WHAT’S TO RE-EXAMINE RON?  Cosmetics tycoon Ron Lauder to ‘re-examine’ financial support for UPenn over antisemitism concerns.

JEWS JOINED IN THEIR MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIALISTS JOINED TO MARCH AGAINST THE US GOVERNMENT:  Black clergy urge Queens pol to quit Socialist group after sick pro-Hamas protest.

YOU DON’T HATE JOURNALISTS ENOUGH:  Our utterly bankrupt “mainstream” press.

OH, YEAH, I PROBABLY SHOULD EXPLAIN:  Why Sarah Disappeared.

Yeah, I probably should get myself more organized and give advance notice?

THEY NEVER LEARNED WHAT GIVING THEM UP MEANS:  How little our rights matter to some.

INSIDE BASEBALL: “You must win every pitch.” Martin Maldonado. Catcher, Houston Astros. October 18, 2023. After game interview on FS1.

ONE THING THE MEDIA HOPES YOU WILL FORGET, AND ONE THING THEY NEVER REPORTED: They hope you will forget that Hamas still holds around 200 people, including babies, children, women, and the elderly, hostage. They have never reported, except in Israeli media, that 300,000 Israelis living near the conflict zones in Gaza and south Lebanon have been displaced and are living in temporary locations all over Israel.

IN OTHER NEWS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF ARABS KILLED IN ONGOING YEMEN CIVIL WAR, FOUR MILLION DISPLACED: Various news report suggest 150,00 killed directly, 300,000 indirectly by disease, famine, etc. brought about by war, and four million refugees.

As with Assad’s brutal war in Syria a few years back, the “Arab Street” has been almost entirely silent about this. Apparently, deaths from war only become meaningful when you can hold Israel responsible, whether it’s true or not, and regardless of who started the hostilities.

Why would that be? The most obvious answer is the most logical one. The “Arab Street” cares little about the welfare of Palestinians, or of other Arabs more generally. They just hate Israel, because Israel is run by Jews, and their religion, history, and culture tell them that Jews are supposed to be dominated by Arabs and Muslims, and it’s humiliating when instead the Jews turn out to be more powerful than their Arab enemies.

And of course leftists don’t care either, because Arab victims don’t interest them unless some Western-oriented country can be blamed.

UPDATE: If you’re interested in the latest on the Yemen situation, check out StrategyPage.

ROLL OF SHAME: Here Are the Media Outlets That Uncritically Regurgitated Hamas Propaganda.

CHINA UPDATE: Dynasties

…Economic growth continues to decline – it is now under two percent a year and getting worse. That means more unemployment and lower living standards for most Chinese. A decade ago it became clear that the purported years of ten percent GDP growth were ending, assuming they were ever true at all. Not just because economic growth was slowing but because the central government was finally forced to go public, for the first time, about the false economic data that provincial officials had been sending to the central government for decades.

Yes, “the official numbers were doctored.” And “Xi Jinping hasn’t come up with a workable solution…”

OPEN THREAD: Play nice.

21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally.

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications.

The company said Wednesday that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order.

The drone, programed to fly from a delivery center with a secure pharmacy, will travel to the customer’s address, descend to a height of about four meters — or 13 feet — and drop a padded package.

Amazon says customers will be able to choose from more than 500 medications, a list that includes common treatments for conditions like the flu or pneumonia, but not controlled substances.

Faster, please.

CUE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANTITRUST SUIT IN 3. . . 2 . . . 1 . . .: Small launch companies struggle to complete with SpaceX rideshare missions.

SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THE NEW ADS. Sorry, the problem is that InstaPundit has been demonetized by Google, for unspecified “dangerous” content. Between the overall trend of ad revenue decline — which hits everyone — and the trend of cutting advertising to right-leaning sites, and now this, ad revenue is down about 90% from its high, I’d estimate, and it may get worse. (The Amazon revenue, which we’ve been phasing out anyway, is similar). At some point I’ll probably have to go to some sort of subscription model — maybe one that lets you buy out of the ads — or a purely donation-supported model.

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AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Liberals Replace Star Of David On ‘Coexist’ Sticker With Hamas Paraglider.

Liberals Replace Star Of David On 'Coexist' Sticker With Hamas Paraglider https://t.co/eJh6TUjaGG pic.twitter.com/gpasaA6UaI

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 18, 2023

Don’t give them any ideas, Bee!

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Massive comet three times the size of Mt Everest racing towards Earth after violent space explosion.

DISPATCHES FROM THE HOUSE OF STEPHANOPOULOS: Tlaib refuses to apologize for blaming Israel for Gaza hospital blast, attacks Biden.

“The American Jewish community in my district, and all of you here. I just know how much courage it’s taken to speak up. Many of you have been targeted. You’re being gas lit. Some people are losing their jobs. Folks are getting events canceled. Literally, their First Amendment right wiped away for standing up and saying that children deserve to live. It is literally inhumane for my colleagues to allow that to continue and say nothing,” Tlaib said.

Tlaib also slammed President Joe Biden for his support for Israel’s actions since the Hamas terrorist attack.

“To my president, to our president … I want him to know, as a Palestinian American and somebody in Muslim faith, I’m not going to forget this. And I think a lot of people are not going to forget this,” Tlaib said.

And Republicans are pouncing and seizing!

Rep. Ilhan Omar is also facing criticism from Republicans over similar comments Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza as Israel denies fault. As information about the hospital blast was initially being reported, Tlaib tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, “Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate. Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many Palestinian Americans and Muslims Americans like me. We will remember where you stood.”

Evergreen:

THERE ARE DEEP SEVENS ON MARS? The Source of The Most Colossal Marsquake Ever Detected Is a Huge Surprise.

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP: Huff Post spreads misinformation, then changes headline on story to make it about the spread of disinformation. Hat tip: Jon Sutz.