Roundup
There’s really too much news these days to cover fairly, even in a roundup. But here’s some of it: (1) One less hostage body for Hamas to use as a cynical bargaining chip; one more Israeli dead on 10/7. RIP. … Continue reading →
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Open thread 6/3/24
The plot is a bit hard to follow:
Continue reading →Would you like to hear what Chris Cuomo has to say about the Trump trial?
No? Well, give it a try anyway. It’s only about two minutes long: And while we’re at it, this is a pretty interesting summary of the Trump years so far:
Continue reading →Try to enjoy June
It’s a beautiful day outside where I live. I’m going out. Recent political and world events have been quite miserable, but I’m trying not to let that destroy my enjoyment of things – like spring and summer, friends, family, the … Continue reading →
The left gaslights the right about the Trump verdict: But our sacred institutions!
Here’s the way the left’s game is played. It’s not just about the Trump verdict – for example, they have used the same technique in connection with accepting the results of the 2020 election. But it is very much in … Continue reading →
Biden’s fake Israel/Palestine peace deal
Many years ago, when I was in my twenties, I had a friend who lived in a far-away city. We kept in touch by phone and letter (how quaint). It was many years before ordinary people had cellphones, so we … Continue reading →
The “evil” category
For most of my blogging career, I’ve had the category “evil” on my right sidebar. As I write this, there are only 118 entries there. Ordinarily, I’ve kept the designation for things like the Holocaust or terrible crimes rather than … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/1/24
Israel now controls the Philadelphi corridor
I’ve heard it said right from the start of the war that Israel must do this. Well, now it has: The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had established “operational control” over the entire so-called Philadelphi Route along the … Continue reading →
Cicada double brood this year
Just to take your mind off the Trump conviction and onto something vastly more pleasant: locusts! It depends on where you live, of course. But here’s the scoop: It has begun. Legions of cheese-puff-sized insects have started to climb out … Continue reading →
The Trump verdict: the bigger picture
The verdict makes it more and more plausible – to fair-thinking people anyway – that there indeed was voting fraud in 2020 and that there will be voter fraud in 2024. After all, the trial and verdict have made it … Continue reading →
Trump as martyr to lawfare at the hands of the Democrats
Clearly, the Democrats thought it would be well worth it to convict Trump in a nakedly political show trial. The lawyers among them – and there are many such – had to be aware of the abysmal weakness of the … Continue reading →