"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by liberal japonicus I'm a bit late with this, but I have a few thoughts about Tucker completing his collection of pink slips (CNN, MSNBC and now Fox) It seems to me that rather than an outlier, Carlson's path was, in hindsight, rather predictable, and is a path that others take as well, though none … Read more
by wj For this weekend's Open Thread, we look at political theater vs reality. The text of Section 4 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution is unequivocal: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing … Read more
by liberal japonicus
GftNC noted that Barry Humphries, whose creations of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson were comic genius of the first order, had passed away. I'm not sure how familiar everyone here is with Barry Humphries, but below the fold are some thoughts and various Youtube videos
by liberal japonicus Seems time to open another thread. Would love to have some informed speculation about Dominion v. Fox settlement. Shootings out the wazoo. Trying to figure out the sweeper pitch. Great chess. ANything else?
by liberal japonicus While I am 2 degrees of separation from the World's Worst Georgian, James Earl Carter (Walter Mondale spoke to my students when they were doing an exchange in Minnesota and in the party afterwards, I managed to spill ice cream on my tie while I was thanking him for his help for … Read more