They must have switched women midstream
This can’t be the same woman who came into the salon. Can’t be. But it is.
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Attack of the death caps
If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to watch out for deadly mushrooms.
Continue reading →On Northam and the blackface photo: is there no statute of limitations?
I’m going to assume most of you are aware of the brouhah around a photo that appeared on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page in 1984 that showed two young men, one in blackface and one in a … Continue reading →
It’s Groundhog Day. Again.
What could be more appropriate on Groundhog Day than a repeat of an old essay about the movie, a personal favorite of mine (slightly edited, of course, because in the spirit of the movie we try to get it better … Continue reading →
Hospitals are not a great place to get some rest
But a new program is trying to change that—for the better: …[I]n a new study, a Chicago hospital adopted sleep-friendly measures for patients that led to fewer nighttime awakenings without compromising care. Nighttime room entries dropped by 44 percent after … Continue reading →
The Title IX lawsuit against universities for creating a hostile environment for males
This is awfully interesting: California doctoral student who filed Title IX complaints in 2018 against Yale University and the University of Southern California for alleged discrimination against male students has now filed a similar complaint against Harvard University. Ph.D. student … Continue reading →
Schultz and third-party-candidate hate
I think it’s almost normal for at least one political side to hate a third-party candidate. And it stands to reason that the more appealing the candidate, the more that person will be hated by the side that feels threatened. … Continue reading →
The fashionable Willie Brown and his fashionable ties
Commenter “huxley” has a question: When I met him, Willie [Brown, of San Francisco] was wearing a gold tie collar pin bar something which attaches at the collar and beneath the tie so the knot juts forward. Is there a … Continue reading →
Howard Schultz is driving the Democrats crazy
Third-party candidates just about always strike fear into one party more than the other, and it’s the party that figures it stands most to lose. In the case of candidate Howard Schultz, that’s the Democrats. Schultz is (or was) basically … Continue reading →
Howie Carr on Mueller’s involvement…
…in covering up an FBI frame-up. An old one.
Continue reading →The big news today is the weather
It’s a relatively slow news day in the USA. The big news is the midwest big chill. It’s really really really cold—although as a person who’s been in the midwest in winter for extended periods of time, I have to … Continue reading →
Another hate crime hoax?
Perhaps: The incendiary story of an alleged hate crime attack targeting Empire actor Jussie Smollett immediately went viral yesterday, with media reporting the attackers made racial and anti-gay comments while using President Trump’s “MAGA” slogan during the 2 a.m. assault … Continue reading →