Archive for 2026

GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA:

FROM NATHAN C. BRINDLE:  I’m the Beautiful But Evil Space Princess Who Rules A Galactic Empire But Really Wants To Leave People Ruthlessly Alone: Volume 3 (I’m The Beautiful But … Wants To Leave People Ruthlessly Alone!).

Imperial Princess Regnant Alice and Crown Prince Daniel of Xeros are now engaged to be married, by the laws and customs of the Church of the Goddess on Xeros.

But if you’ve ever had a wedding, or anything like a wedding, you know you have to hope the guests will be well-behaved.

Enter the Goddess herself, and her “plus-one,” Michael of Terra, who have a bit of an emergency for which they need our plucky crew.

But don’t worry . . . it’s only the universe unraveling. It can wait till tomorrow.

The third volume of the BBESP light novel!

THE TIDE TURNS:

DUE PROCESS DEPENDS ON WHAT’S AT STAKE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS BUT FOR THE GOVERNMENT:

The Supreme Court in Mathews v. Eldridge:

“[D]ue process is flexible and calls for such procedural protections as the particular situation demands,” Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U. S. 471, 408 U. S. 481. Resolution of the issue here involving the constitutional sufficiency of administrative procedures prior to the initial termination of benefits and pending review, requires consideration of three factors: (1) the private interest that will be affected by the official action; (2) the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and probable value, if any, of additional procedural safeguards; and (3) the Government’s interest, including the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedures would entail.

This applies to immigration, too.

WHAT KIM SAID:  Incitement.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

OCEANIA HAS NEVER BEEN AT WAR WITH THE WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM: Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen dies at 91.

Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm led to passing records for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and affable personality made him a beloved figure, has died at the age of 91.

ESPN was on in the locker room of the gym this afternoon, and I watched the newsreader discussing Jurgensen’s pro career by uttering something like “his time playing football in Washington,” as a way to avoid the R-word entirely.

Similarly, if the WaPo’s readers are wondering what happened to its sports section, rest assured its demise was entirely self-inflicted: