tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post286596110674061107..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Unforgivablemark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57003941188100500122021-01-25T10:31:31.881-06:002021-01-25T10:31:31.881-06:00Now cometh those who would do an end run around th...Now cometh those who would do an end run around the impeachment and go straight to disqualification for federal office. The senators pushing for this - dopey Tim Kaine and cadaverous Richard Blumenthal - have undoubtedly been reading Lawfare’s “how-to guide”. The one sane voice, according to Epoch Times, is Richard Durbin, who appears to not think much of the idea.<br /><br />Here’s the how-to Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64138081827943980282021-01-25T08:22:20.065-06:002021-01-25T08:22:20.065-06:00Slightly OT, but also from the AT
https://www.ame...Slightly OT, but also from the AT<br /><br />https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/01/national_review_and_all_its_many_ways_of_insulting_conservatives.html<br /><br />This article pretty well sums up my feelings about the Never Trumpers at NR. My only quibble: the author (probably unintentionally) left out Andy McCarthy. <br /><br />I would happily place myself among the flyover Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-644565809622199932021-01-24T20:13:35.460-06:002021-01-24T20:13:35.460-06:00More on (the recent spurt of) deployment of this b...More on (the recent spurt of) deployment of this baleful combo, from the IDW's Helen Pluckrose: <br />"On social media, different factions in the culture wars are increasingly likely, to *ascribe* unwarranted, nefarious motivations and goals, to those whom they perceive as their adversaries, and often do so *openly*, even though they know other people are watching.... <br /><br />That aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-28240343106335220892021-01-24T19:22:59.026-06:002021-01-24T19:22:59.026-06:00Same for me Charles Z. Exact same. Can't go ...Same for me Charles Z. Exact same. Can't go back. <br /><br />Mark A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-43909206980900387232021-01-24T19:17:02.947-06:002021-01-24T19:17:02.947-06:00When I was awake too early this morning ...
I kno...When I was awake too early this morning ...<br /><br />I know the feeling.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58079252121704677752021-01-24T18:06:00.279-06:002021-01-24T18:06:00.279-06:00A helpful take on Benn's book is at
https://a...A helpful take on Benn's book is at <br />https://areomagazine.com/2021/01/15/in-defence-of-argument-intellectual-freedom-and-the-culture-wars-by-piers-benn/ .aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17894057943802001312021-01-24T17:40:23.952-06:002021-01-24T17:40:23.952-06:00"showing normal people that their destruction..."showing normal people that their destruction, and the enrichment of other people, who despise everything that they love...."<br />And, showing the latter to be capable of TDS, to an unimaginable extent, so as to provoke some liberals to get scared enough of this TDS, that they founded groups like the IDW.<br /><br />A good book, about issues pertaining to this, is by Piers Benn, <br />aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12236551910319656942021-01-24T17:29:31.001-06:002021-01-24T17:29:31.001-06:00I, for one, was a dyed in the wool neocon in 2016,...I, for one, was a dyed in the wool neocon in 2016, who voted for Marco Rubio.<br /><br />Since then, my Overton window shifted so far, it shattered.Charles Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79588659978743334332021-01-24T17:19:42.208-06:002021-01-24T17:19:42.208-06:00Trump was not a politician, he is a STATESMAN!!Trump was not a politician, he is a STATESMAN!!GJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338862805787125433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-28423726876016469972021-01-24T17:16:16.068-06:002021-01-24T17:16:16.068-06:00I thought that part of Clarice’s column was splend...I thought that part of Clarice’s column was splendid. I’m so glad you republished it here. She is a sane, reasoned voice in an increasingly crazy world.<br /><br />When I was awake too early this morning, thinking about things, I realized that our country, having been managed for four years by a man who knows what high level management - being the CEO of a large complex international Bebenoreply@blogger.com