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Michael Siegel

Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.

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14 Responses

  1. Oscar Gordon says:

    Scorpions and frogs…Report

  2. Greg In Ak says:

    Good piece. Just noting as of this time. One response about a former ally of TFG admitting what has already been repeatedly alleged, that trumpy tried to coup his way to power. 24 comments on the post cancel culture post.

    People care a lot more about yammering about the picayune aspects of a particular free speech argument then , you know, a traitor and party trying to overthrow an election.Report

    • InMD in reply to Greg In Ak says:

      You’re comparing probably the most favorite of all American political debates to what appears to be a (thankfully positive) regression to the mean. Might as well complain about bad news making headlines and good news relegated to page 10.Report

      • Greg In Ak in reply to InMD says:

        Also noted that there was a big decision in one of trumps co conspirators, Eastman, who will have his confidential comms admitted as evidence since the judge found evidence of a crime so no lawyer/client privilege.

        That will never be a fun to recreationally micro analyse nit picking some cancel culture crap. The CC is inherently less important and more ambiguous and complicated so it’s the perfect thing to yak about as opposed to something direct and serious.Report

    • Burt Likko in reply to Greg In Ak says:

      Sadly, I think it’s working out such that everyone knows Trump tried, multiple times, to autogolpe / self-coup / coup his way into either staying in power or getting power back.

      And we’ve decided collectively that we’re not going to do anything about it. Which is on the one hand possibly a very prudent thing, and also something that tastes like ashes.Report

      • pillsy in reply to Burt Likko says:

        Also, I don’t think we have any commenters here who disagree with the argument that Trump’s conduct leading up to Jan 6 was anything but reprehensible and lawless.Report

      • Chip Daniels in reply to Burt Likko says:

        What’s even more disconcerting is the reaction of those who control the switches and levers of decisionmaking in the media, the judiciary, and Congress which amounts to a shrug of the shoulders, as if this is all just normal politics.

        A sitting President tries to enact a coup to overthrow an election, and life just goes on. This is not how a healthy democracy behaves.Report

  3. Trump is a highly popular and widely admired piece of garbage, and the number of times hr demonstrates the last of those doesn’t seem to affect the first two.Report

  4. InMD says:

    Wait isn’t Michael Durant the guy who was captured in the ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident?Report