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Liberal Japonicus by liberal japonicus I can’t imagine the bravery required for this student to stand up in the middle of a Turning Point agit-prop rally. Also take note of Vance’s oleaginous reply. The fact that it is at Ole Miss, while unsurprising, is the bit that makes me truely ill.
by liberal japonicus The word ‘band’, for many people, brings to mind school buses and high school students. This image has groups that are bands call themselves ‘wind orchestras’ or ‘wind ensembles’ in order plug into the prestige of high culture. This first recording here by the North Texas Wind Symphony, which is the ‘band’ … Read more
by liberal japonicus This paper dropped, which has a lot of interesting stuff for me, but I might have to put it in context for people not marinating themselves in these topics. J. Mark Ramsayer is an American legal scholar who is the Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard. He first broke thru … Read more
by liberal japonicus The Bal des Ardent post mentioned Prince Andrew’s current difficulties, which seem to have gotten worse with the posthumous publication of Virginia Guiffre’s memoir. If you aren’t following this, Andrew, who has always never been the brightest bulb in the Windsor marquee, had a pretty extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. One of … Read more
by liberal japonicus I was thinking this morning that maybe I was going to run out of stuff to post about. But then this, by Anna Bower of Lawfare, about how the interim prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, who is pursuing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, contacted her because of a tweet she made … Read more
by liberal japonicus Is it just me noticing the synchronicity of the No Kings protests and Prince Andrew’s seemingly unstoppable descent? The other parallel I thought of was the Bal des Ardents, which is the pic above. Too soon? Have at it.
by liberal japonicus This New York Times panel, consisting of Jamelle Bouie, David French and Tressie McMillan Cotton, is like catnip to a cat for me. On the assumption that not everyone wants to listen to it, I’ll pull out soundbites that really hit with me. Cottem had an earlier column that is referenced in … Read more
a guestpost by wonkie Since we’re coming up on Halloween, I thought maybe we could share stories of the weird, the creepy, the odd in our experiences. My weird experience is of being stalked by a boat hook. A boat hook, for those of you not in the know, is a long hollow aluminum pole … Read more
by liberal japonicus I may be asking for trouble by doing a music post that shades into politics, but I thought it might be interesting to link to some Bad Bunny videos. Quick précis: Bad Bunny is the stage name for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a Puerto Rican DJ, rapper, actor and record producer. He … Read more
by liberal japonicus In the comments, there was some discussion of doxxing, which seems like a very mutable term, so a post about it might be interesting. The term ‘dox’ comes from the 90’s hacker culture. It was originally ‘to drop docs on’, and because the hacker culture generally operated on a basis of anonymity, … Read more