I’m going out now…
…to pick up an apple pie I ordered for Thanksgiving. I’m bringing it to my brother’s celebration, where there will be a ton of other desserts and a lot of people. I was going to make a pie rather than … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to a school near you?
This news is from Britain, and it’s still an outlier. But perhaps not for long: Teachers should not refer to pupils as “girls” or “ladies” because it means they are “constantly reminded of their gender”, the Government’s former mental health … Continue reading →
On the sexual charges du jour
Right now I’m not inclined to write about the accused offenders du jour: Conyers and Charlie Rose. Conyers is denying the allegations and Rose has admitted them. Conyers remains in his position and Rose has been fired. It’s not that … Continue reading →
Mugabe forced out—finally
This news is cause for celebration: Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero … Continue reading →
It’s holiday time—which also makes it “Please use neo-neocon’s Amazon portal for your Amazon gift-giving” time
Yes, folks. It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of year. Again. Christmas, Chanukah, and whatever other holiday might suit your diverse fancies are all coming up sooner than you think. So I’m encouraging you to feel their hot … Continue reading →
Larry Tribe’s Frankenstein/ien’s monster
Larry Tribe, Harvard law professor, made a very weird (or is it wierd?) suggestion on Twitter: Trump [had] tweeted: The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, … Continue reading →
Trump’s China deal
Salena Zito notes that it hasn’t gotten much press: Last weekend in Beijing, as part of his 12-day trip to Asia, President Trump announced that the US and China had signed an $83.7 billion memorandum of understanding to create a … Continue reading →
For anyone who wants to talk about the death of the reprehensible Charles Manson…
…here’s a thread for it. His crimes were exceptionally vile. Just about anyone who was alive at that time—1969—remembers. I read the book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi when it first came out, and it was horrific to even read … Continue reading →
Close encounters of the Bush I type
…and by “the Bush I type” I mean the fanny-grope during the photo-op. So now we have a new accusation against Al Franken by a woman named Lindsay Menz: According to Menz, she attended the Minnesota State Fair with her … Continue reading →
The Martyrdom of Man
A while back we had a discussion of popular and/or highly-thought-of books of the past that we’ve never heard of, and that don’t seem all that great if we try to tackle them now. Well, I recently came across The … Continue reading →
Evaluating sexual offenses: Part I
Like just about everyone else, I’ve been mulling over the allegations (some ancient, some quite new) against Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Anthony Weiner, Bill O’Reilly, Donald Trump, Roy Moore, Al Franken, et alia. It would take … Continue reading →
The perfect sign of the times
This.
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