[Hat tip: commenter “Mike Plaiss.”] From an editorial in the WSJ: The Justice Department’s release of the so-called Epstein files has gone pretty much as skeptics warned. The feds published another three million pages on Friday. Such investigatory materials are … Continue reading →
This video is a discussion of an especially egregious lie told recently by Tucker Carlson. The part I’ve cued up is only about ten minutes long, and you don’t even have to watch it all to get the picture, although … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ace.] This is what it’s come to: An assault victim has been convicted of a homophobic hate crime after she branded her attacker a ‘f****t’ in text messages whilst ranting about being beaten up. Care home worker Elizabeth … Continue reading →
SCOTUS says it will be hearing a case about mail-in ballots. This is potentially extremely important: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Watson v. the Republican National Committee (RNC), which asks the Court to decide if ballots cast … Continue reading →
Commenter “Rufus T. Firefly” writes, in contemplation of the fact that James Lileks and his wife are separating after decades of marriage: I think this fascinates me because he is being so very open and public about something that all … Continue reading →
This is what I’m talking about: “I think the little Manchurian candidate, JD Vance, wants to be president more than anything else,” Psaki claimed. “I always wonder what is going on in the mind of his wife [Usha]. Are you … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of buzz about this article. An excerpt: This cancellation was feminine, the essay argued, because all cancellations are feminine. Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization … Continue reading →
… pumped up by propaganda in schools and online (especially social media), the medical establishment, leftist activism in general, and trans activism in particular. Transgenderism had existed for years. But it was extremely rare and mostly – although not entirely … Continue reading →
Several people in one of yesterday’s threads mentioned this essay by Eve Barlow. When I read it, I was struck by her explanation of why so many trans activists seem to be pro-Palestinian – when most Palestinians would hate their … Continue reading →
If you want to kill a SCOTUS justice, and get close enough to be charged with attempting to kill or kidnap a SCOTUS justice and have to plead guilty, it’s worth your while (if you’re a man, that is) to … Continue reading →
Of course, that’s hardly all he said. The basic thrust of the speech was to turn back the clock to the time before Obama’s Hope and Change and Wokeness transformed the military (at least, the Obama years are when I … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I haven’t watched most of the speeches at the Charlie Kirk memorial yesterday, but I’ve seen short clips and read excerpts plus Erika Kirk’s entire speech.] Erika Kirk is clearly a remarkable woman, but one would expect that because … Continue reading →