Source: PJ Media.

In some ways this is a nothing story. The arrest may not happen and, in any case, there isn’t much one can usefully say about events that haven’t happened yet.

Still, it is probably best to not arrest a former president. Even if you believe in the pious cliche that “no one is above the law,” such an arrest will diminish the office. It would be like telling the world we are not a serious country; our most powerful people have no legitimacy.

It may be a core American value to regard our leaders as inherently unimportant — indeed, we may have appropriated this very notion from the indigenous peoples our European ancestors found so interesting (and vexing). But I don’t imagine that this is the way the rest of the world thinks. Should Donald Trump be arrested, Joe Biden and everyone who props him up will lose a little geopolitical stature.

Source: Mises Institute.

If ever I thought about social media influencers at all, it probably was in a derogatory way, assuming them to be minor lights among Madison Avenue propagandists. The writer sees becoming an influencer as a viable, even lucrative career path with a solid, economic basis.

Source: Bacon’s Rebellion.

This is curious. One wonders how a story like this could even happen.

Apparently, Dominion Energy Virginia can purchase electricity from multiple sources, but chooses the most expensive option. There is no evidence of foul play; just weird decision making.

I read the story as an example of insular government operating in a bubble that excludes the people it supposedly serves. The minor insanity of irrational environmentalism is surely a factor.

Source: Chabad.ORG.

In a recent Forum thread on abortion, the question of Jewish beliefs about abortion came up. Since I don’t know much about Judaism I have been reading about this topic and in the course of that effort I came across this excellent, if brief, summary of an orthodox perspective (from the source link, above):

Continue reading “Judaism and Abortion” →

Source: The American Conservative.

The writer may be a Russian agent, a shill for Putin, a treasonous extremist, but I doubt it.

I think that geopolitical forces are arrayed against the U.S. in such a way that we must rethink our support for the war in Ukraine. Simply put: If the U.S. doesn’t stop the war in Ukraine, China will. It would be best if the U.S. ended the war.

Source: Paul Craig Roberts.

I don’t understand the banking system well enough to know whether I should be worried about the recent bank runs. Still, the banking system produces and — presumably — maintains the economy’s medium of exchange. Should widespread bank failures occur they will affect everyone in many unpredictable ways.

The writer explains how the current troubles came to be. His solution — restore the Glass-Steagall and repeal the Dodd-Frank legislation* — is probably correct. Or so it seems to me.

*Revised for clarification, 3:30 p.m.

I worry about the children sometimes. Then I watch the work they do.

Source: The American Conservative.

I have been making many of the same points as the writer for a long time now. He does it better.

A taste:

Continue reading “Death of a Myth” →

Source: Daily Reckoning.

This is handy.

If your opinions sound similar to any of the 10 Rules, you may be called upon to show that you are not just repeating propaganda.

Source: Moon of Alabama.

Accurate casualty numbers for the war in Ukraine are hard to come by. The writer shows that Ukrainian casualty estimates are not to be believed.

This is important, because Western sources repeat the Ukrainian estimates without verification, creating a false picture of battlefield realities and the status of the conflict.

It should be noted that casualty numbers are not the best measurement of success in battle. Even so, given Ukrainian lies, you gotta wonder if they are worth helping.