Open thread 1/3/22
I guess this is for real:
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Happy New Year’s Day
Today I’m trying to relax. I don’t have a hangover because I don’t drink, although I had my customary thimbleful of champagne last night. I don’t have any resolutions because I’ve learned over the years that I break them quickly. … Continue reading →
Belief systems: Proving or disproving AGW
Commenter Richard Aubrey writes: Looking at such belief systems from the outside is puzzling. Is it that the individual believes in certain things? Or is it that the individual believes in BELIEVING, irrespective of factual difficulties? From time to time … Continue reading →
COVID tests
Commenter “Griffin” writes: And I know it’s tempting to criticize the administration for not supplying ample amounts of tests but that is the wrong approach also. Tests are how this goes on forever so by criticizing them now you are … Continue reading →
RIP Betty White
Betty White died just a couple of weeks short of her 100th birthday, and as far as I can tell she was healthy to the end and died in her sleep. Here’s a fairly comprehensive piece about her life. White … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/1/22
It’s 2022. Wow, that came fast.
Continue reading →Mugged by reality? Not so fast
I keep wondering whether many people who voted for Biden still would vote for him again. Yes, I know that his approval ratings are low, particularly with conservatives and independents. But among Democrats, he still has majority approval, although it’s … Continue reading →
Those Whitmer kidnapping defendants and proving entrapment
Commenter “Bauxite” writes in the Whitmer entrapment thread: If the facts show that the feds sought out these defendants because they were weak and vulnerable, that will increase my sympathy for them. They will still have a very tough task … Continue reading →
What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
I don’t usually do much of anything on New Year’s Eve, although I used to always try to watch the ball go down on TV. Staying up late is no problem for me, since I’m a night owl and always … Continue reading →
Open thread 12/31/21
Some history here.
Continue reading →Buh-bye, de Blasio
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Before I read this article on de Blasio’s leavetaking, I had forgotten that he got his big break in 2013 when frontrunner Anthony Weiner imploded in a sexting scandal. That … Continue reading →
Scott Adams on voting fraud
This is somewhat my attitude, too, and has been from the start: Our burden of proof standards are backwards because we are conditioned to think of trials. But the world is not a trial. If any part of your election … Continue reading →