This report certainly seems to support the “deep incompetence” theory. If you believe the NY Times report, that is: Guards at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein was held fell asleep and failed to check on him for about three hours … Continue reading →
Theory, that is. The funny thing about the ubiquity of conspiracy theories is that some of them are true. The trouble is figuring out which ones they might be, because the majority are not. Now that the Epstein death conspiracy … Continue reading →
People who believe they know what happened to Epstein based on the conflicting and shaky information we’ve gotten so far are mistaken, although of course at least one group of them is probably right. We just don’t know which group … Continue reading →
…was murder. For the right it’s obviously the Clintons who contracted for the deed, and for the left it couldn’t be clearer that the culprits are their favorites, Trump and the Russians. But I think the most likely explanation is … Continue reading →
I think that anything by Andrew C. McCarthy is likely to be worth reading, so I call your attention to his new book Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. Keep in mind that … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Since red flag laws are under serious consideration in the wake of various new shootings, I thought I’d recycle a two-year-old post on the subject, slightly edited. The post was originally written about Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, but … Continue reading →
The news cycles are so fast these days, with so many different controversies and charges and rebuttals and reactions, that it’s easy to let a particular one fall away a bit in the memory even if it was absolutely central … Continue reading →
…can be found here: The ACLJ [American Center for Law and Justice] has just obtained previously unreleased documents related to the Clinton investigation and immunity agreements given to top Clinton aids. These agreements reveal that James Comey’s Federal Bureau of … Continue reading →
Yesterday SCOTUS handed down a 5-4 ruling blocking a lower court injunction, and allowing Trump to proceed with wall building using defense funds, while litigation on the merits goes forward. One reason for their ruling had to do with the … Continue reading →
Just wow: Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster. Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it. The effort to save democracy and the … Continue reading →
I haven’t watched it, because unless the circumstances are extraordinary (and these are not) I cannot stand lengthy Congressional testimony. I find it suffices for me to read about it and to watch selected clips later. In the case of … Continue reading →
…that the world has gone stark raving mad. See this: A born male who identifies as female, and whose male genitalia is still intact, is suing female-only waxers on the basis that their refusal to wax his bollocks — sorry, … Continue reading →