Open thread 1/11/24
I don’t usually post cute little videos of kids, but sometimes I make an exception. This is one of those exceptions:
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The left and the Palestinians: Part I – The Soviets
[NOTE: This is the first of a two-part or perhaps three-part series.] A great many people seem surprised that the left is so strongly allied with the Palestinians, and are their main champions in the West. After all, the two … Continue reading →
Roundup
Once, again, there’s just too much going on to do full justice to all of it. So here’s another roundup. (1) Fani Willis, Trump’s Georgia nemesis, is in trouble herself for corruption of various kinds. Ace deals with some of … Continue reading →
The transportation blockers
So much was going on during the Floyd protests that was even worse than blocking traffic that I hadn’t even recalled that blocking transportation was a major part of those disruptive – but Democrat-approved – demonstrations. But it was, and … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/10/24
Here’s a brief example of why I say that Baryshnikov just might have been the best male dancer ever. I saw him many times in person and I can attest to his greatness. He is a small guy – I … Continue reading →
The hunt for Hamas leaders: hostages as human shields
Here’s a highly informative video from The Jerusalem Center on the topic of Israel’s hunt for Hamas leaders, both in Gaza and elsewhere. It answered some of my questions about how they got Arouri and what that might mean. They … Continue reading →
The vast majority of Democrats are perfectly fine with removing Trump from the ballot for J6
Eighty-one percent are in agreement, to be exact. Here’s a link to the poll itself, which also asked about J6 itself: Though most Republicans don’t condone the actions of those who forced their way into the Capitol [on J6], the … Continue reading →
Joe panders to the pro-Hamas crowd and praises their “passion”
Here’s how Biden reacted to a disruption from pro-Hamas demonstrators while he was speaking at a South Carolina church: BREAKING: Biden looks stunned as protestors disrupt Biden's remarks at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina: "Ceasefire now!" BIDEN: "I … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/9/24
The conformity gauntlet
Ideological conformity is required in academia: We then take the reader on an imaginary tour of academia from the point of view of an independent-minded highschooler and demonstrate how many conformity pressures he or she will face on their way … Continue reading →
Claptrap from Harvard interim president Alan Garber
Blahbitty blah blah blah: Since I first arrived here as an undergraduate in 1973, I cannot recall a period of comparable tension on our campus and across our community. That tension has been exacerbated by concerns about how we address … Continue reading →
Random thoughts of the day
(1) Regarding a discussion about AI in today’s Open Thread – any source of information, be it tedious old-fashioned library work, Google, or AI so far (and maybe into the future), is vulnerable to “garbage in, garbage out.” The human … Continue reading →