AN EXAMPLE OF WHY PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR NEWS FROM NPR ARE ILL-INFORMED: Check out the contrast in coverage. Does anyone believe that NPR’s omission of the students’ support for terrorism and the violent destruction of Israel was a mere oversight?
(1) NPR:
(2) Student journalist via the Free Press:
OPEN THREAD: This is my open thread. There are others like it, but this one is mine.
OLD AND BUSTED: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
The New Hotness? The Revolution Will Not Be Catered: Cringe! Columbia ‘Revolutionaries’ Want Their Meals Catered or Else.
Can’t they just pickup their food from the local deli like normal revolutionaries?
Apologies — the above clip is from Woody Allen’s Bananas, and we now know how triggering that particular assault fruit is to today’s wannabe hardman terrorists.
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters could be seen on the steps of New York City’s Penn Station before taking a rush hour train toward Columbia University, video shows.
A group of approximately 150 anti-Israel protesters congregated at New York University’s campus on Tuesday, calling for the university’s administration to reevaluate their negotiations with the protesters, as demonstrations heat up in the Big Apple.
Columbia students who took over Hamilton Hall are now facing expulsion, according to a memo sent out by the Ivy League school.
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters could be seen on the steps of New York City’s Penn Station and later swarming the train hall, video shows.
Protesters were seen beelining toward the doors of Moynihan Train Hall, where Amtrak and the LIRR runs.
When inside, demonstrators marched and stood for the uptown A train in swarms.
Trains, eh? It seems bad form by the protesters to remind voters of anti-Semites’ historical obsession with them.
As is this: Oh Look, A Night of Broken Glass at Columbia.
And from America’s Newspaper of Record:
UCLA Replaces Student IDs With New Fashionable Identifying Armbands https://t.co/2YPZTrmV8Z pic.twitter.com/3KKx4B2gm5
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 30, 2024
SURE — WHAT COULD GO WRONG? White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees.
Regarding Columbia, Ed Morrissey writes, “Trump lost in 2020 because of the chaos of the pandemic and the riots in the streets. Democrats are poised to repeat that with the chaos at the border spilling into the cities and the riots of Academia in 2024.” Apparently Biden’s handlers are willing to triple-down on the bet.
2024 IS WAY TOO CRAZY FOR EVEN THE BABYLON BEE TO SATIRIZE:
These students are going to put @TheBabylonBee out of business. 😂 https://t.co/kBglgCrMcf
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) April 30, 2024
“Marxian lens,” huh? Why so reactionary?
Karl Marx Was a Conservative | @ConceptualJames pic.twitter.com/3Dn3aNpGrK
— New Discourses (@NewDiscourses) April 30, 2024
Flashback: Berkeley students angry that they have to read Marx, not because he was, well, a Marxist, but because he was yet another dead white European male: “The course syllabus employed a standardized canon of theory that began with Plato and Aristotle, then jumped to modern philosophers: Hobbes, Locke, Hegel, Marx, Weber and Foucault, all of whom are white men. The syllabus did not include a single woman or person of color.”
As James Lileks wrote in response, “Marx is in foul order in Berkeley not for his ideas, or the heaps of corpses accumulated in his name, but because he had a prostate. By the way, Foucault died of AIDS, so you can dismiss everything the students wrote. Homophobes and haters. No, kids, don’t bother defending yourselves. As your heroes would no doubt say: If it wasn’t true, we wouldn’t have accused you.”
SCIENCE ANSWERS THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Freezing Bread Make It Healthier?
LOL:
So the press conference jihadist is a PhD student named Johannah King-Slutzky (really) and this is what she's working on. Dying. Absolutely dying. Beyond parody. @TheBabylonBee couldn't top this if they tried. https://t.co/xMhbmez881 pic.twitter.com/2mI5orclZx
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) April 30, 2024
WELL, WHO DOESN’T LOVE CHILI DOGS? Ancient Teeth Reveal Surprising Dietary Choices in Early Humans.
I’M SKEPTICAL OF ALL SUGAR SUBSTITUTES: Study suggests that stevia is the most brain-compatible sugar substitute.
THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS. Andrew Tate ruthlessly mocked for claiming having sex with women is gay.
COLUMBIA NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF CONSIDERING THINKING ABOUT TAKING STEPS TO POSSIBLY ACQUIRE A BACKBONE:
April 30 statement from Ben Chang, University spokesperson. For the complete statement and further information, please visit the link: https://t.co/2a4cc4vLeg pic.twitter.com/rr0890AC1n
— Columbia University (@Columbia) April 30, 2024
But:
Your top priority is safety? Random masked men broke into John Jay, a freshman dorm and dining hall, from outside campus on 114th street in the middle of last night. This is outrageous.https://t.co/i5QZfk5fJX
— Artane (@_Artane) April 30, 2024
Background: Columbia Students Storm University Building and Hoist Banner Calling for ‘Intifada.’
THEY WEREN’T SO GLORIOUS: The Left Relives Its Glory Days as Kent State Redux Looms.
GIVE IT A WEEK AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR LESS THAN MY HOME COST: You Could Buy the Entire Fisker Company for Less Than the Founder’s Home Costs.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped.
BOOK I JUST READ: Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering. #CommissionEarned This is a weird little book but if you have anxiety or depression and want to give it a try, might be worth it. It is an easy read and entertaining. That said, I am not sure why it is an Amazon chart best seller but maybe I’m missing something. If you have read it, let me know what you thought in the comments.
SHUT UP, HE EXPLAINED: The Judge Drops the Hammer on Trump for Breaking Gag Order.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Speediance Smart Home Gym System. #CommissionEarned
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BUBBLE DEFLATES: Elon Musk issues brutal email to Tesla staff as he goes ‘absolutely hardcore’ and fires two senior executives, his entire Supercharger team, and moves to lay off hundreds more employees.
The Tesla boss, who sat down with Chinese premier Li Qiang on Sunday promising an imminent roll-out of driverless cars in the country, sent a brutal email to senior managers Monday night, The Information reported.
Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of the electric vehicle maker charging infrastructure, and Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicles program, will leave on Tuesday morning, the report said.
Musk also plans to dismiss everyone working for Tinucci and Ho, including the roughly 500 employees who work in the Supercharger group.
‘Hopefully these actions are making it clear that we need to be absolutely hard core about headcount and cost reduction. While some on exec staff are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so,’ Musk said.
Plus: “Tesla’s public policy team, which was led by former executive Rohan Patel, will also be dissolved.”
IT’S THE FEEL-GOOD HIT OF THE SEASON: FAFO Video: New Yorker Keys Florida Trump Supporter Car But Then…
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