"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by liberal japonicus
I have a ton of work, which obviously means the gods are asking me to procrastinate. The question of how a competition should work is a fascinating one to me, and I think looking at how things look from a Japanese perspective might be interesting. The lens I want to use is Judo. More below the break. A ton of video links in it, and I may have miscopied one or two, so if you are masochistic enough to look at all the videos and you see one that is wrong, let me know.
by wj (We’re way overdue for a new Open Thread. So here it is.) Earlier this week, I saw a number of articles commemorating the 75 wedding anniversary of Jimmy and Roseland Carter. Which put me in mind of what Carter’s legacy will likely be. He was, to my mind, an average President. (Or, if … Read more
by russell Marty's post in another thread made me ask myself what it is, exactly, that we celebrate on the 4th of July. that put me in mind of this often quoted poem by Langston Hughes. It's long-ish, but this excerpt perhaps captures the spirit of it: O, let America be America again—The land that … Read more
by russell it's been a weird week here in Lake Wobegon… last weekend, one of our local white supremos drove a stolen struck into a building, then walked around and shot the first two random black people he encountered. cops suspect he might have intended to drive the truck into a Jewish temple in the … Read more