So What You're Saying Is

The Palestinians are more ration than American college students. 

“There is no doubt support for Hamas is declining in Gaza because more and more people feel it has some responsibility for the pain they are enduring,” said Shikaki.

This sounds like winning: 

Analysts say the absence of Hamas’s powerful internal security force — which has been lying low to avoid Israeli attacks — has opened an unprecedented space for those willing to vent their frustration at the militant group and its leadership. 

The Middle East operates on the principle of the strong horse.

All Non-Progressives Organize

I wonder why a political movement of non-progressives isn't growing/taking action and borrowing a play from the radicals playbook. Imagine if even 5-10% of Columbia and/or NYU students just dropped out and requested tuition refunds? Imagine if it got up to 15-20%? It would be an unmitigated disaster for the Universities. They would overnight turn into Evergreen College - basically a mental institution. Or imagine if it were just Jewish students and professors? Why not take such a principled stance? To say: this is intolerable. Because it is. 

These Student Protests

Are they trying to get Trump elected? To ruin the Ivy League? Because they will succeed at both if they continue.

Unlikely To Hear Anything Positive Here

Caitlin Clark signs 28m dollar deal with Nike. But folks are still gonna complain about her WNBA salary.  

The Best Thing About Israel

From a non-Jew from California...it's like one of those ultraviolet flashlights cops use on crime scenes to see things the normal eyes cannot...If you find a person, group, or country who hates Israel or codes their hate with something like the "Palestinian right of return" you know that person is unreasonable and potentially nuts. And at the very least, cannot be trusted. How? Well, let's try this - when has such a "right of return" been tried? Are there any practical models that demonstrate it working? Forget how poorly behaved the Palestinians are and their use of terrorism. Even if you imagined the best version of a Palestinian state and the right of return - what would that look like?

Here's the point of the "right of return." By design, it's completely unworkable. That's precisely why it attracts the people it attracts. That's the aspect they like about it. And the Palestinians have chosen this as part of their identity: the perpetual victim that justifies any sort of mad, chaotic behavior. And you see what it's gotten them.

Antisemitism

Is a good canary in the coal mine. It's the surest sign someone is nuts and spends their psychological energy in a really scary and weird place. Nothing good will follow. 

Logging

Film: Pride and Glory

Colin Farrell threatens to a baby with a hot iron in this film.

Film: Kong vs Godzilla

Highly forgettable, but my 6 year old likes. Coach Taylor deserves better. I wish I could bottle his reaction to Matt Sereson arriving to pick up his daughter wearing a Member's Only jacket. 

TV: The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

Sometimes you gotta watch what she wants.

Had You Told Me That Was Looked Down Upon Here...

Google employees fired for protesting their employer and saying something along the lines of Google being responsible for genocide.  

Funny, you can't collect a salary for that...

In seriousness, read some of these articles - a lot of these "protestors" actually don't work for Google. It seems like these protest groups try to recruit people within institutions to open their doors and then use the institutional profile to gain attention for their cause. 

I Can Think Of Two Reasons

Carol Baum on Sydney Sweeney. 

“I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot?'” she recalled. “Nobody had an answer.”