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re: JOM party
i am mostly a lurker here, only commenting once ina while. But I cannot think of a better group to spend the evening with in conversation and good humor. I hope that you have a great get-together. Please make sure that it is well-reported on by all.
A Majority Of Republicans HAVE Been Vaccinated
David Leonhardt of the Times: Red Covid Covid’s partisan pattern is growing more extreme. During the early months of Covid-19 vaccinations, several major demographic groups lagged in receiving shots, including Black Americans, Latino Americans and Republican voters. More recently, the racial gap...
Clarice
I have had expensive hearing aids professionally fitted and all that, but for me they don't work any better than the behind-the-ear ones that i get online for $279 each.
Saturday Afternoon
Are you ready for some football?!? Or baseball!!! How about some yard work...
Davod
The $3.5T is spread over ten years.
Saturday Afternoon
Are you ready for some football?!? Or baseball!!! How about some yard work...
I've read a lot about the Sussman indictment. They remark on what a long speaking indictment it is for being just a single false statement claim. It seems to me that Durham may want to get some of his narrative out there in public. That way, it discourages Biden or Garland refusing to agree to any more indictments or shutting the investigation down. It would be much more obvious as a coverup
Scandal Watch
Captain Ed Morrissey keeps a weather eye on a couple of scandals the media would rather bury. First, the Durham indictment of Clinton attorney Sussman may - I say MAY - be the start of something from Durham, finally. The notion that the Russian Collusion scandal was launched as a Hillary dirty t...
I always thought that in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah it was odd that the punishment for Lot's wife turning to watch the destruction that she was turned into a pillar of salt. Now it makes sense.
Scandal Watch
Captain Ed Morrissey keeps a weather eye on a couple of scandals the media would rather bury. First, the Durham indictment of Clinton attorney Sussman may - I say MAY - be the start of something from Durham, finally. The notion that the Russian Collusion scandal was launched as a Hillary dirty t...
https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/3203e975-c59b-42f1-b3c8-8a07e33b01d8/note/9901e223-403a-47ce-93e0-1d78a5ff6627.#page=1
When You Have To Deny It...
Probably not helpful: Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues Supreme Court isn't 'a bunch of partisan hacks'. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highe...
I'm not keeping up with everything here, so i don't know if this is redundant, but Durham's indictment of Sussman--charging him with working for Hilary while peddling the Alpha Bank lie to the FBI--is out.
When You Have To Deny It...
Probably not helpful: Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues Supreme Court isn't 'a bunch of partisan hacks'. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highe...
Yes, my daughter in Chicago just sent a video of th front moving in. She's not used to this, having spent all her life in Southern California
Closing Time In Tokyo
That was an odd Olympics, but it had some great moments. The Summer of Italy may be my favorite capped (so far!) by the men's photo finish gold in the 4x100 relay.
Reading the NYT article about his purchase of the Eastern Shuttle in 1989, Trump sounds exactly like he does today. "I'm going to create the greatest airline in the world." "I'm going to write the advertising copy. etc. Very vintage Trump.
United Airlines To Require Employee Vax
From the WSJ: United Airlines to Require All U.S. Employees Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19 United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL -0.72% will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated this fall, the first major airline to take this step as the Delta variant drives a nationwide increase in Co...
why hasn't anyone mentioned the Trump Shuttle?
United Airlines To Require Employee Vax
From the WSJ: United Airlines to Require All U.S. Employees Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19 United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL -0.72% will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated this fall, the first major airline to take this step as the Delta variant drives a nationwide increase in Co...
Pin
is "Crazy Horse" a good movie?
Sunday Open Thread
An Olympic weekend!
Ig
the link to Insty and the comments thereto say that there have been something like 111,000 "cases", of which only the 5,000 were hospitalized. I don't really believe any of the numbers, but even the numbers they want to admit to don't justify lockdowns.
An Imminent Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees?
Per CNN and "according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter", a big announcement is due Thursday: Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday There will be an exception: Biden will not impose the requirement on the US military, despite his authori...
Ig
the graph has to do with hospitalizations, not breakthrough cases.
An Imminent Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees?
Per CNN and "according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter", a big announcement is due Thursday: Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday There will be an exception: Biden will not impose the requirement on the US military, despite his authori...
Narciso, regarding your 1:22 about Black Widow, I don't see how Scarjo could win this suit. If she had a percent of the gross above a certain threshold, she would have made more money. But so would Disney. They presumably made the decision that they would make more money by releasing online rather that in the theater, and in court they could probably show that given the poor theater attendance at this time, Scarjo would not have made an extra penny if Black Widow had a theatrical release.
An Imminent Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees?
Per CNN and "according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter", a big announcement is due Thursday: Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday There will be an exception: Biden will not impose the requirement on the US military, despite his authori...
