Open thread 2/18/22
I split this into two parts to eliminate a long advertisement in the middle:
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Roundup
(1) The East Germans had the Stasi. We have hackers and the MSM to dox those guilty of supporting the right to think for oneself and liberty. (2) The jury in Sarah Palin’s defamation case returned a “not guilty” verdict … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/17/2022
I never cared much for blue jays; they’re so commonplace. But when you really look at them, they’re beautiful:
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Open thread 2/15/22
Roundup
(1) James Webb is starting to take pictures – and the very first one was a selfie. (2) This was very very very predictable: “Distributed Denial of Secrets, a leak site, claimed it received information about donors to the Canadian … Continue reading →
Happy Valentine’s Day!
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/14/22
This interview – one among many with the Bee Gees on YouTube – was from around 1989. After the Bee Gees’ early ballad success in the 60s and then their enormous disco domination in the late 70s, American DJs turned … Continue reading →
On Russia and Ukraine
I wish I had something more intelligent to say about the imminent crisis in Ukraine than “I don’t know what will happen.” I’ve read quite a bit about it and can’t get enough clarity on it to write an analytical … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/12/22
Open thread 2/11/22
Some people find they have a calling:
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When I listened to this video I wondered why Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris would be covering a song I knew from the Everly Brothers. Turns out it was the Everlys who’d done the cover and it was Knopfler who … Continue reading →