Always present, but so far avoiding us. Some good reporting, in a feature from a New Mexico website, describes the devastation to centuries-old customs in the tiny mountainous villages dotting this region, the result of the terrible fires nearby. Some excerpts: The little town of Mora, nestled in a green river valley between forested mountains,Continue reading “Life in the Fire Zones.”
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Yet Another New York Mayor Wants to be the President of the United States.
Just Say No, Your Honor. Comes word New York City’s new mayor Eric Adams is already hankering for a better job. The New York Post reports an “insider” tells them: “Eric has told me repeatedly that he thinks that he has a platform to run for national office, for president in 2024. He has saidContinue reading “Yet Another New York Mayor Wants to be the President of the United States.”
Noted with Pleasure.
Delightful music, off the beaten track. Your Tatler, who claims fair knowledge of the classical repertoire, confesses he had never heard these charming pieces, nor any others by their estimable composer, until today. While Emile Jaques-Dalcroze has a decent biographical entry in Wikipedia (which is usually reliable so long as the subject cannot possibly supportContinue reading “Noted with Pleasure.”
Pelosi Finally Excommunicated.*
After 35 years. Well, isn’t this a fine how-do-you-do for liberal Catholic-Episcopalian wannabees? Doddering Nancy Pelosi, after 35 years enthusiastically supporting the killing of babies in the womb, in direct violation of Catholic teachings (CCC 2270-75), has finally been banned by Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco from receiving at mass. The howls of the woundedContinue reading “Pelosi Finally Excommunicated.*”
And Now, Some Badly Needed Comic Relief.
From the New York Post: He’s really gonna do it. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that he is running for Congress in a new district straddling Manhattan and Brooklyn. “I’m declaring my candidacy for Congress in the 10th congressional district in New York,” the failed 2020 Democratic presidential candidate told MSNBC Friday morning.Continue reading “And Now, Some Badly Needed Comic Relief.”
Bidenomics.
We Will Work Together.
Another poem in free verse by Kamala Harris. That is especially true when it comes to the climate crisis Which is why we will work together And continue to work together To address these issues, to tackle these challenges, And to work together As we continue to work, Operating from the new norms, rules, andContinue reading “We Will Work Together.”
Class with a Capital K.
The Ukrainians show the Russians how. From the Daily Telegraph. Russia is reportedly refusing to take bodies of its soldiers killed in fighting in Ukraine, with corpses piling up in refrigerated train cars outside the Ukrainian capital. Col Volodymyr Lyamzin, Ukraine’s chief civil-military liaison officer, said several hundred bodies have been collected from the battlefield inContinue reading “Class with a Capital K.”
Coming Soon: Your Progressive Local Library.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. —Karl Marx The Epoch Times reports the Long March of the Left through the cultural institutions of our country yielded a fresh victory in April, with the announcement by the American Library Association of the election of its newContinue reading “Coming Soon: Your Progressive Local Library.”
High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Just which country do these people work for? National Institutes of Health acting director Lawrence Tabak confirmed to lawmakers Wednesday that US health officials concealed early genomic sequences of COVID-19 at the request of Chinese scientists — but insisted the data remains on file. Tabak told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the NIH “eliminated from public view”Continue reading “High Crimes and Misdemeanors?”
