Day: March 18, 2024

Open Mic for the week of 3/18/2024 14758412258_43d4c602cb_pope-francis

Open Mic for the week of 3/18/2024

Jaybird March 18, 2024

Happy birthday, John Updike!

From Punchbowl News: More Government Shutdown Cowbell, Again

Andrew Donaldson March 18, 2024

Five months into fiscal year 2024, and the Government Shutdown Shuffle is in full swing on The...

Lawsplainer: Our Three Most Recent Supreme Court Decisions

Em Carpenter March 18, 2024

Here's a rundown of recent edicts from the high bench in Pulsifer v United States, O’Connor-Ratcliff et...

Music Monday: The Roland S-1 Tweak Synth The box top of the Roland S-1 Tweak Synth

Music Monday: The Roland S-1 Tweak Synth

Bryan O'Nolan March 18, 2024

Yes, they were tacky. Yes, they attempted to grant unto the venerable keyboard the rock star charisma...

A Literal Bloodbath?

David Thornton March 18, 2024

Tariff ‘splainers don’t get clicks, but breathless articles about how Trump openly threatens violence do. We get...

Friend Husband at the Matinee 2024-04-01 Spouse C2220 (04.01.12)

Friend Husband at the Matinee

Clare Briggs March 18, 2024

Which sort of person is he?

Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSo your opinion on the tariffs is immigration?
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole “Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity” thing given the tariffs…
Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYeah, you’re right. I didn’t say “Trump is not even lying, he’s going to disappoint you, he’s not go…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHas he shown up recently? I'm still here, barely. In fact, I just submitted a guest post which hopef…
Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Members of my extended family are homeless or headed there. They make terrible choices because of so…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One of the interesting things about homelessness is that we don't want to spend resources on people…