Oregon court throws out the charges: @theoregonian The Oregon Court of Appeals this week released the body camera footage judges reviewed that captured a Washington County sheriff’s deputy’s indecipherable Miranda warnings to a man stopped on suspicion of riding a
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Comments don't seem to be working for the last hour or so.
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Even I can’t comment. Maybe publishing this post will unclog things.
UPDATE: I still can’t comment.
UPDATE 2: I asked Grok and was told this seems to be a general problem with Blogger. It recommended waiting. Please don’t submit comments
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This is like the way if you mock someone for making a typo, you'll make a typo.
By Ann Althouse
But it’s far worse:The guys at @PodSaveAmerica laugh at JD Vance for not knowing what the academic definition of a blood libel is—and then immediately demonstrate that they know even less about it than he does…Instant Karma. pic.twitter.com/LFN6HY6rAx— H.A.…
"We’re like Adam and Eve trying to build the futuristic garden of Eden where you can just exist and your world takes better care of you than you could yourself."
By Ann Althouse
"Ha ha. Wouldn't it be funny if I started it up again? 18 years have passed!"
By Ann Althouse
“But in the larger scheme of things, what is 18 years? The whole idea was to liberate myself to wander around on the time line.”
I left a comment on an old blog post, here.
Unsaid things.
By Ann Althouse
That’s a favorite tag of mine and I’ve even blogged about the tag.In 2014, I said: “I feel that I’ve found the psychic key to my favorite tag: ‘unsaid things.’… Did you know that before I started blogging…
"Gloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women’s movement, dies at 92."
By Ann Althouse
A Washington Post obituary (gift link). In a tribute to feminism, the obit waits until the 6th paragraph to tell us how she looked: “With her willowy physique, her fashionable miniskirts and her straight, parted hair, she brought glamour as…
"Trump is going to get his ballroom — even if courts conclude it’s illegal."
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Said lawprof Leah Litman, quoted by Adam Liptak in “Trump’s ‘Lightning Speed’ Outpaces the Courts/In his breakneck construction of a grand ballroom and in many other initiatives, critics say, the president has tried to outrun judicial review” (NYT gift link).…
"Greg began cautiously. His first video was just him reading out loud a newspaper article about a Florida woman…"
By Ann Althouse
“… who had accidentally burned down America’s fifth‑oldest tree by smoking meth underneath it. After he read it, he said to the camera, ‘Isn’t that crazy?’ ‘The video got 10 or 12 views,’ Greg told me, ‘and a comment: “You…
"For prospects rising through the Milwaukee Brewers’ farm system, and even established veterans on a rehab assignment, wearing lederhosen is a rite of passage."
By Ann Althouse
“No, this isn’t some elaborate rookie hazing prank… it’s the result of Friday’s theme night at High-A Wisconsin, one in which the team normally known as the Timber Rattlers becomes the Brats as part of Bratoberfest, a play on Germany’s…