Month: December 2024

by liberal japonicus https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/dec/29/jimmy-carter-dead-video-obituary This story is probably most indicative of the manhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574 Requiescat in Pace  

by liberal japonicus Both my daughters are out of the house, so the whole present rigamarole has passed us by, but I did get something I wanted. https://www.axios.com/2024/12/27/elon-musk-contemptible-fools-maga-doge I'm sure most of you are up to date on this, but a couple of gems to pull out, We are being censored! https://www.axios.com/2024/12/27/musk-x-loomer-h1b-maga-verification Bannon jumps in! … Read more

guest post by Tony P Christmas is coming, with its tidings of comfort and joy to American Christians. MAGA is coming, with its promise of mass deportations to American “Christians”. So I have a question for both Christians and “Christians”:  

by liberal japonicus Just a couple of links that looked interesting this morning I'll have to look more into how South Korea is dealing with foreign policy in the aftermath of their dumpster firehttps://thediplomat.com/2024/11/south-koreas-dockyards-a-new-factor-in-korea-us-military-burden-sharing/ Well, it took them time, but maybe they got there? https://www.axios.com/2024/12/19/house-democrats-jeffries-hell-no-johnson-bill Nelson Muntz comes to mind unbidden https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/gaetzs-revenge-00195398 I'd be interested … Read more

by liberal japonicus Sure that I'm reaching too hard in the title, but the juxtaposition of the bloodlust invoked when celebrating a white guy gunning down a CEO and the editorial tut-tutting that is taking place in talk about the various forces that are now in the ascendancy with Assad out is, well, interesting. I … Read more

by liberal japonicus This Just over a year before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered this week in Midtown Manhattan, a lawsuit filed against the insurance giant he helmed revealed just how draconian its claims-denying process had become. Last November, the estates of two former UHC patients filed suit in Minnesota alleging that the … Read more

by liberal japonicus It occurred to me that all this talk about US centric politics may not serve the blog very well, so this is a quick post about something we might want to talk about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law I post the wikipedia page, because wikipedia editors do a pretty good job of collecting lots of info … Read more

by liberal japonicus This is another quick post about something that I've been following. My family has not had to deal with these sorts of issues, so it is not because I have some personal experience or a personal stake in this, but because I have an interest in the UK, watching how this has … Read more