Wingsday Open Thread

It’s been a tough week but it looks like you need a new open thread:

Scream you lungs out.

“What’s Wrong With You People!?”

I’m so old I remember when people were still outraged by the slaughter of innocent people by terrorists at a musical event. Can you say “Bataclan?” 

Apparently the world has moved on from its horror of terrorism, at least when it comes to Jews. People around the world have marched to celebrate the weekend massacre, chanting “we are with Palestine” instead of “we are with Israel.” And a sitting member of the U.S. Congress proudly displays her Palestinian flag this week. As someone said, “what part of ‘never again’ did you not understand?” Or as the Patriot’s owner so succinctly put it: “what’s wrong with you people?”

In case you are wondering how it is that Jews, a minority once considered victims are now seen an oppressors you need look no further than the usual suspects: universities and the media.

The @nytimes changed it from “terrorists” to “gunmen.”

Wouldn’t want to upset the Hamas Caucus, I guess. https://t.co/s1AJjIpC4K pic.twitter.com/LiELP4S9ki

— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) October 11, 2023

Good work liberal progressives, you’ve managed to tongue twist yourselves into a soggy pretzels.

Which is why you all look like Bozos from where I’m sitting.

BTW, a pro-Palestine group demonstrates against Israel outside of a synagogue in Ann Arbor every Saturday and have been doing so for over 20 years. They’re a dedicated and tenacious lot.

The Influencing of the American Mind

Apparently academia isn’t big enough for opposing ideas any more: Conservative Law Professors Who Have ‘Had Enough’ Are Leaving Acadmia. You can file this under:

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood 

Of course that’s the idea.

But good, that will just make room for the new staff required to influence the minds of young people gullible enough to pay $100k for a college degree in “internet influencer”.

Transgenderizing will be one of the core courses

Trust me, there will be hoards of them. At least their return on investment will be better than kids majoring in boring old degrees like accounting, another discipline being abandoned in droves because it’s too hard and doesn’t pay enough. But getting back to the Internet Influencer degree: better get with it universities, as usual China’s way ahead of us.

Nobody Ever Accused Them Of Being Smart

Further proof that the left never thinks their staunchly supported stupid policies will apply to them:

Absolutely amazing how quickly Democratic governors and mayors went from "The Statue of Liberty weeps at those who want to limit immigration -- this is not who we are" to "Biden must do more to stop immigrants immediately!" as soon as it was their towns and state affected. https://t.co/uI0TcqHG7F

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 2, 2023

The emphasis here is “stupid”

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Let them just keep flying into windows.

Happy Wingsday September 27th

 

Wisdom of the ages:

Mark Twain

Of course they stole all of our bad ones as well.

Thirty Tyrants of Ancient Greece

Unfortunately there are those amongst us who would ensure that we get to keep all the really bad ideas; the ones that have worked so well in the past.

Last Day Of Summer

Every year the same thing: one day it’s summer in all its glory

and then, of a sudden, summer slides into fall.

Every. Single. Year.

You can’t stop it.

It arrives in all its glory, the forerunner of a deep sleep. All we can do to ride it out is order the soup.

So make plans now for your autumn walks in the woods before it’s too late.

Global warming you know; soon there will be no more autumns. Or forests.

Muttday Open Thread

Enjoy these last few days of summer.

Wingsday. Prove Me Wrong

The ten most dangerous cities in the US ranked

Of course if your city is on the list at least you know you live in a place where crimes are still reported and prosecuted. If you live in a city or state where theft and drugs have actually been decriminalized it’s a pretty good bet that basic violent crimes are not prosecuted either: laws are simply no longer enforced, even for egregious crimes. So, nobody even bothers to report them. If they did you would see an entire different Top 10 list - I’m talking to you Chicago, New York, LA, San Francisco, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, DC, New Orleans…yet more meaningless statistics and reports.

Prove me wrong.