Ronald Reagan on campus protests
Normally I'd put a video at the end but this one is a must
The first part, without music
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Just One Thing: Why is there so much brain damage?
I have more questions than answers for you in today’s Ross Report, but it’s a start. We’ve seen scenes across the country, some more chaotic than others, of students and non-students protesting on college campuses, wearing PLO-style terrorist head scarves and cheering for Palestine with various slogans that mean they want every Jew, or at least every Israeli, dead. It’s only a small minority of the student body, but it’s still a heck of a lot of brain damage on display. How can there be so much identical brain damage at so many schools? What is the pedagogical source? What is the financial source? Billions of dollars have funneled into our universities from the Middle East. That’s a problem but it’s not the only problem. These are critical questions. Fortunately, lots of folks will now be looking for answers.
I'm going to try to get this guy on as a guest: Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients and Impact 2023 (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Qatar's influence on US student protests against Israel revealed - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
House GOP investigates funding for universities amid campus protests | AP News
READ THIS:
And of course, the recent (lack of) reaction to wildly, threateningly anti-Semitic protests on campuses was repugnant, as Abigail Shrier explains: Abigail Shrier: There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech | The Free Press (thefp.com)
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Today's Guest
Neal McCluskey is the Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute, America's premiere libertarian think-tank. We'll discuss the spectacular failure of the Biden administration's revamp of the federal system to apply for student financial aid. We'll also talk a bit about Biden's disgusting (and almost certainly illegal) scheme to transfer student loan debt from the people who took out the loans and got the educations to every other taxpayer, and about Congress' impulse to get involved in policing anti-Semitic speech on college campuses.
Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute
FAFSA financial aid rollout leaves college dreams in limbo | AP News
Feds Should Leave Campus Unrest to Others | Cato at Liberty Blog
Biden Continues Transferring Student Debt to Taxpayers | Cato Institute
More on FAFSA:
The Story Behind The FAFSA Failure (forbes.com)
How did the FAFSA rollout go so wrong? A look at the key events (usatoday.com)
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Other Stuff
Wow. One of the few apparently sane and moderate Democrats looks to be the next Sen Menendez. Pretty unlikely DOJ brings these charges without an exceedingly strong case, especially against a Democrat even if he's not a rabid leftist.
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There could be a legit reason here, or it could be Team Biden making it harder for Israel to do what must be done: finish off Hamas and destroy the tunnels from southern Gaza into Egypt: Biden administration pauses one ammunition shipment to Israel amid war on Gaza | CNN Politics
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This is a good start, though it's insane that it was ever in place: MIT Ends Diversity Statement Requirement in Faculty Hiring | National Review
And you want to see what they're getting rid of? Faculty Application: Diversity Statement : EECS Communication Lab (mit.edu)
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I wish I were surprised that the left is actually happy to keep housing unaffordable if it means pleasing the trial lawyers: Colorado legislature's 2024 construction defects efforts fail (coloradosun.com)
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This has to stop: Transgender track runner wins 2 women’s events in which race times would’ve been last place among men - WFIN Local News
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Sometimes mockery is much deserved: California mocked over high-speed rail bridge to nowhere (nypost.com)
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This video started a big online discussion. I have to say 1) if a big % of women are saying "bear" then it's probably a very self-selected group, not a random sample. 2) How many women who are afraid of men are so because of personal experience or even the experience of someone one person removed, i.e. a story they heard from the person who experienced it, but not more removed than that?
If you read this woman's reaction, it's rather remarkable in its misandry. (Everyone knows the word "misogyny" but how many people know the male equivalent?) And I think it's also a bunch of data abuse: Women: Would you rather meet a bear or a man alone in the woods? I’d pick the bear | Opinion (yahoo.com)
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If you're a female of our species, please shoot me a note at ross(at)iheartmedia.com if your answer is "bear" and tell me why.
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These 8 items are actually really good. Not wing-nut paranoia but rather well-considered guardrails to help limit fraud in elections and, as importantly, increase voter confidence in elections: 8 steps to secure the next election - Glenn Beck
The Dems will oppose pretty much all of them.
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While I somewhat appreciate the sentiment behind this new bill, I oppose thought crimes and don't want to be part of a "protected class" any more than our various thought-crime laws have already made me so:
Don’t Expand DEI. Dismantle It. | The Free Press (thefp.com)
Basically the act tells the government to use one organization's definition of anti-Semitism when examining possible violations of federal civil rights law: Text - H.R.6090 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
You can see how at least some of the definitions could create a significant First Amendment problem if enforced as "hate speech" violations, and by the way "hate speech" is protected by the Constitution. What is antisemitism? (holocaustremembrance.com)
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Stuff I didn't know about Karl Marx: Why Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson's Advice - FEE
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UPDATE on the story below: Hims & Hers CEO walks back praise for anti-Israel protesters after stock drops (msn.com)
(See thread in third tweet below for the update)
Original story:
This isn't quite "go woke, go broke" but it's a step in that direction. I'm not much of a boycotter and I'm also not a likely customer of this company but at this point if I ever were to be, I'd look elsewhere: Hims & Hers Health CEO Under Fire After Expressing Support For Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters, Company Stock Plummets (msn.com)
The comments here show purely political reactions to the CEO's statement, including Muslim/Arab commenters saying they're buying his stock and US investors saying the opposite.
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And yet she didn't get hurt! (Bees are awesome) A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 bees (bbc.com)
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As we've discussed many times before, the real minimum wage is $0. (Meaning that's what you'll earn when the gov't raises the minimum wage so high that it doesn't make sense for your employer to keep you on the payroll.)
Can AI-powered drive-throughs save the day for fast food operators? (msn.com)
Some California restaurants face stark realities, burdens after minimum wage increase (yahoo.com)
San Diego labor unions calling on city to mandate $25 minimum wage for service workers (msn.com)
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This is a cool story: Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
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Today's Videos
If I had so much money that $25K didn't matter, I'd probably do this even though it's ridiculously indulgent.