on my surgery, the day after
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride today, but starting this afternoon things have been good with my operated eye (knock wood). I’m going to do a bit of computer work now but not too much. At some … Continue reading →
“Politics is downstream from culture”
Commenter “Frederick” asked an interesting question: [Breitbart said] “Politics is downstream from culture.” Was he right about this? Take CRT for example. How did people who hold CRT views accumulate so much political power when they are such a tiny … Continue reading →