Day: October 14, 2016

Saturday!

Saturday!

Jaybird October 14, 2016

On Subverting Tropes (Obsidian is coming out with a new game... if you believe in pre-ordering, you ought...

COMMON LAW: Constitutional Nondefense IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.union-of-the-thames-and-isis-dorchester-mead-oxfordshire-270

COMMON LAW: Constitutional Nondefense

Will Truman October 14, 2016

When may a state’s governor or attorney general decline to defend a law’s constitutionality? Yes, that question...

A Quick Note on the Antiquity of the Shift ted-williams-shift-fleer-1959-121613

A Quick Note on the Antiquity of the Shift

Richard Hershberger October 14, 2016

An exercise in recreational antiquarian sports pedantry.

Mediaite: Chicago Tribune Won’t Endorse GOP Senator Mark Kirk Because He Suffered a Stroke IFRL-NaPP-Space-17504602910_a939b425ba_k

Mediaite: Chicago Tribune Won’t Endorse GOP Senator Mark Kirk Because He Suffered a Stroke

Will Truman October 14, 2016

The Tribune admitted that Kirk was the candidate they’d support based solely on the issues. “His positions...

The Myth of the Press’s Anti-Trump October Surprise screen-shot-2016-10-13-at-5-34-24-pm

The Myth of the Press’s Anti-Trump October Surprise

Tod Kelly October 14, 2016

Those who claim the press have been conspiring to sit on stories about Donald Trump haven't been...

Linky Friday #188: Master of Muskiton 244896129_0eac9033ab_future

Linky Friday #188: Master of Muskiton

Will Truman October 14, 2016

The intersections between energy, crime, religion, and Elon Musk.

Weekend!

Jaybird October 14, 2016

A week of batching it.

InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I am throwing this out there everywhere I comment in case relevant to anyone including any lurkers.…
InMD in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025True, but no death penalty in NY. I believe it's the feds pursuing it.
pillsy in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Pre-meditated murder is not, generally speaking, the kind of conduct one should engage in if one doe…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Sometimes actions have consequences, and inactions have consequences, and imaginary phantasms have c…
pillsy in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As a bellwether, I think it's a bit less shocking than David Brooks calling for a general strike in…
Michael Cain on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?As for AGI, what does the software do when no one is bothering it with questions or tasks? Does it c…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One never wants to predict an outcome but I would think chances are high he gets it. Message being s…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Luigi Mangione has been indicted with something or other that makes him eligible for the death penal…
Saul Degraw in reply to Burt Likko on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025In response to the 4th Circuit, Pam Bondi promoted Garcia to being an MS13 gang leader. They have un…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I was there. They weren't.