A comment from “physicsguy”: [After] a bit of a break from the silence from my lib/D friends on FB…The new narrative is emerging: “They’ve got 60k people out in the last few days! They are doing a wonderful job!” (Somehow … Continue reading →
We could all use some good news, right? Here’s some: Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker filed documents to run for the United States Senate in Georgia on Tuesday. Federal Election Commission documents show that Walker, 59, is set to … Continue reading →
Amidst everything else, this happened yesterday: Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders have muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting the party’s domestic infrastructure agenda back on track…. … Continue reading →
There are many reasons the ballet “Swan Lake” has lasted so long – nearly 150 years (the music; for the choreography, about 125). But I bet this video offers some reasons you hadn’t thought of before: NOTE: I’m not familiar … Continue reading →
What’s a few misplaced ballots among friends?: Authorities are investigating why 300 unopened vote-by-mail ballots for the upcoming recall election were found – along with a gun, drugs and stolen mail – in a car parked at a Torrance convenience … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Today’s latest abomination: President Biden on Tuesday said he will stick to an Aug. 31 deadline for removing US troops from Afghanistan after the Taliban said it would not allow him any additional time to evacuate US citizens and … Continue reading →
One of today’s many disgusting developments from our new insect overlords the Taliban: The Taliban said Tuesday that the group will not allow Afghan nationals to leave the country and opposes any extension of evacuation flights, a development that comes … Continue reading →
“The Lives of Others” was an incredibly good movie. I never gave a thought to how it was filmed in terms of technique. So while this analysis may be obvious to you, it was news to me. [NOTE: The narrator … Continue reading →
…but his excuses and blaming and lies since then have been especially vile as well. For example, yesterday’s appearance featured quite a bit of those behaviors. And why the laughter here (sandwiched between a denial and a strawman argument)? Is … Continue reading →
Gotta kill those shelter dogs: According to Angus Thompson in the Sidney Morning Herald, the rural Bourke Shire Council “killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals.” A spokesman from … Continue reading →
Who is Colonel Richard Kemp? He’s a retired British officer who was had a long military career in combat as well as anti-terrorism operations. From July 2003 to November 2003 he was the head of the British effort in Afghanistan … Continue reading →
Don Everly of the Everly Brothers died last Saturday at the age of 84. I was going to start this post with the sentence: “I loved the Everly Brothers.” But then I checked the post I published on the death … Continue reading →