Hot Air
Everything is a scam: COVID/Light rail edition
As a Minneapolis resident I have seen my share of graft, lunacy, gaslighting, self-sabotage, and mindless destruction in government. Our city is a mess, our County is profligate beyond measure, our unelected Metropolitan…
Los Angeles has an entire hotel for the homeless that’s sitting mostly empty
If you've been following the news regarding the epidemic of homelessness in Los Angeles over the past couple of years, you may already be familiar with the Cecil Hotel. The legendary, 600-room establishment located near…
Too fun to check: Has Ellison flipped on Bankman-Fried in FTX scam?
Sam Bankman-Fried now sits in a Bahamian prison, accused of pulling off what may be the largest scam since Bernie Madoff. The Department of Justice now seeks to extradite him from the Bahamas after hitting him with an…
Mayorkas went to El Paso: “Our immigration system as a whole is broken”
DHS Secretary Mayorkas, facing investigations and perhaps impeachment hearings when Republicans take control of the House in January, visited El Paso on Tuesday. His main excuse for the poor performance by his department in…
Question of the day: Does Biden remember how old he is?
Come on, man. Of course Joe Biden knows how old he is -- but he isn't too happy about the discussion of its importance, now and especially for the 2024 election. In a preview of the 2020 presidential rematch that the…
Bivalent booster flopped–why?
It's no secret that these two things are true: the Biden Administration and the CDC have been pushing hard for Americans to get yet another booster shot aimed at curbing the proliferation of the currently circulating…
Could it be? Do we really have a budget deal?
Just last week the outlook for an omnibus spending bill looked so bleak that Democrats were preparing a plan to force through a one-year stopgap bill. What a difference a week can make, however... maybe. Working late into the…
Iranian soccer player sentenced to death for participation in anti-regime protest
The international soccer players union is "sickened" by the news that a soccer player has been sentenced to death for participating in protests in Iran. FIFPRO is shocked by reports that Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, faces…
NYC recommends wearing masks outside
No, this is not a recommendation that came out in 2020. It is from...Tuesday. This Tuesday. In 2022.Read More
Junk science: p-hacking edition
One of the dirty secrets in science is that there is such a large premium for finding "interesting" results that scientists sometimes fudge the rules.Read More