A lot of substance over at Althouse at the moment.

Woof. Ann Althouse is on a roll this morning.

"'Haters keep saying they hate Diamond and Silk, but you can’t hate what you ain’t never loved!' the sisters, whose real names are Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, wrote..." - A dissection of the aphorism alluded to in the title. Is it a prerequisite to have loved in order to hate? An interesting discussion in her post and then in the comments.

Biden promised to pick a woman VP, but because they are women, the possible choices are all under special pressure over the Tara Reade allegation against Biden. - An exploration of paradox that affirmative action is by its nature an affirmation of incapability and second-class status. "This is the trouble with affirmative action. You get advanced to the front, but it comes with a catch. Biden wants a woman partner to help him out with woman things. Where's the feminism in that?" Again, good observations and robust discussion in the comments.

"New documents suggest that Flynn ‘was set up by corrupt agents’ who threatened Flynn’s son and made a secret deal with Flynn’s attorneys." - discussion in the comments about the apparent, and increasingly document, effort by the FBI to falsely accuse a political appointee and then extract a guilty plea by extortion.