Sunday, May 5. 2024
From From the River to the Sea - Getting it Right, Getting it Wrong
Susie Linfield: The Israelis pulled out of Gaza in 2005—which was accomplished by a super-hawk, Ariel Sharon. There’s criticism on the Israeli Left for how this was done, and criticism on the Israeli Right that it was done at all. Nevertheless, Palestinians were now in control of a territory. A small bit of territory, true. But you have to start somewhere. (Look at what the Kurds have accomplished in the areas they control in Iraq and Syria.) There was a lot of hope, among Israelis and Palestinians alike, that Gaza would turn it into a thriving entity, which is to say that energy would be put into the development—economic, civil, etc.—of one’s own people and society, not into destruction of the Other. A Middle Eastern Singapore! Under Hamas, the opposite happened. David Grossman told the New Yorker that, had Palestinians chosen peaceful development, withdrawal from West Bank settlements would have commenced. Instead, Hamas began lobbing rockets into Israel and, eventually, turned the whole Strip into a terror base while enriching itself. You can begin to understand what effect this had on Israelis, including those who desperately want two states.
John 15:9-17
15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
15:11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
15:13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
15:16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.
15:17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
Saturday, May 4. 2024
 It’s been two years since the UK’s poop-engulfed beaches became a national scandal. Now it’s even worse
Friday Laugh: Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Charge Cops With Garbage Can Shields (the video is amusing)
Also amusing: Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda....
John Cleese reminds us that ‘race doesn’t matter, but culture does’
Stuart's Saturday Miscellany
“I cannot believe this emotionally incontinent young person and his friends are driving a national news cycle. .."
Springtime for Sinwar - Notes on the pro-Hamas Left and its antecedents.
Rogan To University Protesters: "You Guys Are Doing Nonsense" At "Cult Camp"
Normal Kids Get F*cked - Elite universities went to war against fraternities and fun while indulging Hamas-admiring collectives, and the students have noticed
Arrested Emory U. Prof. No Victim Despite Leftist Outrage, Admitted She Hit Cop While He Was Subduing Another Rioter
Joe Biden Is 2024's Chaos Candidate. Column: Biden's incompetence opens the door for a Trump restoration
Famed conservative journalist who hates Trump says Biden's weak stance on campus chaos is hammering final nails intopresident's re-election campaign
Illegals fly Florida
Ukraine's Biggest Problem Isn't Weapons, It's Lack Of Fighting Men
Russian Troops Enter US Base in Niger That Is Hosting Few Remaining US Troops After Ruling Junta Expels US Military from the Country
Thursday, May 2. 2024
Of course it's good to walk a lot. Swimming is good too. If general mobility is your goal, that's good.
Despite the article, I've never heard of anybody who lost fat by doing either of those things. Well, maybe if you decide to give a month to hiking the Appalachian trail you will lose fat.
I sort of admire, or envy, people who do not think about their fitness.
How Fit Can You Get From Just Walking? Walking is good for you, obviously. But can it whip you into shape?
Nope. Unless feeble, walks are recreation and not "exercise."
"Barcelona, then, was a Catalonian Pyongyang: and it is important to recall that Orwell approved of it. At this stage of his development, he was an enthusiastic totalitarian, and the shallowness of his belief that such uniformity was a triumph for freedom and equality is rather startling in a man who, a very few years later, was to be the greatest literary scourge of totalitarianism in the world."
Hanania:
President of the University of Chicago with the best statement yet on the protests: “I believe the protesters should also consider that an encampment, with all the etymological connections of the word to military origins, is a way of using force of a kind rather than reason to persuade others… those violating university policy should expect to face disciplinary consequences.”
"It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'."
Columbia protestors throw world's biggest toddler tantrum when the cops show up
New York's Finest Clear Out Columbia Rat's Nest in Record Time
'Free Palestine' Brownshirts Need a Heavy Dose of Consequences
Since When Does Criminal Law Not Apply to College Campus Protests?
UCLA Pro-Hamas Mob Issue List of Demands, Including Zip Ties and Gas Masks. At a press conference, they also demanded UCLA divest, disclose, and abolish policing.
DeSantis Takes Down Reporter Who Accuses Him of Crushing Campus Protests
Columbia Classmates Call for Intifada. I Just Want to Attend College.
