If Bernie is the nominee…
…the ads practically write themselves:
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So, will the Democrats have a brokered convention?
The idea’s all the rage. Since Wednesday’s debate, which has been widely (and bipartisanly, for the most part) considered a debacle, a host of articles has appeared predicting that the Democratic presidential nominee will be “none of the above” and … Continue reading →
Fighting the left: content vs. process
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”.] Interesting article: Capitalism, according to Marx, is filled with contradictions, all of which guarantee its eventual failure. One example is the belief that capitalists, seeking every greater profits, will increase the “immiseration” of the working class, … Continue reading →
Roger Stone is sentenced
He gets forty months, which is three and a third years: GOP operative Roger Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Thursday after days of drama ensnaring career prosecutors, the attorney general and the president over … Continue reading →
A few words about the debate I didn’t watch
I didn’t watch – I’m not that much of a glutton for punishment – but I hear tell about it. Sounds as though there was a lot of ripping of Bloomberg. That was to be expected. Warren was apparently especially … Continue reading →
Here’s a thread for tonight’s Democratic debate
Planning to watch? I’m not, but I may look at a minute or two, out of curiosity about Bloomberg.
Continue reading →On the bias of DC courts and what to do about it
The problem is this: “When the District of Columbia is the venue for any prosecution with political overtones, Justice Department charging decisions must factor in the jury pool, which is solidly anti-Trump,” observed former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy… Justice still … Continue reading →
Chrissie Hynde speaks out for something that used to be ordinary but is now getting to be extraordinary
I’m referring to the idea that differences of opinion about politics are okay, and people can love one another despite them. Here’s what I’m talking about: On Twitter, the Ohio-born singer [who was the lead singer of the rock group … Continue reading →
Dueling “narratives”: 1776 vs. 1619
[Hat tip: commenter Artfldgr.] A group called the Woodson Center has launched a counter-project to the NY Times’ “1619 Project” falsehoods: As long as the perpetrators of race grievance that are represented by the 1619 Project are permitted to go … Continue reading →
Good documentaries
Many years ago I wrote about the following documentary, but I just noticed that the entire thing is on YouTube. I recommend it to anyone interested in the 1972 Andes plane crash survival story, or survival stories in general. It’s … Continue reading →
Trump grants pardons and commutations
Trump grants clemency to Eddie De Bartolo Jr., Blagojevich, Keric, Milken, and others. Blagojevich had his sentence commuted (after serving eight years) and the rest were pardoned, along with clemency in other less high-profile cases. There is a big difference … Continue reading →
Judge Amy Brennan Jackson plans to go full steam ahead with sentencing Stone
Yesterday I wrote: Once upon a time, this sort of [juror] bias [as evidenced by Tomeka Hart] would have been something liberals would have recognized as disqualifying. But now, since it hurt Trump and Stone, I predict that the judge, … Continue reading →