So, how did all this counterintelligence investigating of Trump begin?
Dunno:
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The Waffle House shooting and guns
[See UPDATE below.] The shooting at the Waffle House that killed four has sparked the usual discussion about firearm control. I read a number of articles about it, and the comments sections were rife with people on the left crowing … Continue reading →
Artificial intelligence: Google’s hard at work
Google has a new director of AI: The new AI boss at Google is Jeff Dean. The lean 50-year-old computer scientist joined the company in 1999, when it was a startup less than one year old. He earned a reputation … Continue reading →
Not quite brain dead
This is an important and sobering article about brain function. Here’s an excerpt: At TIRR, [Kothari, an assistant professor of rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine] estimates nine out of 10 patients who come to him with a vegetative label … Continue reading →
My bookmark travails
I’m a bookmark hoarder. Not actual bookmarks, the decorative kind you place in actual books. I only have a few of those. No, I’m talking about favorite websites I mark under “bookmarks” on whatever browser I might be using. On … Continue reading →
Comey, Cohen, Dershowitz, and Scooter Libby: the rule of law
I’m very very tired of writing about James Comey. And yet there’s something (or many things) morbidly fascinating about him, now that he’s been unleashed on his book promotion tour and now that his memos have seen the light of … Continue reading →
Update on thenewneo.com
Just want to let you all know that I have succeeded in finding a web developer who will help me make the transfer. I’ll skip the lengthy saga of how hard it was to find such a person, and just … Continue reading →
How many federal crimes have you committed today?
You’re (Probably) a Federal Criminal: While ubiquitous criminality has not undermined the criminal law’s moral force, it has changed the identity of those who make the law, in the practical sense. Since most people have committed at least one crime … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson on…
…Donald Trump, Tragic Hero. Yep, tragic hero. Read it; it’s a unique take.
Continue reading →The leaked Comey “I am not a leaker” memos
He’s not a leaker, although of course he leaked. He’s also not a weasel. We know that, because he tells us so himself, and he said it to Trump, too [you can find the memo texts at the link]: [Comey] … Continue reading →
Food fashions
[NOTE: I noticed this amusing comment from “Fractal Rabbit” in the pasta-cooking thread: Sadly, I’d eat a spaghetti sandwich everyday if I could get away with it. That is, if my blood sugar could get away with it. Trying to … Continue reading →
More Jordan Peterson: on “equality” and where it leads
There are so many wonderful Jordan Peterson videos it’s hard to choose just one (or watch just one; they’re like potato chips). But I think this is especially fine: I’ll add that, having watched quite a bit of Peterson speaking … Continue reading →