Humor
Writing a blog post summary of another summary of an academic paper may seem to be ridiculously derivative but bear with me, this is crypto. And whenever I think of crypto, I can't help but thinking about the immortal Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor. Don't
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There are public health officials who think those who've been vaccinated no longer need to wear masks in most situations. Needless to say, the answer has significant political implications for Democrats. From the Washington Post: Analysis | The Health 202: CDC's mask guidance is still too strict
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Since the old white men who run Georgia decided that the Peach State should take a leading role in the establishment of the New Jim Crow South by passing legislation whose objective is to make it harder for Blacks to vote, attention has turned to the large American corporations who
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To readers of the American Carnage blog: After ten weeks of battling a resurgence of a long-standing chronic condition, I'm happy to report that I'm back in the saddle again. So much carnage, so little time. Giddyup!
Humor
Belligerent woman dressed in T-shirt, underwear, forced plane to land in Mobile MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A scantily clad passenger on a United Airlines flight on Thursday was so belligerent that authorities diverted the Houston-bound flight to Mobile, police said Monday. According to the Mobile Airport Authority Police Department,
Criminal Justice
Currently, in many cities, police officers are called to respond to mental health emergencies. As seems obvious, beefy guys with guns plus mental health emergency often equals tragedy. Some cities are beginning to change this including, now, NYC. This is a good start but real accountability for police officers continues
Politics
This is from Bret Stephens at the NY Times. I think he nails something I've struggled to put into words in the paragraphs highlighted below. The Conservative Movement Needs a Reckoning Just as ignorance was strength in George Orwell’s “1984,” shamelessness is virtue in Trump’s G.
Criminal Justice
The NYPD, since the summer BLM protests, and the voluminous video evidence of crimes by police officers against protesters, have fallen back on their traditional strategy: scare people. Or, to be more precise, blackmail the public. This is the bargain they say you can’t afford to turn down: support
Politics
You're not dreaming! Biden wins a squeaker but Dems lose seats in the House and likely failed to take Senate That was not fun. I did not enjoy that. Can we not do that again? So, as I write this on Friday afternoon, Biden has pulled slightly ahead
Politics
When your house is on fire, you tend not to focus on the swelling sinkhole in your backyard. But once the fire is put out (tomorrow? next week? next month?) we must confront the real lasting damage Trump has done to genuine expertise in the federal government. Regardless of whether
Big Tech
Facebook, the social media platform that provides a safe and welcoming environment to proto-fascists and neo-nihilists (but no one in between) hasn't officially endorsed Trump but...- they're blocking Biden ads- they're allowing Trump ads, even if they violate Facebook's own
Politics
A major thrust of the Trump campaign and the Republican party strategy ahead of the 2020 election has been to prevent as many people as possible from voting by any means necessary. Let us count the ways: 1. The Trump Administration announced on August 7th that in the midst of