Saturday Morning Gaming: Clive Barker’s Undying
Instead of the Steam Christmas Sale, I wandered over to GOG.com
Monthly Archive: December 2024
A Note from Em
You’re missing out on my half-finished rants against JD Vance, Rachel Maddow, and the ADHD med shortage of 2023.
POETS Day! The Author of “A Visit from St Nicholas” Again
It is not known how “A Visit from St. Nicholas” came to be published in The Troy Sentinel in December of 1823.
From Tablet Mag: Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment
How Barack Obama built an omnipotent thought-machine, and how it was destroyed
Fani Willis Disqualification Ruling: Read It For Yourself
The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that DA Fani Willis and her office should be disqualified from the Georgia election interference case. Read it for yourself here
From The Wall Street Journal: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge
Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.
The PKK Puzzle
It would be much better to allow SDF elements committed to reconciliation to be the one to disarm the PKK.
Are Republicans Waking Up?
The Republican Party is so intertwined with Trump that making Trump lose on any issue is going to be perceived as Democrats winning.
The Good Old Days, According to the Data
Whatever the “Good old days” means to someone relies heavily on…
Panic! The Kind That Came From New Jersey
Blinking lights in the New Jersey sky is just what the engagement farmers, power-hungry pols, and fund-seeking government agencies ordered.
The Day of the Jackal: Serialized Escapism At Its Best
Is it unrealistic? Of course. The Jackal gets out of many situations that make you say ‘really?’ but that is the beauty of it. It’s escapism.
From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’
“You don’t get a national eight-point shift to the right without losing hold of culture.”
