Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 13, 2024
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT AMUSED, NOR IS HE COWED;
Ever been in combat? Ever been shot at? I haven’t. Neither, until today, has President Trump.
But one thing that combat veterans tell me, over and over, is that combat reveals character. The experience of being under fire exposes who you are in fundamental ways. You don’t really… pic.twitter.com/6dBjrqX3Vi
— Brooke Rollins (@BrookeLRollins) July 13, 2024
THAT’S GOOD, BECAUSE MY CASE WAS A REAL NOTHINGBURGER: Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection.
WITH A DELIVERY LIKE A BRICK THROUGH A PLATE GLASS WINDOW: The Walther PPK/S: Back in .32 ACP.
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is an Armorer School Right for Me?
WHEN EVEN LABOUR TURNS AGAINST YOUR IDIOCY: New Brit Government to Permanently Ban Puberty Blockers.
WHY? THEY CAN WALK BUT THEY CAN’T TALK: How to make a walkie talkie for your dog.
NOT SURE ABOUT THIS: Neuralink Will Offer Telepathy and then Brain Control of Teslabots.
UNGLAMOROUS BUT ESSENTIAL: Cornell researchers unveil urine collection, filtration system for astronaut spacesuits.
FAKE DRUGS ARE BAD, AND TOO COMMON: Fake Botox shots sicken 17 women in 9 states.
SLOUCHING TOWARD SKYNET: New Rumor of an OpenAI Next Level Reasoning Breakthrough.
I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT CAN MAKE IT EXPENSIVE: Can a Federal Court Stop Antisemitism at Columbia?
After I attended a vigil last fall for the victims, many fellow students stopped talking to me. I was routinely called a murderer, and even a Nazi, as I walked to class. I received an anonymous death threat on social media. I usually remained in my off-campus apartment, skipping class because I would have had to walk past—or through—groups of students advocating violence against Jews. I canceled a job interview on campus because I feared for my safety. For much of the fall semester, I stayed away from New York City and took classes virtually.
When I returned for the spring semester, things got worse. While the media has fixated on the encampments and the student takeover of Hamilton Hall, the hatred hasn’t been limited to those areas. There have been constant “teach-ins” where students and outside organizers rail against Israel while praising Hamas. One teach-in, titled “Contextualizing the Humanitarian Collapse in Palestine,” denied that terrorism is a crime and described suicide bombings as “direct-action protests.” Twice a month there is a “glory to our martyrs vigil” on the medical campus.
Days before Passover, while walking through campus to work, I encountered a massive protest filled with calls for violence against Jews such as “intifada,” “from the river to the sea” and “by any means necessary.” Demonstrators also chanted “Zionists off campus now.” After Oct. 7, I stopped wearing my Star of David necklace for fear of assault, yet I had put it on that afternoon to connect with an Orthodox Jewish patient in the hospital. After seeing the crowd, I walked back home, where I took off the necklace and then took an alternative route to work.
I pay good money to attend Columbia, so I’ve complained to campus leaders about the climate of fear. In October I sent an email to 12 administrators and program directors in which I described the hate directed my way. No one responded. When I met with my program’s social worker in November, she thanked me for sharing my perspective while asserting that I was “the only Jewish student” who had raised concerns—a claim I knew was false.
They lie a lot. Plus:
No wonder the situation at Columbia has deteriorated. Passive and morally confused leaders have tacitly encouraged the threats of violence against Jewish students. By failing to oppose antisemitism from the outset, they’ve fostered the creation of a de facto no-go zone for Jews. The 2023-24 school year is over, but antisemitism remains rampant in the summer semester, and I expect it to become worse in the fall. If students are setting up encampments when the campus is less busy, they are unlikely to back down when it is bustling.
Columbia’s leaders can’t be trusted to do the right thing.
Nope. Make them pay.
#JOURNALISM:
The NYT *this morning* accused the right of pushing a “conspiracy theory” that Dems are secretly plotting to replace Biden at the top of the ticket…
Meanwhile, Axios is reporting *this morning* how Dems are secretly plotting to replace Biden at the top of the ticket.
Unreal. pic.twitter.com/MPhKFHtvtS
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) July 12, 2024
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT OUR GUYS THROW GAY PEOPLE OFF ROOFTOPS: National SJP calls on followers to resist ‘Zionist Pinkwashing.’ When you side with savages, messaging is hard.
PAUL BEDARD: Trump is history’s ‘biggest comeback’ and the media is ignoring it. They’re certainly doing their best.
Totally unrelated: Support to cut immigration up ‘sharply’ to 55%: Poll.
MARTIN GURRI: Joe Biden and a Tear in the Fabric of Things. “Last month’s debate destroyed the carefully crafted myth of Biden as an empathetic, intelligent and resolute leader. For the establishment that perpetrated this hoax, what comes next won’t be pretty.”
PRIORITIES:
Never let it be forgotten that an attorney for the Biden Administration characterized girls' and women's concerns about sharing locker rooms with biological males as "niche."
This is, unfortunately, the kind of reckless arrogance that we have come to expect. Especially since… https://t.co/1opuauVJwK
— Brant Hadaway (@BrantHadaway) July 12, 2024
I’LL BELIEVE IT’S A CRISIS WHEN THE PEOPLE TELLING ME IT’S A CRISIS START ACTING LIKE IT’S A CRISIS: Climate Hawk John Kerry Jet Sets to Indian Oil Tycoon’s Wedding Alongside Global Elites: Biden’s former climate czar travels thousands of miles for star-studded wedding of the son of India’s richest man.
YOU’RE WELCOME: American Farmers Are Pretty Happy With That SCOTUS Fish Decision. “So many bogus, standard-of-living-impacting pet projects became law by virtue of department head wand-waving. It’s been a couple of weeks now, and there is an idea of what size tsunami of change, thanks to this decision, might actually wash through the office buildings in D.C.”
NOW THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS HOPING FOR: Company Behind Ammo Vending Machines Says Hundreds More Are Coming to Stores.
Related: Community Notes: Giffords Gets Schooled On the Reality of Ammo Vending Machines.
July 12, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
THE CHINESE ARE MESSY: China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem.