Day: August 18, 2020

A Few Things To Consider Before Crowning Kamala Harris

Andrew Donaldson August 18, 2020

Kamala Harris is now set up with advantages few politicians enjoy. But while looking good on paper,...

Heavenly! Charles Avison

Mike Schilling August 18, 2020

After first hearing this thoroughly lovely piece, I was surprised to learn that it was written by...

The Street Astronomer at Home 2020-08-18 Folks 7045 Street Astronomer crop

The Street Astronomer at Home

Clare Briggs August 18, 2020

Ole Mars and Venus were a bit off...

Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaBe careful what you normalize, lest we start having more essays open with "You’d think our many many…
Burt Likko in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaAh yes. The Roman solution.
Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThe Framers built a single safeguard against that, and as discussed above, havibg seen itcrejected t…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego Garcia"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Burt Likko in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaAnd then act on them, and the Senate should convict. Of course, I said that about impoundment of alr…
Michael Cain in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025While Trump buddies up with Elon Musk, it's been Gwynne Shotwell that has built SpaceX into the powe…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Now would be a pretty good time to revisit the EPA regulations on rare earth processing.
Jaybird in reply to North on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThe dems just have to hold it together until then.
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025China has suspended exports of rare earths and rare-earth magnets. Not just to the US, to the world.…
North in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaAfter the next election maybe they will but this one certainly won't. The general silence, downplayi…