Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Off Again

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I am traveling for the next two weeks or so. There will be little or no blogging during this time.
Friday, May 22, 2020

Texas Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Break-Away Episcopal Diocese

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The Texas Supreme Court today issued a decision in the long-running property dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth and its f...
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Monday, May 18, 2020

Q Anon

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If you were an adherent, no one would be able to tell. You would look like any other American. You could be a mother, picking leftovers of...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

A look at Russia's new cathedral for the armed forces

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Breaking News: Justin Amash is not running for president

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No details yet. Just a headline at CNBC.
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Thursday, May 14, 2020

A Review: “For the Life of the World” (Ecumenical Patriarchate Social Document)

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The verdict: It's not irredeemable rubbish. But there is quite a bit that is problematic. Read it here .
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

The civil war on the left

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The progressive magazine The Nation published an open letter last month in which former members of the radical 1960s organization Students ...
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Happy Mother's Day

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Friday, May 08, 2020

Ray Dalio: The Changing Value of Money

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This is neither light reading nor short so I am not going to do more than link it for those interested in history, economics and monetary po...

How bad is unemployment really?

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Detailed discussion at the NYT ... Bottom line; the 14.7% number is certainly low. The real number for April is close to 20%. That does no...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Unanimous Supreme Court rebukes 9th Circuit on immigration law

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The Supreme Court is often divided on ideological lines on hot-button issues, and tends to write unanimously when dealing with procedural ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Lusitania leaving New York for the last time

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Original film footage shot at the Cunard pier on May 1, 1915. See also this post for background on the ship and numerous images of the li...
Monday, May 04, 2020

Breaking: US Treasurey to sell $3 trillion in bonds by July

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The Treasury Department plans to borrow $2.99 trillion from April through June to cover the federal government’s massive response to th...
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Sunday, May 03, 2020

The dangerous liberal ideas for censorship in the United States

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Almost everywhere you turn today, politicians are telling the public to “get used to the new normal” after the pandemic. For some people, ...
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Saturday, May 02, 2020

Trump is in trouble

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A sampling of recent polls... Florida : Biden +3 Pennsylvania : Biden +6 Michigan : Biden +8 North Carolina : Biden +5 Minnesota : No ...
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Brett Stephens on Joe Biden and the Shifting Standards of the Left

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Regarding Tara Reade’s allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Joe Biden in 1993, and what the allegation could mean for Democrats thi...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Meanwhile on Wall Street

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As the nation appears to be collapsing into an economic depression (see previous post) Wall Street has been singing its favorite song. Afte...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The Economy: How bad will it get?

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  The overwhelming consensus is that the best case scenario, is going to dwarf all other post World War II recessions. Many economists exp...
Monday, April 27, 2020

US Supreme Court passes on closely watched gun rights case

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The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will not issue a ruling in a closely watched case over a New York gun regulation that barred transp...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Reports of N Korean Dictator's Death Gaining Traction

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It's not looking good for Trump's buddy. Latest . Still waiting for official confirmation .