Thoughts on the election
Wow, what a night. And, as has become typical in recent years, we still don’t know about several Senate races or who will take control of the House. But much as Trump dodged a real bullet on July 13 in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Obama was the turning point
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] I’ve long felt that, as the title of this post says, Obama was the turning point – not to some hoped-for racial reconciliation, but to a divisive leftist dominance in US politics. Here’s an article from … Continue reading →
The left’s ugly racism towards black conservatives
[NOTE: I’m forcing myself to write at least one post about something other than the election.] We’ve seen this picture before, many times: (1) Larry Elder, black face of white supremacy: “Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. … Continue reading →
This journalist never met another one who supported Trump
Talk about living in echo chambers. See this: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer for The New Yorker, ascribed media bias not to a conspiracy among journalists, but to the fact that the overwhelming majority of journalists are left-leaning. Kang … Continue reading →
Kamala Harris and Barack Obama: the parallels and the differences
Commenter “TommyJay” writes: I must say, Kamala is the emptiest of empty suits. She must be one of the most synthetically, media manufactured politicians ever. I watched a documentary recently about Lou Pearlman and the rise of the boy bands … Continue reading →
Now, these were close elections
Interesting: One vote can make a difference. That was the takeaway from a nationwide survey by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) that found 29 elections ended in ties and another 18 were decided by a single vote thus far … Continue reading →
Netanyahu addresses Congress minus many boycotting Democrats and Republican Thomas Massie
Here’s the video: Some details: Senator Fetterman wore a suit, rescued hostage Noa Argamani was present as well as some IDF soldiers, and Squad member Tlaib didn’t boycott but decided to attend and hold up a “war criminal” sign and … Continue reading →
Menendez will be resigning August 20
Commenter “Nonapod” writes: Bob Menendez is resigning from the Senate. So now we know there is an upper threshold for how much brazen venality a powerful Democrat politician is permitted, but it involves literal bars of gold being found. That … Continue reading →
The marriage of the left and the jihadis
I’ve cued up about a two-minute excerpt from a longer talk by Matt Goodwin, a British professor of political science. In it, he offers a concise summary of what the left and the radical Islamists have in common: Here are … Continue reading →
Trudeau in trouble?
[Hat tip: commenter “Bob Wilson.”] Could it be a portent of things to come?: A Liberal stronghold for thirty years and one of the ridings that helped squeak out a minority government for Trudeau in the last election, swung Conservative … Continue reading →
I’m suddenly seeing polls that show Biden gaining on Trump …
… and that fills me with dread. But I’d been feeling dread about the 2024 election already, even when the polls were good. I have distrust for polls – although not as much distrust as some people have, because I … Continue reading →
South Africa: the ANC and the DA made a deal
Can it last? I wrote about the results of the recent South African election in this post. The ANC, which has been in power for thirty years, had lost the majority and was forced into a coalition that had yet … Continue reading →