This would not have happened before November 5th

From the New York Sun: A co-host of  ABCs “The View, Sunny Hostin couldn’t look more unhappy while reading multiple on-air “legal notes”  regarding misconduct accusations againsat Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and George Santos. The legal notes were designed to shield the “View”, a production of ABC News, from legal liability for comments Ms. Hostin andContinue reading “This would not have happened before November 5th”

“People living in tents”

Eight weeks after Hurricane Helene blasted through western North Carolina, conditions are third-world like with no relief in sight. FEMA, perhaps the worst run federal agency (though there are so many competing for that honor) spent all the money  allotted to them for the region, then ditched it long ago. Major media has lost interestContinue reading ““People living in tents””

Sham justice in Illinois

Regardless of the mountain of evidence that resulted in his convictions, actor Jesse Smollett had all his convictions overturned today by the hard-left Illinois Supreme Court. The vote was 5-0. The AP has a decent account of the case. Smollett, who is Black and gay, made headlines around the world after he told police inContinue reading “Sham justice in Illinois”

The old saw, “every day is children’s day,” has been expropriated for better use.

The excellent X blogress Laura Powell has compiled a list of  holidays observed by different kinds of children, LGBTA activists, who must have been severly holiday-deprived in their youth. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Not to be confused with Trans Day of Visibility, which is in March. Or Trans Day of Action, in June.Continue reading “The old saw, “every day is children’s day,” has been expropriated for better use.”

Child molestation now legal in California

From lifesite.news A California judge has permanently stripped parental rights from Texas father Jeffrey Younger over his refusal to allow his 12-year-old son to be chemically and surgically castrated at the wish of the boy’s mom. This is heartbreaking: ‘I lost all parental rights to my sons. Goodbye, boys,’ Younger wrote on X (formerly Twitter)Continue reading “Child molestation now legal in California”

Music appreciation

Your Tatler has listened to more performances and recordings of “Rach 3” (as musician types have dubbed it, and Bickerstaff’s favorite among the four concertos) than he can recall.  There are many excellent recordings of this monsterpiece© and it’s heartening so many of them are by younger artists, who possess the requisite chops to handleContinue reading “Music appreciation”

Some rare good news about criminal illegal aliens

One of them has been brought to justice. From the Post ATHENS, Ga. — Tren de Aragua gang member Jose Ibarra was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for the vicious murder of promising nursing student Laken Riley in a case that ignited a national firestorm over the Biden administration’s open border policy and coddlingContinue reading “Some rare good news about criminal illegal aliens”