GAZA: A Clarifying Moment.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
October 12, 2023
SMOKE, FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH: CDC study on depression and mortality finds wealth, smoking, and exercise reduce risk of death.
“BIDENOMICS IS WORKING!” More than two-thirds of Americans report loss of sleep over job worries.
WELL, YES:
Under Trump we had the heads of Israel and Arab states in the Middle East signing peace accords together at the White House
We had a President who physically visited Israel himself and visited the wailing wall in Jerusalem— the first to ever do so.
We had Israel naming parts of… pic.twitter.com/1n2MXHXthi
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 11, 2023
Less than three years ago we had a president dedicated to world peace.
Now chaos reigns supreme.The obscene Obama Iran Deal will ultimately lead to a nuclear power terrorist-supporting entity in an unstable Middle East. Trump nullified it, of course, but Biden reinstated it.…
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 11, 2023
YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Hamas love exposes the moral rot at the center of Harvard and higher education in America. “I could be sitting in class with these students, watching children brutally murdered, raped, kidnapped and their mutilated bodies torn apart by a jeering crowd — and hear why it’s justified.”
Related:
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Exclusive Photos: These students ‘justified’ murder, rape of Jews. The event was promoted with an image honoring the paragliders who descended upon and attacked civilians at a music festival.
I remember when people justified higher education’s exalted place in our society on the ground that it made people better. The recent evidence suggests it is an incubator for hate.
DON SURBER: Palestine woke the world up: This is the worst week for anti-Semites since George Soros was a boy.
The Palestinian script was familiar. They attack, Israel stops them, they roll out fake footage of Israeli response and gain sympathy, demand a cease fire and get what they want. Propaganda blooms like dandelions in the spring.
There was the father who carried his “dead daughter” across the rubble in Gaza.
After that video was shot and posted on Twitter, she miraculously recovered and she began taking off her gray death makeup.
But the Pallywood propaganda did not work this time because people in the civilized world have had it — even in Massachusetts. RNC Research tweeted, “At a pro-Israel rally, Democrat Sen. Ed Markey calls for ‘de-escalation,’ even amid the unspeakable crimes committed against innocent Israelis by Hamas terrorists.
“The crowd immediately starts booing him.”
Pocahontas looked like she needed a tomahawk — the drink.
On the night of the attack, Ambassador Nikki Haley tweeted, “This is not just an attack on Israel — this was an attack on America.
“Finish them, Netanyahu.
“They should have hell to pay for what they have just done.”
CNN’s Jake Tapper said on the air, “These last few days have been a real eye-opening period for a lot of people — a lot of Democrats, a lot of progressives — in terms of antisemitism on the left.”
Bari Weiss explained the reaction to Palestinian terrorism. She said on MSNBC, “The Nazis tried to hide their war crimes. Hamas is livestreaming theirs.”
The anti-Semitic left is hiding in a cone of silence.
Related:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is asked 10 times to condemn Hamas terrorism.
She refuses to speak. pic.twitter.com/JCXiaMTAc5
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 11, 2023
Lol – you showed who you really are. No backtracking now. https://t.co/TTfQ7GYX9l
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) October 11, 2023
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Yale American Studies professor justifies Hamas attacks. We really need to think about all the ways that higher education has become a toxic industry, and about what to do about that.
“Every time you hear ‘decolonize,’ ‘diversity,’ or ‘systemic whatever,’ know that what they are saying is that they support revolutionary violence. That is literally what they mean.”
Daily reminder …
The world has gone to hell under Joe Biden.
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) October 10, 2023
TO BE FAIR, THE DANE KICKS BACK TEN PERCENT FOR THE BIG GUY: John Lucas: Appeasement in Real Time: Biden and Blinken pay the Dane-Geld.
A FRIEND WRITES FROM NEW YORK: “Columbia is restricting campus to active ID holders only as of tomorrow.”
The pro-Hamas sentiments haven’t worked out well for the universities.
AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN A NUTSHELL: Harvard Student Leaves Lecture On Microaggressions To Attend ‘Kill The Jews’ Rally.
The University happily hosted the rally for mass murder and rape after being assured that no one would be misgendered. “Hate speech has no place here at Harvard,” assured President Claudine Gay. “We affirm everyone’s right, regardless of gender, to feel safe to express their deep hatred and longing to kill Jewish people. That’s why Harvard is more than a school – it’s a family.”
A group effort, the “Kill the Jews” rally was lovingly organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee with help from the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund. The rally’s aim is to spread awareness of the plight of the Palestinian people who currently have to live in a world where Jewish people are alive and breathing.
Is the Babylon Bee even a satire site anymore?
OUT NEXT WEEK FROM GREG LUKIANOFF: The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All.
TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Social worker admitted having sex with 13-year-old boy she counseled: report. “She was charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, according to WSYX, and is being held on $500,000 bond.”
October 11, 2023
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is asked 10 times to condemn Hamas terrorism.
She refuses to speak. pic.twitter.com/JCXiaMTAc5
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 11, 2023
THE LEFT GETS A TASTE OF ITS OWN MEDICINE: Conservative group circles two trucks with photos, names of Pro-Palestinian Harvard students around Harvard Square.
Fallout from a controversial statement published and initially signed by about 30 student groups at Harvard University continued Wednesday as two trucks circled Harvard Square for much of the day, featuring the names and photos of students linked to the statement.
The billboard trucks, funded by the conservative news group Accuracy in Media, featured LED screens that changed throughout the day to feature at least a half dozen Harvard students under the words, “Harvard’s Leading Antisemites.” The trucks also linked to a website, HarvardHatesJews.com, which directs users to send messages to Harvard’s board of trustees.
“Tell them to take action against these despicable, hateful students,” the website reads. “Each and every one of these students should be expelled and their student organizations should be kicked off campus.”
Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, confirmed in an interview with the Boston Globe Wednesday evening that his organization sponsored the trucks.
“Our organization has sent two trucks to Harvard,” Guillette said. “They’ll be there for some time.”
I’m not in favor of cancel culture. On the other hand, I am a fan of irony and paybacks. And just a few years ago, all the best people were assuring me that it was laudable to punch Nazis. . . .
UPDATE: I think this stuff is getting their attention. Or at least that of Harvard president Claudine Gay. A Harvard friend writes: “Ha, I’ve got about 100 emails from Claudine Gay’s office.”
OPEN THREAD: Everything is going swimmingly.
WELL, UP TO NOW YOU MANAGED TO KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED, AND NOT WITHOUT SOME EFFORT:
"When did you first begin to suspect?"
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 12, 2023
FORTUNATELY, THEY CAN BE KILLED: Hamas assault shows terrorists can’t be managed.
And so can their funders and backers.
HIGHER EDUCATION AS A TOXIC INDUSTRY: Cornell University official slammed for disturbing posts calling Hamas terror attacks a ‘resistance.’