Monthly Archives: November 2020

Cooper’s Hawk in my back garden

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Pat Lang

Got one of these lurking and waiting for unwary feasts.  The starlings have cleared out lately.  Too bad.  pl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_hawk

Posted in fauna | 11 Comments

Did President Trump Pull Off The Sting of Two Centuries? by J.

Posted on November 6, 2020 by j

We have all witnessed President Trump both before, and during his Presidency playing level 4 chess with his opponents, as well as dribbling basketball with their brains.  President Trump is a master of the feign, where he draws his opponents … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Chinagate, Current Affairs, government, J, Politics, Ukraine Crisis | 60 Comments

“Biden looks screwed even if he wins.” Politico

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Pat Lang

"This is not the outcome Democrats expected. Despite many bold predictions of a rout in which Democrats gained (or re-gained) Trumpian red territory of 2016, as of early Wednesday only one state — Arizona — had flipped from red to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 33 Comments

The Fix

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Pat Lang

I received the following as a comment from "exiled off main street."  IMO it is worth posting as a front page post.  My apologies to him/her for its publication en bloc without the usual format.  pl "They committed the perfect … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Justice, Politics | 28 Comments

The Trump Campaign files to intervene in the pending request to the Supreme Court about the Pennsylvania voting case

Posted on November 5, 2020 by willmann

By Robert Willmann Pending in the U.S. Supreme Court is a document asking the court to hear and decide whether the changes to voting procedures ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are legal and constitutional.  Yesterday, the Trump campaign organization … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Justice, Politics | 17 Comments

RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 5 NOVEMBER 2020 by Patrick Armstrong

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Patrick Armstrong

VALDAI. Putin's speech is here. To my mind, other than the funeral crack, the most memorable bit was his strong defence of a mixed economy: when things are purring along, free enterprise does the job but in bad times you … Continue reading →

Posted in Patrick Armstrong, Russia | 20 Comments

Open Thread – 5 November, 2020

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Pat Lang

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Posted in Open Thread | 39 Comments

NY Strip

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Pat Lang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_steak   I put up a link for the foreign trolls.  pl

Posted in Uncategorized | 18 Comments

CSS Shenandoah In Melbourne, 1865, By Walrus.

Posted on November 4, 2020 by walrus

(CSS Shenandoah burning whalers in the Bering Sea) The confederate raider CSS Shenandoah visited Melbourne in the colony of Victoria in 1865. She was berthed within a hundred yards of where I keep my yacht today. Despite Britain declaring itself … Continue reading →

Posted in Walrus, WBS | 33 Comments

The Fix is In….. by Fred

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Fred

The polls, all of them, were wrong – massively. Did you see the blowout in Florida? I'm sure we'll be hearing more about how Brenda Snipes (fired before she could resign in 2018 because of incompetence and fraud) would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Fred, government, Politics | Tagged , , | 40 Comments