IS ANYONE SURPRISED? Watchdog Group Exposes Biden Administration Skirting Law on Funding Terrorists.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
October 18, 2023
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India wants a space station by 2035, moon mission by 2040.
WHEN SATIRE IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REALITY:
New York Times Patiently Awaiting Zoom Call From Hamas To See What They Should Print Today https://t.co/X4VqlvCrwR pic.twitter.com/729hzqt0n8
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 18, 2023
YES.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 16, 2023
SIDING WITH RAPISTS, ABDUCTORS, AND MURDERERS: UPenn library staffer caught taking down posters of kidnapped Israelis. “Similar incidents have unfolded across the country, as posters featuring the faces of missing Israeli adults and children have been vandalized or ripped up.”
LOOK, AN INSURRECTION! Hold on a minute, did these pro-Palestinian protesters just storm the Capitol? I thought that was called an INSURRECTION!
WATCH: A group of pro Palestinian insurrectionists stormed the Capitol today. Have any of them been arrested, hunted down, or thrown in gulags yet? Will any of them get 17-22-year prison sentences? Shaking. pic.twitter.com/jOV3AFv3sq
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 18, 2023
Don’t be silly, it’s only an insurrection if you’re protesting on behalf of Americans.
PERSONAL DEFENSE TIP: Personal Defense Tip: Just Say No To Warning Shots.
RECYCLING IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS A SCAM: Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again.
INSERT JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL HUMOR HERE: Study shows beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India wants a space station by 2035, moon mission by 2040.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Drone attack on base hosting US troops intercepted in Iraq, heightening fears of a broader conflict.
YOU NOTICE THE PRESS DOESN’T USE THE TERM “WITHOUT EVIDENCE” FOR ACCUSATIONS COMING FROM HAMAS OR ITS SUPPORTERS? U.S. Says Intelligence Shows Gaza Militants Behind Hospital Blast.
These Democrats took the word of terrorists before the facts were known — to blame Jews.
They have not retracted nor apologized. pic.twitter.com/Wsq8OUlY7M
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 18, 2023
The thing to understand is that — just as in the Michael Brown / George Floyd era — these false reports aren’t just the result of bias or sloppiness. They’re intentional propaganda, designed to justify a violent response like riots in city centers, or at U.S. embassies. It doesn’t matter if/when they’re proven false.
And yes, the press outlets involved know all this and are complicit.
Related: The Curious Case of the Hospital That Didn’t Blow Up: Maybe don’t listen to Hamas, guys.
As it turns out, the people who behead babies and lie about it will also lie about other stuff.
Yesterday we got the news that Israel blew up a hospital in Gaza and killed 500 people.
However, there were a few minor, nitpicky problems with the story: 1) The hospital wasn’t blown up, 2) Nowhere near 500 people were killed, and 3) Israel had nothing to do with it.
And the lies are amplified by a press that has taken sides.
SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK: With Florida launch, SpaceX sends 22 more Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
DON SURBER: The Speakership is the Fight Republicans Need. “Republicans promise everything and deliver nothing. Dude, where are my J6 tapes?”
Hell, in Tennessee we can’t even get the Trans Shooter’s manifesto.
I kinda hope it doesn’t. I hope they hear from some clients. At first I was sympathetic when I saw this: “On Tuesday, the firm said it was reconsidering that decision for two of the three students, who fought their dismissals and said that they did not authorize the letters, which did not have any individual signatories.”
But then I saw this: “The New York law firm said two of the students held leadership roles in groups that signed a letter at Columbia and one was affiliated with the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, which jointly wrote a letter that held the ‘Israeli regime’ responsible for the deadly violence.”
People (including students) on the right have been canceled for far less.
Related:
Unemployment is a small price to pay for your principles, but virtue signaling has been cost free so long that this will come as a shock.https://t.co/EwHvPyE6BH
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 18, 2023
SO IT’S LIKE BIRDS, THEN? Here Comes the “Race Isn’t Real” Movement.
Well, if race isn’t real, we don’t need the whole anti-racism/diversity apparatus that has been built around the idea that it’s the most important thing in the world, so with that understanding, sign me up. Though I suspect that this is really just a smokescreen for new varieties of grift.
But I agree with David Bernstein that America’s racial classification system is idiotic.
MICHAEL WALSH: The Gods of the Copybook Headings Strike Back. “A modest proposal: shut down all the Ivies for eight years, intellectually fumigate the places, then re-open them gradually, one year at a time, under new management.”