I'm as annoyed as the rest of you about the CDC's idiotic mandates, but seriously, it's better for this madness to continue so the dems can lose Congress next year. They know they are pissing off the country and that they will likely lose the next election, but they can't help themselves.
An Imminent Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees?
Per CNN and "according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter", a big announcement is due Thursday: Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday There will be an exception: Biden will not impose the requirement on the US military, despite his authori...
I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew, Matt.
Sporting Sunday
Lots to watch.
Ig, I liked your 3:39 on how no one knows the day or the hour that pretty much anything will happen. Those who say that our republic is now done are over-reading what is going on. We just don't know how it will turn out.
I differ with you a little on UNC. I don't think they kow towed to radicals and then were humiliated. I think they were thrilled to think they were going to get this radical star of the moment. Then they were shocked to be hit with the backlash and were forced to delay the tenure decision. True that they are now humiliated, but only because they had to reverse themselves once again and then had it thrown in their faces.
I am humiliated and disgusted by what UNC has become since I was tenured there.
Independence Plus One
Enjoy the last of the long weekend! And in the Ongoing Weirdness file: the vaccines that came out of Operation Warp Speed seem like an obvious Trump win. But Republicans aren't exactly celebrating it that way.
Ig, I agree with your analysis of China quietly gobbling up the rest of the world, but I think that Xi did not come out in the open and punch the US in the face. Rather, Trump pointed out what they had been doing for decades, and took action. Maybe Xi over-reacted at that point, but Trump ripped the cover off China's game. We found out about the deep penetration of Chinese military in our academic institutions even before Covid.
Tucker Carlson vs. The NSA
I have a hard time taking Tucker Carlson seriously, but who knows? Allahpundit at Hot Air: NSA: We never targeted Tucker Carlson's communications with an eye to getting him kicked off the air
sorry Davod
Bill Cosby Freed From Prison?
OK, wow. Bill Cosby freed from prison after sex assault conviction overturned by court PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out Bill Cosby's sexual assault convictio...
Davod
I look at OAN every day because at least initially they were doing the most coverage of the Maricopa audit. I think they have a nice site and pretty predictable news stories as many other sites do. Nothing noteworthy
Bill Cosby Freed From Prison?
OK, wow. Bill Cosby freed from prison after sex assault conviction overturned by court PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out Bill Cosby's sexual assault convictio...
New Thread
Save The Filibuster!
Sen. KSyn argues that the filibuster promotes bipartisan buy-in and leads to longer lasting legislations. She does not mention the ten years of scuffling over the ACA as an example of the perils of cram-down lawmaking. But she should have! Long time readers may take a dim view of Matt Yglesias, ...
rse
Immigrants from E Europe and Russia become very loyal Americans. We should have more of them.
Thursday Action
Away we go. I do have to say - I can't take the Biden fan-boys seriously. C'mon, all his foreign policy chops? What happened to 'wrong about everything'? Putin-Biden would have been a mismatch twenty years ago and it hasn't gotten better. Well, that isn't a fair comparison anyway, since Putin's ...
rse
Kudos to you for digging this up. Now you need to learn Ukranian.
Thursday Action
Away we go. I do have to say - I can't take the Biden fan-boys seriously. C'mon, all his foreign policy chops? What happened to 'wrong about everything'? Putin-Biden would have been a mismatch twenty years ago and it hasn't gotten better. Well, that isn't a fair comparison anyway, since Putin's ...
In 1840 William M. Murrell published a book entitled Cruise of the Frigate Columbia Around the World. In it he recounts how men received twelve lashes for trivial offences such as having dirty pots or failing to close the door of a toilet. He himself received twelve lashes for failing to properly mark a piece of clothing and for accidentally spilling ink on the deck. Murrell condemned the flagrant use of authority, but he believed that flogging should be retained for some offences such as stealing...
when Senator Hale succeeded in getting a law passed in September 1850 abolishing flogging in the Navy and merchant marine, there were a number of naval officers who thought that the legislation was misguided. history.navy.mil.
Delaware whipped people... until 1952 for many crimes ranging from petty theft to rape in what often were public displays outside local jails and prisons. USAToday 7/1/2020.
Thursday Action
Away we go. I do have to say - I can't take the Biden fan-boys seriously. C'mon, all his foreign policy chops? What happened to 'wrong about everything'? Putin-Biden would have been a mismatch twenty years ago and it hasn't gotten better. Well, that isn't a fair comparison anyway, since Putin's ...
rse
Very interesting about how few of your ancestors were slave owners. It would be instructive to look at the manuscript census for 1860 and see what most white people were doing to make a living. Of course, the idiots would say that while not all white people were slaveowners, the rest were overseers.
Thursday Action
Away we go. I do have to say - I can't take the Biden fan-boys seriously. C'mon, all his foreign policy chops? What happened to 'wrong about everything'? Putin-Biden would have been a mismatch twenty years ago and it hasn't gotten better. Well, that isn't a fair comparison anyway, since Putin's ...
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