Open Thread

Merrick Garland: Justice's Rain Delay.  He would have been terrible on the Supreme Court--worse than Stephen Breyer.  He's enabling criminals and insurrectionists: The attorney general’s deliberative approach has come to…

Re: Clarence Thomas: D's Are Total Wusses.  The usual suspects doing the usual thing. Nothing: Given his wife’s role in encouraging the effort to overturn the election that culminated in…

Not a big fan of April Fool's posts.  This will not be one of them. At least, not on purpose. Fools, however, will almost inevitably be present. Did Everybody See…

I Sure Hope That Madison Cawthorn Is Telling The Truth For Once.  He almost certainly isn't, but still: After Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) went on a podcast and alleged that…

Fascinating Portrait Of Vladimir Putin. Why he is the way he is.  Well worth a NYTimes subscription.  Too much to even excerpt.  Read it online, or try to find a…

Rethug Congressman Found Guilty Of Lying About Illegal Campaign Contributions.  Poor guy, after his conviction, he read a letter from his daughter saying how much she loves him anyway: A…

Money For Nothin'.  The coming-together of Carney's brain-dead 'budget-smoothing', the lack of virtually any guardrails on that windfall of Federal money, and the cynicism of the Delaware General Assembly. Because…

Looks Like The Manhattan DA Ran Interference For Trump: Trump 'Guilty Of Multiple Felonies': The question, of course, is why did this Alvin Bragg pull the plug on the investigation?…

Putin's Placing Blame.  Arresting advisors for failing to successfully carry out his war.  More from the NYTimes: Signs of Russia’s challenges abound. Late last week, Russian news sources reported that…

Bitcoin Miners Came To Appalachia. Lied about the impact. Hmmm, sounds like a promising story line for the Justified reboot: LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one…

China's Dictator Having Bad Year. Because no one dared tell him the truth over his Covid policy, and that the Chinese vaccines were inferior: But while we’re all justifiably obsessed…

Back with my new hip.  I'm taking great pains, and great pain meds (thanks for everything, Jacqi!), to bring you the stuff that I find interesting.  Feel free, as always,…

First Amendment Lawyers Rooting For Media--To Lose?  I might be right with them: The suits, which are being argued in several state and federal courts, accuse Project Veritas, Fox News,…