Open thread 2/18/22
I split this into two parts to eliminate a long advertisement in the middle:
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Roundup
(1) The East Germans had the Stasi. We have hackers and the MSM to dox those guilty of supporting the right to think for oneself and liberty. (2) The jury in Sarah Palin’s defamation case returned a “not guilty” verdict … Continue reading →
An ode to the 1980s
For me, the 1980s are somewhat of a blur, because I spent them having a baby and then raising that baby and intermittently working part-time. I was exhausted much of the time, and not really part of the zeitgeist. Which … Continue reading →
Thinking of going on a cruise?
Ed Driscoll reports on what it’s like in this age of still-existent COVID restrictions. I’m certainly not racing out to do it. And yet, for a short time right before COVID I was thinking of trying it. One of the … Continue reading →
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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…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 →