Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024
On this day in 1972, Terry Bradshaw threw what is known as “The Immaculate Reception“.
There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page.
This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the people who go to the comments to read up on the thoughts of the commentariat for the original essay and now we’re talking about some other guy’s links.
So!
The intention is to have a new one of these every week. If you want to talk about a link, post it here! Or, heck, use it as an open thread.
And, if it rolls off, we’ll make a new one. With a preamble just like this one.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/2024/12/23/biden-gives-life-in-prison-to-37-of-40-federal-death-row-inmates-so-trump-cant-have-them-executed/
Damn.Report
There’s a post on the main page.Report
Sebastian Zapeta set a woman on fire on the subway yesterday. Governor Kathy Hochul held a press conference on Wednesday touting statistics that said subway crime was down 42 percent since January 2021.
Much like after the CEO got shot, we should ask “What does this say about the entire system that setting the woman on fire made sense to this guy?”
Thank heaven for small mercies, Sebastian was not strangled before doing this. The fellow travelers on the subway made sure to get video instead of acting like vigilantes.Report
Thank heaven for small mercies, Sebastian was not strangled before doing this. The fellow travelers on the subway made sure to get video instead of acting like vigilantes.
And that is why the jury refused to convict Penny.Report
The Gaetz report was released and the findings are what one expects:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/23/us/matt-gaetz-report-trump-newsReport