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November 15, 2023
REPORT FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Mayor Adams’ crazy scheme to have parents be school security guards.
Thus the mayor’s proposed, um, solution: “We’re going to be leaning into parents and parent groups to do some volunteerism,” he said Tuesday.
Really?
After all, former Marine Daniel Penny “did some volunteerism” last May, stopping a violent vagrant on behalf of endangered F Train straphangers, and he’s under indictment for manslaughter. Has Adams vetted his scheme with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg?
Extreme? Maybe.
But a formal public safety system is meant to discourage private citizens from settling their own beefs; promoting what amounts to vigilantism, no matter how it’s gussied up, is a very bad idea.
Or maybe Adams is just trying to scare the bejeezus out of New Yorkers, prepping them for tax increases and related chicanery?
Well, tax increases and chicanery are always a safe bet.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: U.S. eating disorder insurance claims jumped 65% in 2018-2022.
BIG BUSINESS LEARNS THE HARD WAY WHY YOU DON’T SELL OUT TO WOKE DEMOCRATS:
While the George Floyd riots of 2020 pushed many corporations to deeply invest in woke ideology, the trend of big business pushing far-left ideology goes back much further. One company that proudly placed itself on the cutting edge of the modern social justice movement was Pepsi.
The perennially second-place beverage company jumped on the bandwagon with a now-infamous advertisement involving social justice protests and Kendall Jenner. Within a week, the move had created such a backlash from the left wing it was trying to court that the ad was pulled down. Naturally, no lessons were learned, though. Instead, Pepsi doubled down again and again, desperately seeking Democratic Party approval like a sad stalker peering into their obsession’s window.
Still, one might have argued that it was a calculated move, meant to provide protection from an ever-growing, aggressive group of partisans. Of course, such an argument would be predicated on said protection actually being provided.
On that note, Pepsi is learning the hard way why selling out to woke Democrats is a bad idea. New York AG Letitia James is suing the company for billions of dollars, claiming that its use of plastics harms the environment.
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Did they really think those who called them evil profiteers for decades were suddenly going to be on their side? The amount of naivete one has to possess to believe that is astonishing. Yet, here we are, with major corporations continuing to self-immolate in pursuit of a demographic that hates them.
Meanwhile, as a Republican, I’m content to sit back, drink a glass of water, and laugh at their misfortune. We warned you, and you didn’t listen. There’s no going back either. We aren’t taking apologies, not that one would be offered anyway.
As Tom Cotton said a year ago, after Kroger discriminated against religious conservatives, by forcing them to wear gay-pride themed clothing, “‘I’ve cautioned them for years that if they silence conservatives and center-right voters … if they discriminate against them in their company, they probably shouldn’t come and ask Republican senators to carry the water for them whenever our Democratic friends want to regulate them or block their mergers,’ he said… To [Kroger Chair and CEO Rodney McMullen] and other CEOs seeking GOP support against regulation, Cotton said, ‘I’ll say this: ‘I’m sorry that’s happening to you. Best of luck.’”
OH, GOODY: Expect Ammunition Prices to Increase. I just put in a big order with my former students’ company, LuckyGunner.com. It’s amazing how much ammo you go through when you practice regularly.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Insanity Wrap: Decolonize Your Racist Sofa. “‘I had no idea the shape of my dinner table reinforced the patriarchy, helpful female decorator of color. Please, take my money.’ That’s the lead crazy on today’s Insanity Wrap, an entire week’s worth of the best bad news.”
HOLIDAY DEAL: Fossil Grant Men’s Watch. #CommissionEarned
WHY DO WE BOTHER WITH WATCHLISTS WHEN THEY’RE NEVER WATCHED? Gunman suspected of killing Texas SWAT cop and 2 hostages was reportedly on FBI terror watchlist.
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THE UNINTENDED SIDE EFFECTS of popular weight loss drugs.
OLD AND BUSTED: Snakes on a Plane.
The New Hotness? Horses on a plane! Plane forced to return to JFK Airport after horse on board gets loose.
PRIORITIES: NSA Goes Full Woke, Pushes CRT and Transgender Ideology on Employees.
