Brexit and Parliament and Boris Johnson: maneuverings
It’s complicated, as everything parliamentary seems to be. See this as well as this, this, and this.
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The left never rests: they’ve been coming for your DAs
There have been a number of articles about the left’s campaign to get a bunch of leftist DAs-in-name-only (DAINOs?) into office, in order to stop prosecuting a lot of people. Rather Orwellian, don’t you think? Here’s a NY Times article … Continue reading →
China gives in (a little bit) to Hong Kong protestors
But it may be too little too late to quell the anger and the desire for more liberty. Remember? The Hong Kong protests were originally (seemingly) about extradition: Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said Wednesday that the government would … Continue reading →
Rufuspetasumphobia
Here’s a sufferer from this malady: Is anyone else made really uncomfortable these days by anyone wearing any kind of red baseball cap? Like, I see one and my heart does weird shit and then I finally realize it only … Continue reading →
The Babylon Bee outdoes itself
Snopes may be starting to regret its decision to fact-check the satire site Babylon Bee. The Bee’s response has been to mock Snopes relentlessly. And Snopes provides such a big fat target to mock.
Continue reading →Will anyone behind Russiagate be prosecuted?
I have to say right upfront that I doubt it. It just seems to go that way. The state agencies are reluctant to charge their own bureaucrats, no matter what the violation, and the higher up the person is the … Continue reading →
What happens in Guatemala…
…doesn’t stay in Guatemala, according to Mario Duarte, Guatemala’s secretary of strategic intelligence. He has quite a story to tell, which if true indicates another little farewell gift from the Obama administration when it was on its way out: To … Continue reading →
Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day is the bookend on the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment … Continue reading →
Waking up in a strange place
Did you ever wake up convinced you were in one place, and then look around and realize you’re in another? Maybe you’re on vacation and you think you’re at home, until you look around the room and everything is unfamiliar. … Continue reading →
Some reactions to the Horowitz report
Ordinarily I don’t watch a lot of TV news or opinion shows. But I have a tiny TV near my computer, and every now and then I turn it on and watch cable news if something especially important is happening … Continue reading →
The Democratic field right now
I think I can identify with the way a lot of Democrats must feel right now. I believe it parallels how I was feeling for much of the 2016 campaign season. At first I was excited. After eight long years … Continue reading →
RIP Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper has died at the age of 80. Harper was absolutely wonderful on the long-term hit “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” as wisecracking sidekick Rhoda. Neither Jewish, nor fat, nor a New Yorker, she played a character who was … Continue reading →