So, what’s going on with the Iowa caucuses?
There’s a delay, and rumor has it that it’s the result of an app glitch. Makes you want to race out and have all voting computerized, doesn’t it?
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I missed Groundhog Day…again
But it’s only the day after. And for the occasion, a friend sent me a link to this clever new ad: If you want to find some of my previous paeans to the movie “Groundhog Day,” please see these.
Continue reading →That pas de deux: a few telling moments
Commenter “AesopFan” had this to say about a very short passage within the “Agon” pas de deux we discussed a while ago: There is a small section that I noticed has different movements in the two samples. The woman, in … Continue reading →
Dershowitz makes a great point
[NOTE: Something is wrong with the YouTube videos of this show, and therefore this clip won’t play. I will be busy for quite some time today and unable to try to fix it till tonight. Sorry about that, but perhaps … Continue reading →
Another one bites the dusts: Windows 7
We had a long love affair. But now Windows 7 is leaving me, although not of its own free will. I got this in an email today: As of January 14th, 2020, Microsoft, the developer of the Windows 7 operating … Continue reading →
Music appreciation
And while we’re at it, ice cream appreciation:
Continue reading →Gorsuch does not ♥ nationwide injunctions from district judges
Here’s a good discussion of a recent SCOTUS decision, and in particular some remarks by Justice Gorsuch in a concurring opinion. The Court voted 5-4 to lift a nationwide injunction placed by a district court judge on Trump’s new rule … Continue reading →
There are two big stories…
…that I’m not going to cover in exhaustive detail today. But here are some links. The first story is about the 2016 White House meeting with Ukainian officials to discuss Burisma and Biden, and its significance. The second is the … Continue reading →
For Martin Luther King Day
Here’s something to think about.
Continue reading →Dalia al-Aqidi, the un-Omar
[Hat tip: John Hinderaker at Powerline.] Ilhan Omar has a Republican challenger who’s tossed her hat into the ring. I don’t think Dalia al-Aqidi has any chance of taking this overwhelmingly Democratic district, but she’s certainly impressive (as well as … Continue reading →
Well, now at least we know that Ilhan Omar writes her own tweets
…because she couldn’t possibly be hiring someone to come up with this – and if she is it’s time to fire that person: What an important victory for the people of Minnesota! This is what happens when communities come together … Continue reading →
Disasters and blame in Iran
I thought of adding this as an addendum to my previous post today. But then I decided it deserved the emphasis of a post of its own. Some Iranian history: …[I]t was another tragedy, one of the biggest terrorist attacks … Continue reading →