Roundup
(1) Sidney Powell pleads guilty and gets 6 years probation. I’m not sure what if anything this will mean for Trump, but apparently part of her plea agreement is that she will be required to testify in future trials. (2) … Continue reading →
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Academics and artists for Palestinian terror
If the horrific situation in the Middle East can be said to have any pluses, probably the only one would be that it has underlined the destructive state of academia in the US today. I use the word “underlined” rather … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/20/23
I think that if we had to fight WWII today we would not win
I believe that, were we to fight a war like WWII today, we would not be able to win. I don’t say that because we lack the weapons or the skills. I say it because I believe that we would … Continue reading →
Anne Frank: are people good at heart?
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. I think it’s always timely, and certainly is timely now. I came across a reference to Anne’s famous statement recently in an essay on the Hamas attack of October 7, and … Continue reading →
More on lethal journalism: Palestinian lies and MSM amplification of those lies
Here’s an excellent article about the rot in journalism exposed by the “reporting” on the Gaza hospital [emphasis mine]: The media’s disastrous failure on the Gaza hospital bombing story is one of the most vivid and instructive examples of the … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/19/23
I went for a leaf-peeping drive yesterday with out-of-towners. It was cloudy, and a lot of the leaves had prematurely dropped because of too much rain. So I didn’t take a single photo. But here’s an old one, not of … Continue reading →
The consciousness of infants
Of interest: There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and colleagues in Australia, Germany and the USA has found. … Continue reading →
Lethal journalism: the Gaza hospital strike by Israel that wasn’t
[NOTE: I just published a post on Richard Landes’ work on the lies of Palestinian propaganda and how they are propagated by the Western press. One of the phrases he uses – and one I believe he coined – is … Continue reading →
What is the Biden administration’s plan for Israel?
I sincerely hope Glick is wrong, because this is absolutely horrifying and enraging: Ever since Obama became president his Iran policy has seemed vile and destructive to America, Israel, and the entire Middle East. Then when Biden took office, he … Continue reading →
Richard Landes on the propaganda war waged by the Palestinians
I’ve written many times about Richard Landes. He is a friend I met through blogging, but he also happens to be one of the greatest experts – perhaps the greatest expert – on the long history of successful Palestinian propaganda … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/18/23
The Russian dancer Yuri Soloviev had an extraordinary quality of ballon, the ability to jump and hover in the air. This clip is probably from the 1960s:
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