Open Thread April 9, 2024
Yesterday, a member of Democratic Underground posted a new Biden-Harris campaign ad there. Wow. I’m going to provide the DU link (embedded YouTube videos don’t have the advertising) but also the...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 17, 2024
Well, I did do a post for yesterday, but the computer ate it. And I didn’t discover that early enough to try to reconstruct it. Sorry. Yesterday, the court in Manhattan managed to select and swear in...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 18, 2024
Yesterday, I arose after a long night with very little sleep (I did rip through a bunch of Sudokus, though.) I’m yawning a little, but otherwise OK – and hoping that staying up will help me sleep...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 21, 2024
Yesterday, the radio opera was Puccini’s “La Rondine” (The Swallow), his only comic opera (which still has a suffering heroine, but she doesn’t die.) It was written on commission from a Viennese...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 23, 2024
Yesterday, going through my inbox, I was seeing message subjects like “I underestimated House Speaker Mike Johnson” (Steve Schmidt) and “Mike Johnson Grows Spine And Passes Ukrainian Aid Package”...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 24, 2024
Yesterday, I got an email from Katie Porter (not that that’s unusual.) We all know ahe will no longer be in Congress after 2024 is over. But this kind of makes it real, Since she will no longer be...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 25, 2024
Yesterday, the Arizona State House voted to overturn the 1864 abortion law, the one whose author has been so discredited. If it gets through the Senate, the Democratic Governor will, I am sure, sign...
View ArticleOpen Thread April 26, 2024
Yesterday, catching up on my email, I came across the comment (about Trump**) that “None of his family has showed up to support him.” Not that this is the first time I have seen it, sometimes with the...
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