On the Paul Pelosi perp
So many people have gone into the Paul Pelosi attack in depth that I don’t feel the need to do so at the moment. So I’ll just link to this as well as this. I wrote at the outset I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
And across the pond, Rishi Sunak is the new British Prime Minister
Best of luck, Rishi. You’ve got your work cut out for you: Sunak gave an address to Tory MPs, during which he ruled out calling an early general election – despite calls from opposition parties. He later made a televised … Continue reading →
Steve Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt
Well, you might say he probably has more contempt for Congress than that. But it’s completely obvious that his sentencing is just another example of one set of legal consequences (none) for Democrats and another set (conviction, prison) for Republicans … Continue reading →
Liz Truss resigns: well, that was quick
As expected and predicted, British PM Liz Truss has resigned. Who will be replacing her? There’s the guy who had come in second to Truss, Rishi Sunak, who also can say “I told you so” because he’d warned about problems … Continue reading →
It’s “ablist” of a reporter to discuss John Fetterman’s health problems, says his wife
John Fetterman is running for the Senate, but he and the left are trying to make his disability – or handicap, or whatever you want to call it – off-limits by definition. His wife compares discussion of his health problems … Continue reading →
Is Liz Truss aleady on the way out?
If so, that was quick. See this: In six short weeks, Liz Truss has succeeded in angering all wings of her party. Most now agree she can’t fight the next election. Britain’s latest prime minister, who won a Tory leadership … Continue reading →
The Gramscian march through arts institutions – and arts funding
Some years ago – perhaps ten? – I pretty much stopped going to art museums. Most of the exhibits were no longer of art I wanted to see, and even the ones that seemed promising turned out to be an … Continue reading →
Russian leaders: intelligence officials all the way down
If true, this article on the Russian leadership is certainly depressing. I have no way to know whether it’s true, but my gut feeling is that it is. It makes some interesting points, for example that the reason the Russian … Continue reading →
Excellent VDH post on how the Obama administration and Biden paved the way for Russia’s moves in Ukraine
From Victor Davis Hanson, on “Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration”: During the current Ukrainian war, the media has created a mythology that the Left was tough on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And thus, now it simply continues … Continue reading →
Tulsi Gabbard says buh-bye to the Democratic Party
Not a surprise: “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism,” … Continue reading →
Bobulinski and the Swift Vets
The MSM pretends that Tony Bobulinski doesn’t exist: Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson interviewed erstwhile Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski again (the first interview took place just before the 2020 presidential election). The interview lasted a full hour, yielding information … Continue reading →
How can Fetterman be leading in the polls?
Commenter “huxley” points out the strangeness of John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for the Senate from Pennsylvania, and asks a question: Then there’s this Fetterman character running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania who looks and dresses like a tattooed … Continue reading →