Ken White: Yes, it does corrupt justice, but not (just, or even) because they’re “rats.”
Yes. Trump is wrong about why flipping is bad, but he's not wrong about flipping is bad. Prosecutors have far too much power, with too little accountability. It's a travesty of the justice system. https://t.co/2p0anto9d5
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 24, 2018
Marina Koren has a nice history of religious allusions in space speeches.
Heading back to California for a few days. I’ll be dropping the car at PBI, taking a shuttle to the West Palm Tri-Rail station, and then a couple-hour train ride to MIA for a flight back to LA this evening. So open thread, and play nicely.
[Friday-morning update]
Trip went fairly smoothly, other than tight connection between train and MIA that resulted in my having to check my carry on. But I scored a window seat, with empty center, and beautiful woman from Marina Del Rey in the aisle seat, so flight was quite pleasant. Unfortunately, I have to go back on Tuesday.
Bob Zimmerman says that the swamp is winning, big league.
Most of the emails were never examined.
This is my shocked face. These people should be doing time.
Sore-loser Democrats want to change the rules.
None of this was unanticipated by the Founders. They considered popular vote for the presidency and Senate a bug, not a feature.
Want power to the people? Then you want capitalism.
On the anniversary, my fellow defendant Mark Steyn remembers the last time a president was (entirely justifiably) impeached.
And as I typed this, I just realized that I forgot to commemorate the sixth anniversary of that infamous Blog Post which resulted in the never-ending lawsuit against me, CEI, National Review, and Mark (though he is now eager to go to trial having made a lot of money selling a book against the plaintiff). And it’s been over two years since our request for an en banc appeal, with no ruling from the DC Circuit.
…you have to like men.
It might be enough to just not hate them.
Yes, it was in fact an allegory against all they love.
[Update a couple minutes later]
As Gail Heriot (from whom I got this link) notes, they would never have destroyed that ring; they’d have used it. For our collective good, of course.