"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by liberal japonicus (to be sung to the last lines of the Beatles The End) Well, here’s something for you. (the original research is here if you want to check it out) The seeds for the Christian loss were sown in the early and middle Paleolithic, hundreds of thousands of years before the fateful battle … Read more
by JanieM This quotation, apparently from Clickbait’s favorite fixer Michael Cohen, highlights some interesting issues about the current state of our information culture. I tried from the time of the 2016 election to never type a certain name, for reasons related to the passage at the link. I have also spent minimal time listening to … Read more
by liberal japonicus This article from the Asia-Pacific Journal is a nice look at subject that might give folks interesting perspectives on their local food scene. My takeaway is that it is a lot more complicated and we are going to be dealing with the fallout for a long time afterward.
by liberal japonicus While not a break, I thought I’d open a thread for covid speculation, though I imagine a lot of you are sick of it. But two things that caught my eye recently. Here in Japan, while Covid is still a problem, statistically, we have fewer deaths than would have been predicted in … Read more
by liberal japonicus A thread for your thoughts about what was essentially a second debate, separate by distance. Savannah Guthrie put paid to my notion that a woman would get overwelmed, though as moderator rather than debate opponent, she had some protection from Trump going all crazy uncle on her. The Guardian live blog was … Read more
by russell Ayn Rand vs nature cage match. Guess who wins. Don't let this happen in your town!! 🙂
by russell Barry Harris is a jazz pianist who came up in bop era. He was one of a cohort of brilliant players who came up in Detroit, and over the years he's played with everybody. He's 90 now, and is kind of one of the last guys standing from that time and generation. Harris … Read more
by liberal japonicus Hope I’m not stepping on Ugh’s (greatly appreciated) thread (and that’s your place for your COVID bon mots), but I thought I would crack a thread open after a comment by novakant on my observation that a woman going up against Trump would have been the recipe for disaster. I was thinking … Read more
by Ugh I mean, come on. My 9 year old could have come up with that. I haven't been around in a while, I hope everyone is healthy and otherwise doing well. Open thread.
by liberal japonicus The other thread has turned to questions of accent (nothing wrong with that), but if you are like me, and can’t help turning that shitstorm around in your head, here’s another thread. Some observations. Biden was not on the top of my list, but it is hard to imaging a woman ‘winning’ … Read more