What the Jan. 6 Hearings Accomplished

Source: Wall Street Journal (free link).

Two sentences summarize the editorial completely:

There is no evidence so far that Mr. Trump was communicating or coordinating with the Proud Boys or other nefarious elements in the runup to Jan. 6…

What the committee has accomplished, however, is to cement the facts surrounding Mr. Trump’s recklessness after Nov. 3 and his dereliction of duty on Jan. 6.

Well, if that’s all the committee has accomplished, so what?

Mr. Trump’s “recklessness” is as much a feature as a bug as far as I’m concerned; and when a president is guilty of “dereliction” the appropriate remedy is to lose the office, which has already happened.

The committee has done enough. It is time for it to dissolve.

Some Notes on the Alex Jones Case Video I Posted

I posted a video in another thread yesterday in which two YouTube lawyers critique the outcome of the Alex Jones trial in Connecticut. I have since reviewed the video again in order to jot up some notes describing problems with the trial. The essence of the lawyers’ critique seems to me (inexpertly) to revolve around the application of anti-SLAPP law.

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There is No Single War In Ukraine and NATO Is In Trouble

Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.

All my life the U.S. has been at war somewhere in the world. The big ones — Vietnam, the Middle East, Afghanistan — were all failures. To the extent that past performance can predict future outcomes, our proxy war against Russia in Ukraine may prove a failure, too.

But one also can forecast outcomes from present facts on the ground. The article at hand points out that Ukraine’s ability to wage war is degrading. Ukraine’s military may soon have to divide itself to fight on multiple fronts. And it is unlikely that NATO can resupply Ukraine any time soon.

This is a message idealists and warmongers in the West don’t want to hear. But not wanting to hear at this point has become irrelevant.