Stakes and Satiability- Part 2
“Sisters are prone to jealousy, Mr. Blackabee. Some cannot bear to know that one of them wants something that they cannot all have.”
Monthly Archive: February 2020
Michael Avenatti Convicted
From Hero of the Resistance to possible Presidential candidate to convicted felon, it’s been a long and awful fall from grace.
Very Stable Genius Predictions
Democrats are coalescing around ideology – and ideology will be the death of the big tent.
Weekend Plans Post: My First Apartment
Went back to the old apartment. This is where we used to live.
Colorado Passes CROWN Act
I admit. I saw the headline and got excited: From KVDR: DENVER (KDVR) — A measure to ban hair discrimination by employers has passed the Colorado House of Representatives. The CROWN Act is a...
Mini-Throughput: We’re All Doomed Edition
So, no, PZ39 is not a danger. This is not a sudden discovery that we are worried about. It’s not passing particularly close to us nor is it likely to. But the overall danger of objects like PZ39 — while low — is real.
Republican Dissidents Shouldn’t Mourn They Should Organize.
NeverTrumpers and other Republican critics of President Trump should take a page from the labor movement.
A Proud Failure: A Story Of Melancholy, Midlife Crisis, and Patent Applications
You might wonder how someone could take the time to file a patent application then forget about it for 15 years? I’m kind of wondering about that myself
Wednesday Writs: SCOTUS and Almighty God Edition
L1: A Pennsylvania law passed in December 1959 required, at the outset of a school day, the recitation of ten verses from the Holy Bible, to be read over the school intercom or in...
About Last Night: Leaving New Hampshire Edition
We have the first primary votes of the 2020 Presidential Campaign in, and unlike Iowa we have them on the night it actually happened.
Roger Stone Sentencing Gets Suddenly Interesting
After the DOJ reversed course on the sentencing recommendation, the prosecuting US Attorney notified the court of his immediate resignation.
Release Date Announced for Jim Butcher’s next book in the Harry Dresden series: Peace Talks
Peace Talks will be released on July 14, 2020. That’s a Tuesday. Pre-order it here. (I’m sure we’ll have a post about it about a week after it comes out.) (Featured image is “Jim...
Nate Silver lays down his odds for New Hampshire
From Twitter: Our model is frozen until we get New Hampshire results! Final NH odds:Sanders: 2 in 3 (67%)Buttigieg: 3 in 10 (31%)Others: 1 in 50 (2%)https://t.co/gul5ZwKQfc — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 11, 2020...
Unforgiven: Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl”
Gone Girl, unlike many other wildly popular books that are terrible but got turned into movies anyway, is actually a good book.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Martyrs, Saints, and Grifters Upon the Waves Edition
The missing blue wave, impeachment martyrdom, the Fal-ings of self-awareness, and some places we got it right/wrong in Harsh Your Mellow Monday
