Isolation thoughts from Lileks.
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We went for a drive on Saturday into Manhattan Beach, where the beach (like all LA County beaches) was closed. It was a ghost town, with just a few people walking around, and we could have parked almost anywhere. The most surreal thing was to see The Kettle closed. That restaurant has been 24/7 for decades. They’re not even doing takeout, just shuttered.
…and it may never fully recover.
And get ready for more exits; Italians are burning the EU flag.
I think that this is probably the most significant European event since the end of the war. The project, and the conceit of globalism in general, is coming apart at the seams.
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But wait! There’s more: Calls in France to “buy French.”
Strzok prioritized his illegal spying on the Trump campaign over subpoenaing Weiner’s laptop.
My sense is that to the degree that they have different accents, it’s class based, not regional. That is, most of the people I meet are probably upper middle, whereas someone Rugby Union might speak strine so thick that it would be almost unintelligible to me.
After too many decades, almost a century, the people have pulled aside the curtain, and the man behind it has been exposed.
I agree; it’s looking more likely by the day.
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Is the pandemic making Trump stronger? And how the establishment continues to not get it.
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Trump’s strategic foresight is being put to the test.
There seems to be a deep-seated, long-time culture of corruption at the Department of (In)Justice. This would explain why they thought they could get away with what they did to the Trump campaign and administration.
We are about to find out how robust it is.
The world will be changed.
Yes, and in many ways, for the better.