Mueller has finally coughed up his report
It’s in AG Barr’s hands at the moment. I’ll probably write more about it late tonight or some time tomorrow, if we get much more information. Till then, here’s a thread for discussing it.
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The passage of time: fathers and daughters and granddaughters
My great-grandfather holding my grandmother: My great-grandfather holding my mother: He died just a couple of years before I was born.
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At the border: Deportation officers are cutting loose more than 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day, setting them free into border states as the surge of migrations overwhelms the government’s ability to handle them, officials revealed Thursday. Over the … Continue reading →
The election of 2020
No, I don’t have a crystal ball, and I’m not going to predict a winner. Hey, I don’t even know which Democrat is likely to be the nominee. And a lot can happen in the world between now and Election … Continue reading →
Musings on the Electoral College
Commenter “titan28” wrote: It’s depressing that so many Republicans don’t understand the brilliance behind the electoral college mechanism in voting for a chief executive. The Founders at no time believed in the wisdom of direct democracy. The electoral college was … Continue reading →
Changing the rules of the American political game
The Democrats have long been intent on trying to make sure that Republicans never win another election. Rather than figuring out how to do this through argument or through amassing a solid record of accomplishments, they have figured out that … Continue reading →
Labs are the most popular dogs…
…and that’s been true for 28 years in a row. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love labs. They are generally so friendly and good with kids and just about anyone. But they are not my favorite breed, and I’d … Continue reading →
Detainment during WWII
Yesterday while looking at Ted Koppel’s Wiki entry for a comment I was writing, I came across this history: Koppel, an only child, was born in Nelson, England. His parents, German Jews, had fled Germany after the rise of Adolf … Continue reading →
Ted Koppel wakes from a long slumber and notices something about the press
Ted Koppel says: “I’m terribly concerned that when you talk about the New York Times these days, when you talk about the Washington Post these days, we’re not talking about the New York Times of 50 years ago,” Koppel noted … Continue reading →
Yeats was a goner for Gonne
I’ve written about the great poet Yeats before, and in this post I dealt at length with his attitude towards aging and sexuality. In it, I mentioned that he had a lifelong love for and fascination—you might say “obsession”—with the … Continue reading →
Is Jexodus a real thing?
Seems possible, although it’s difficult to know how widespread it is: Jewish voters furious at Democrats’ defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar say they’re done with the party that has held their support for generations. “We felt we had a home … Continue reading →
To know AOC is to not love her
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is becoming less popular over time: A March 15 Gallup poll, for example, found that just 31 percent of Americans view Ocasio-Cortez favorably, compared to 41 percent who view her unfavorably. It appears that as more people have … Continue reading →