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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

by liberal japonicus GftNC pointed out that there isn't a true open thread. Reading her comment, I just got an image of an open manhole, which, according to OSHA, requires that "a railing, temporary cover, or other barrier" be erected around the manhole immediately after the manhole is safely removed. This is to prevent accidental … Read more

by liberal japonicus As tempting as it is to dwell on whatever outrage the Orange Turd has committed, I thought this Grauniad article, about the Korean 4b movement, might be interesting to discuss. The 4B name stems from four Korean words beginning with “bi” (meaning “no”): bihon (no marriage), bichulsan (no childbirth), biyeonae (no dating), … Read more

by liberal japonicus The title is a nod to a quote often attributed to Dorothy Parker. I thought it was apropos, and this is your place for those observations. As Ezra Klein observed (via Scott Lemieux at LGM), these are loyalty tests, so absurdity is the point. This Campos post at LGM has pics of … Read more

by liberal japonicus I've not been able to look at analyses of what went wrong. I read a paragraph or two, or at most a half page, and just have to go to something else. Same for videos and podcasts, a sense of nausea and disgust after a few minutes. It seems like there is … Read more