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JUST IN: While Hamas Planned Its Attack on Israel, Biden’s Intel Community Was Fighting Climate Change — Massive US intel failure under Congressional scrutiny after Biden pivots focus to climate https://t.co/sojWRWvTM9
— Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) November 14, 2023
If I’m judging our intel community by what they do, America’s real enemies are the weather and actual Americans.
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Study: When we see what others do, our brain sees not what we see, but what we expect.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: In prank, Harvard called by mother of enrolling Hamas terrorist.
A video of a prank call to the Harvard University admissions office, made by an Israeli comedian who pretends to be the mother of a Hamas terrorist, racked up millions of views on various platforms within 24 hours of its publication on Monday.
The illustrated clip produced by Racheli Rottner was the latest Israeli dig at American universities, which have come under fire for tolerating activities from students seen as downplaying the October 7 terror onslaught, supporting Hamas and targeting Jewish students on campus.
The call, which Rottner says is authentic, features a mother named Jaama whose son Hamid is angling to attend Harvard.
Jaama explains that Hamid participated in the October 7 killings and asks the admissions officer whether her son can receive a “political activism scholarship” for his efforts.
The man on the phone, who shows little sign he recognizes what the pranker is referring to, responds blandly that Harvard only offers need-based scholarships.
In accordance with the prophecy: Hamas Leader Appointed Senior Fellow At Harvard University.
COLOR ME SKEPTICAL: Acupuncture could help relieve chronic hives, Chinese study finds.
JAMES LILEKS’ WEDNESDAY REVIEW OF MODERN THOUGHT:
The best way to ensure security for Jews is to dissolve the country where they can define themselves and defend themselves, and disperse them among other populations in other countries where they have no history.
Relocating Palestinians to Jordan, of course, is off the table.
Okay, file that one away. Next:
The United States, we can infer, does not have a right to exist.
So the Jews should be moved to the United States, but don’t unpack, because we’re moving everyone in United States out of United States. The good news is it will be okay to be a colonizer for a week or two until we sort out the paperwork and figure where you’re going.
It’s not just the wisdom of these bright lights that inspires, it’s the way it’s matched with such can-do practicality.
Exit quote: “As their new hero once said: Segregation now! Segregation forever!”
To be fair, that’s been the prevalent viewpoint on “Progressive” colleges for at least the past two decades, despite Michael Graham writing Redneck Nation as a warning, not a how-to guide for postmodern campus lifestyles.
PARDON ME, IT’S TIME FOR MY SIESTA: Any Activity — Even Sleeping — Is Healthier For the Heart Than Sitting, Says Report.
BATTLESWARM: Hamas’ Hospital Hideout. “So the left has known that Hamas was committing war crimes for decades, but was willing to ignore it in service of the holy cause of slaughtering Jews.”
JIM TREACHER: Props to Fetterman for Standing with Israel. The worst person you know just made a great point:
If I’m gonna criticize a politician when he’s wrong, it would be rank partisanship not to praise him when he’s right. And on the subject of Israel, John Fetterman is 100% right.
At a time when many Dems are parroting Hamas propaganda — including the NYT and WaPo — Fetterman is standing by Israel. He understands that the only genocide in that country was the one committed on October 7.
Last week he drove pro-Hamas protesters even crazier by waving an Israeli flag:
And anybody walking by his Senate office knows where he stands:
And at the entirely peaceful March for Israel rally in DC yesterday, Fetterman literally wrapped himself in the Israeli flag:
This the only right and moral stance, with the added benefit of making his fellow progressives furious. Gotta give him props for that.
How many Dems are kicking themselves today for putting themselves on the line to lie for this guy? LOL!
Exit quote: “There will be another reason to bash him tomorrow. But today, I salute him. Good work, Senator Fetterman. #StandWithIsrael”
HMM: Vote on tentative contract with General Motors too close to call as more tallies are reported. “The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at several large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins. However a factory in Arlington, Texas, with about 5,000 workers voted more than 60% to approve the deal in tallies announced Wednesday.”
Is the ballot harvesting over, though?