Nancy Pelosi Has a Meltdown After MSNBC Challenges Her Talking Points
Trapped by court case, Trump turns Big Apple into his political playground
The children protesting on American campuses are making incoherent noises in order to attract more attention to their riotous behavior, and thus, to obscure the fact that they are really trying to mask Palestinian shame.
Wednesday, May 1. 2024
The Wolves in Colorado
AI and the End of the Human Writer - If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity?
Here's What Happened When a Mom of a 'Trans' Student Tried Scolding a Teacher for 'Misgendering' Her Kid
New York City to pay over $2 million settlement for discrimination against white educators
Surprise, Surprise: Pro-Hamas Agitators on Campus Have a New 'Demand'
The NYPD Comes for Columbia’s Occupation. Plus. . .
University of Florida "Is Not a Day Care" - There Are Consequences for Protests
Related: Protesters wanted free food
"... campus riots like the ones at Columbia could be a disaster for the Democratic Party. That is what happened in the late 60s. Voters hate these childish and destructive outbursts. "
Stuart's Wednesday Miscellany
"There Is No Crime": Dershowitz Says Bragg’s Case Against Trump Will Fail
NATO Chief Confirms
Ukraine Will Become a Member of NATO — Pushing US Closer to Nuclear War with Russia
Why?
What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought
Why Is Israel Singled Out As The Uniquely Hated State?
Sunday, April 28. 2024
John 15:1-8
15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower.
15:2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
15:3 You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.
15:4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.
15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
15:6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
Saturday, April 27. 2024
Do you hate getting your "physicals"?
You have to discuss your life in detail, and expose your physical condition. Yes, they like to be Psychiatrists too if they are smart. I will submit to it every two years or so. One problem is that they always find something to look into even if it doesn't matter. But sometimes it really does... You do not want to end up like my brother-in-law who I thought was the fittest guy in the family.
My doctor is a gym rat - more so than I am - and about 50% grey haired. Looks awesome, and I do not. My fasting glucose was a bit high, so he asked me about my food habits. I told him that, normally, I have 2 coffees for breakfast. He said he was the same. I told him that lunch makes me sleepy, so I usually only have a banana except on weekends. He said he was the same. He asked me what I had for supper last night. I said Thai take out. Cashew Beef I think, which I shared with Mrs.
I told him my appreciation for beer and wine. He thought that was fine.
Then we discussed my blessed Ambien for sleep, especially on planes. He thought that was good, and gave me five refills. I told him that low-dose Doxepin works, but produces too many bad dreams for me.
Yeah, I have to recheck my glucose.
Friday, April 26. 2024
 Cashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs
TNR really despises suburbs
" Turns out that living in near-Utopia has the worst possible effect: you decide to strive for a different Utopia altogether."
Feminism has left middle-aged women like me single, childless and depressed
A Principal Was Removed, Faced Threats for Making Racist Comments. There's Just One, Major Problem.
A Culture of Grievance
Thomas Jefferson High School Drops Out of Top Ten Nationwide After Adopting “Equity” Admissions Policy - “TJ for the first time dropped out of the top 10 of the US News list of top US high schools, falling from being number 1 2020-2022, to 5 in 2023, to now 14 in 2024”
TGIF: Four More Years, Pause - Australia wants to jail Elon. Women tie their tubes. Mike Johnson is sticking around. Plus: China might not have been honest about the pandemic.
‘Social manias die quietly’. Lionel Shriver on why elites are rarely held accountable for their most damaging mistakes.
Columbia's Tiananmen Square
Ivy League grads risk losing prized jobs for schools allowing antisemitic protests to fester: Wall Street honchos
Communist Coachella at Columbia. Plus. . .
BIG PICTURE – Judge Cannon Unseals and Un-redacts Trump Legal Motion that Exposes DOJ Fraudulent Case Against Him
TRUMP IN THE SUPREME COURT
Biden is Trying to Make Trump the Nelson Mandela of America
The fantasy of open borders Mass migration will only lead to more suffering
IDF: The Rafah Op Will Come -- Very Soon
In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages
Iran's Nightmares
Wednesday, April 24. 2024
 Neither is terrible, but both kinda bland for my taste. Baked Brie is a very good dessert.
What's the difference?
(As usual, I do not support the idea of cheese as an appetizer. Why eat a filling savory thing before a good hunk of meat or a stew? )
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