The title of this post refers to the old joke about the optimistic child: There is a famous joke about a child who wakes up on Christmas morning and is surprised to find a heap of horse manure under the … Continue reading →
“Low-cost pheromones!!” a bot that tried to post today on the blog advertised. I used to get up to 10,000 spambots a day here, the vast majority trapped in a spam filter than I had to clean out several times … Continue reading →
This article in HuffPo describes how wonderful the housing in Vienna is, and how cheap: “Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise: Public housing is the accommodation of last resort in the U.S. Not so in Austria’s capital city.” Paragraph after paragraph describes … Continue reading →
And what of the tape CNN played of a conversation between Trump’s attorney and Trump himself discussing possibly buying the rights to a Playboy bunny’s story of Trump infidelity? Salient points: (1) There’s no there there. No evidence of a … Continue reading →
…much like the others: A waiter at a Texas steakhouse made up the viral story about a customer leaving him a racist note, his employer said Monday. The story gained national attention after Khalil Cavil, a 20-year-old server for Saltgrass … Continue reading →
It’s nitpicky and tedious work to analyze the FISA application, its flaws, and the claims made about it. But there are a few people who consistently do thorough and reliable work, and so I recommend you read what they have … Continue reading →
In this column Victor Davis Hanson opines on an ironic phenomenon that has resulted from the Democratic need to discredit President Trump: their sudden discovery of the awfulness of the Russians. Like so many things happening today, it’s so obvious … Continue reading →
I’ve had a little ongoing dialogue with commenter “DNW” on this previous thread about eastern Europe vs. western Europe and the “migrants.” You can find the start of our back-and-forth here; just start reading and scroll down if you want … Continue reading →
The FISA application for surveillance on Carter Page finally was released to the public on Saturday, in a heavily redacted but lengthy version. Saturday is the time that news stories ordinarily go to die, but this one has gotten quite … Continue reading →
The ballet “La Sylphide” (not to be confused with the ballet “Les Sylphides”) is an old Romantic warhorse. It’s one of the oldest ballets—maybe even the oldest ballet—for which we still have the choreography and which is still performed with … Continue reading →
Might some of this be why, perchance? And this is about all the ways in which the Mueller investigation stands to hurt our national security. Then we have the question of whether John Brennan retains his security clearance. [NOTE: This … Continue reading →
Europe has been in turmoil over the issue of so-called “migration” (which at this point in time is the arrival of people who are predominantly Middle Eastern or North African Muslims, although it is not completely limited to those groups). … Continue reading →