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What Now? A Post-Mortem
So Jack Smith has asked Judge Chutkan and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the DoJ’s prosecution of the former president, for both the January 6th election subversion case, as well the Florida classified documents case. The January 6th case was in front of Judge Chutkan waiting for a decision possibly following briefings…
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Ignorance is Bliss (2)
My previous post on this topic focused on Trump’s nominations for critical cabinet and other positions in the executive branch. But I didn’t want to miss this opportunity to point out that the expression in the title applies to many other situations as well, one of which relates to a recent and unfortunate encounter I…
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Ignorance is Bliss (1)
The president elect has started announcing his picks for cabinet and other important positions in the executive branch. And each picks is more astonishing and controversial than the previous one. I am not planning on going through all of his picks here, but just mentioning a few will help appreciate the scope of the disaster.…
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Agree to Disagree
In the current tumultuous political environment, I often hear people say “let’s agree to disagree,” when they realize that they really don’t have any reliable source or evidence for their claims or arguments other than that they had heard it in a Trump rally, or from Fox News or Newsmax, or had seen it in…
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Your Body, My Choice
If you feel angry by just reading the title of this post, you are not alone. Millions of women in America are now feeling angry by seeing the misogynistic posts with this title all over the social media, posted by self-proclaimed “alpha” males who feel empowered by the results of the recent presidential election. Their…
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The Election Night
With most polls indicating a very close presidential race -pretty much within their margins of error- I doubt anyone can confidently make a prediction about the outcome of the presidential election (please see How Reliable Are Election Polls for a more sinister view on the predictions made solely based on such polls in general). However,…
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Questions for Elon Musk
How much is a person’s dignity worth? or their pride and self-respect? in absolute terms, or relative to one’s current worth. What does it take for a well-educated, incredibly intelligent person to set aside all that intelligence and play dumb, pretending that they don’t understand or appreciate the absurdity of pretty much anything the former…