Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

TO WHOM IS THIS A SURPRISE:  Study Finds ‘Anti-Israel Ecosystem’ at UN, Bias Across 30 Bodies.

It found that a network of more than 30 agencies, committees, and other mechanisms has institutionalized disproportionate scrutiny of the Jewish state.

The 168-page report, “The UN’s Anti-Israel Ecosystem: Mapping the Institutions, Mechanisms, and Resources Behind the Campaign Against Israel,” was authored by Adi Schwartz and Asher Fredman, with assistance from Noam Yakoby, and released Wednesday.

 

WHEN THEY CAN’T BRING ANYTHING TO LIFE, WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO?  Narnia Among the Deathworks.

It was Carl Trueman who introduced me to the idea of a deathwork, though the concept is Philip Rieff’s. According to Rieff, a deathwork is an assault on something that is hallowed to an established culture. It isn’t a critique or argument that the culture is untrue, but a means of profaning something that is sacred in order to make it seem ridiculous or repulsive. Trueman summarizes it as “the act of using the sacred symbols of a previous era in order to subvert, and then destroy, their original significance and purpose.”

AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE?  Why an H-1B visa hopeful decided to give up on work in the US. [VIDEO]

Indian national Shreya Mishra Reddy graduated from Duke University in 2022 with a master’s in engineering management. She had set her sights on working and living in the US. But after learning that potential employers might have to pay a $100,000 fee to hire her, she pivoted.

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  A Sunny Day on Ganymede.

Imagine growing up in a colony. No, not one on Earth–one in space. On one of Jupiter’s moons, or maybe on a station…or an asteroid! What would it be like to be a kid in a research station on Io, or Ganymede? What would it be like to grow up inside tunnels dug into an asteroid? Or on a station floating in fixed orbit somewhere? Join Jack, Sean, Raffie, Jake, and Chris in this collection of stories…where one of the biggest differences a kid can make is by asking the right questions.

 

 

EXCEPT GOVERNMENT, WHERE THE INTELLIGENCE IS OFTEN LACKING:  Intelligence of All Sorts.

So, one form of intelligence is knowing what’s going on elsewhere, before expressing your ignorance. For example, my cousin was talking about how her house, having multiplied many times in value, is taxed based on that value as if she had sold it that year… instead of based on how much she paid for it, and was basically railing about property taxes in general.

This earned her the typical “Concerned, uninformed neophyte: Troll” (CunT) wanting to know how she proposes to fund things like roads and schools.

 

SO MUCH ECO FREAKING, SO LITTLE MIND:   EU Ship Recycling Fight Escalates Over Indian Beaching Yards.

A fight over whether Indian shipbreaking yards using the controversial beaching method should qualify under European environmental rules is widening, with steelmakers, recyclers, trade unions and environmental groups now urging the European Commission to withdraw its proposal.

GOVERNMENTS HAVE ONLY ONE ANSWER: KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN BATCH LOTS:  The Problem of Suffering.

SHE’S MADE THE DECISION, SHE’S JUST WAITING FOR THE SPHERES TO ALIGN OR IF YOU PREFER FOR THE FRAUD MACHINERY TO BE REBUILT:  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals When She’ll Make Her 2028 Decision.

Also, dear Bob, that woman is all teeth! Anyone else hear “the better to eat you with” when she smiles like that? Wolf in disguise, socialist… same, same.