MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Harrison Butker, Harbinger?
May 16, 2024
THIS NAKBA DAY MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TRUTH: Also worth noting. Before the Palestinian cause became a thing, in the Arab world the “Nakba” or catastrophe wasn’t the displacement of Arabs from Palestine, but the failure of five Arab armies plus Palestinian Arab militias to wipe out the nascent state of Israel and kill or expel its Jewish residents.
OPEN THREAD: Make it your own.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Lithuania 40th nation to sign Artemis Accords.
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS WORLD, YOU’RE FEELING THE CHANGE OF THE GUARD: Abbott Issues Full Pardon to Army Sergeant Convicted of Murder at BLM Protest.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: New Breakthrough Paves the Way for Vision Implants That Can Restore Sight.
DAVID BARON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Gray wolf found dead in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion.
WHEN YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO APPEASE LEFTIST ANGER: KC mayor apologizes for city’s ‘inappropriate’ message about Chiefs’ Harrison Butker.
Not everyone’s buying the apology:
“We now realize that it’s bad to dox people with the Kansas City X account. Rest assured that there will be no consequences for this action moving forward.”
— Garrett Henson (@GarrettHensonKS) May 16, 2024
Related: Missouri AG Andrew Bailey Demands Accountability From the City of KCMO After X Account Doxxes Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker. “As video of the full speech (below) shows, Butker received an enthusiastic standing ovation from graduates and other attendees at the Catholic college after his remarks.”
Plus: Outrage: Harrison Butker Shared Catholic Views At A Catholic University.
Why the city thought it had to weigh in on a graduation speech by someone who doesn’t even live there is unclear, except that leftist regard any disagreement as a personal attack.
UPDATE:
BREAKING: KC Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's jersey surges to best-seller category amongst both genders: pic.twitter.com/VvW02IrqkK
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 16, 2024
WELL: Mystery in the Alps: A Chinese Family, a Swiss Inn and the World’s Most Expensive Weapon: Switzerland agreed to buy F-35 jet fighters to park on a remote runway. Then the U.S. zeroed in on the Wangs, who owned the rustic hotel next door. “The truth of whether the Wangs were small-time innkeepers or a secret weapon in Beijing’s decadelong effort to capture one of America’s most closely protected military secrets may never be known. The case boils down to whether the family was interested in the view from the hotel’s front, or its back.”
21ST CENTURY WORKPLACES: ‘Help! Our DEI Trainer Won’t Stop Talking About Kink.’
But a terrible solution is offered: “Mostly, it made me think that what your organization needs isn’t outside DEI consultants. Your organization needs … a dedicated in-house DEI manager!”
No, it needs to move on from DEI stuff, which is so 2020 anyway.
THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK: Michael Cohen Gets Destroyed During Cross Examination, Leaving Anderson Cooper Stunned.
FLOATING TARGET OFF GAZA: Pier Pressure On Gaza’s Shore — And In Michigan
SUMMARY: The Biden administration wants to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza to save the lives of Palestinian civilians. The Biden administration wants to use a complicated military structure/system called JLOTS — acronym for Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore — to pull it off. JLOTS is a floating, temporary pier for bringing supplies from big ships to a port-less shore. Suffering Gazans could be succored by land through Egypt. Gazans could be supplied through Israel. But Hamas stands in the way. So why the pier posturing? The floating piers are campaign photo-ops for Michigan Muslim voters.
Read the entire column.
VERY RELATED: The pier has deployed “amid security concerns.”
BE PREPARED: SABRE Pepper Spray, Maximum Police Strength OC Spray. #CommissionEarned
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Phelim McAleer’s Haunting ‘October 7’ Ignored by Press.
If there’s a play in New York City about one of the most horrific days in recent memory it might be a story. If said play requires a police presence to keep the stars and audience safe, that’s your lede.
Tell it to the mainstream media.
Read the whole thing.
MORE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS CHICANERY. Yes, it’s unlikely that the trillion-plus in student loans are going to be paid back in full. But a giveaway to current debtors without changing the system that caused the problem is beyond foolish. And call me old-fashioned, but if we’re going to spend the money, Congress should probably vote on it.
LONG TERM REVIEW: 2023 Genesis G90 Yearlong Review Verdict: Can We Keep It?
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS ABOUT ISRAEL: Richard Pollock explicates a superb piece of historical reconstruction reporting in the Jerusalem Post by Alex Winston. The point is to correct the recurring crude distortion by the radical Left and Islamic Jihadists of the truth that the movement that led to the re-founding of Israel after WWII was part of a world-wide anti-colonialism crusade.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India makes breakthrough by test-firing new 3D-printed rocket engine.
THE END OF HOLLYWOOD: Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora.
HE NEVER CHANGES: Well, Bless Your Heart, Mitt Romney. “This is where I’d like to grab Romney by the lapel of his suitcoat, pull his face so close to mine I could see my reflection in his Brylcreem, and shout, ‘THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE IS BEHIND ALL THIS, YOU PREENING NINNY.'”
IF ONLY TRUMP WERE ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN AND WOO THESE VOTERS: Black voters fleeing Biden and Democrats over inflation and extremism.
THE ELECTION DRAWS NEAR: Avian flu virus detected in New York City wild birds.