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The computer may be the best tool tyranny ever had
When I saw this news story about a Biden administration proposal for the feds to monitor “all business and personal accounts from financial institutions, including bank, loan, and investment accounts,” it struck me – and certainly not for the first … Continue reading →
Melanie Phillips: on the desire to end “forever wars”
This piece by Melanie Phillips packs a lot into a fairly short essay. Phillips is a British writer who is a former liberal and who is not the least bit “woke” in her opinions. I believe she is spot on … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/22/21
Ozzy Man:
Continue reading →Once more, with feeling: shipwreckedcrew on Durham and Russiagate
Shipwreckedcrew knows a lot about law, and this is what he has to say about Durham’s indictment of Sussman. He finds it very unusual: Typically, a “false statement” indictment will consist of a brief description of how the federal investigators … Continue reading →
Babylon Bee: Trump playing 4D chess
From the Babylon Bee: Trump has revealed to reporters that Biden’s so-called “victory” in the 2020 election was actually a 4D chess plot by himself to make his own presidency look good. According to Trump, every time there’s a major … Continue reading →
The Biden administration: lying with impunity
What does it mean to lie with impunity? It means to lie with no bad consequences, with “freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.” Commenter “physicsguy” writes of the Biden administration, the Democrats, and the left as a whole: It is … Continue reading →
RIP Angelo Codevilla
Sad news: Terrible news out this morning of the death of Angelo Codevilla, at age 78, reportedly the victim of a drunk driver. It is hard to overstate the importance and brilliance of Angelo. If you only knew him by … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/21/21
The Senate Parliamentarian..
…says that the Democrats are barred from including in the spending bill a plan to give out 8 million green cards, because “the policy changes of this proposal far outweigh the budgetary impact scored to it and it is not … Continue reading →
Looking back: predictions about our Afghanistan withdrawal
I’m not sure many of us were paying a whole lot of attention to what was being said about our withdrawal from Afghanistan before it occurred, but I think it’s instructive to look back and see what people in government … Continue reading →
Still more on the Sussman indictment and what it signifies
People have continued to opine on the subject of Durham’s indictment of Sussman. While I’m inclined to be very skeptical that it will lead to much, more legally informed minds are expressing at least somewhat greater optimism than I. And … Continue reading →