Day: October 12, 2020

Caterwauling, Or Monologues From The World’s Greatest Deliberative Clownshow Amy Coney Barrett

Caterwauling, Or Monologues From The World’s Greatest Deliberative Clownshow

Andrew Donaldson October 12, 2020

Senator after senator orated their “opening statements”, a criminally tortured bit of nomenclature for the wholly predictable...

Open Thread: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Andrew Donaldson October 12, 2020

The hearings for Amy Coney Barrett have begun, and the Ordinary Times commentareum is ready...

White Fragility’s Might Makes Right Reductio snowflakes

White Fragility’s Might Makes Right Reductio

gabriel conroy October 12, 2020

We should not reject the idea of white fragility. But we should beware of where it might...

Why The Display of Excessive Mirth? 2020-10-12 Joy 4067

Why The Display of Excessive Mirth?

Clare Briggs October 12, 2020

The ball season is underway!

David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?Not to nitpick, but that excludes more than 5% of humans.
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025They have already taken away the salad bars from Applebee's. They have taken away the Ponderosas.
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.