So you could watch the press conference with Sean Duffy and the President or the testimonies of Gabbard, Patel and RFK Jr. and run with, "On my pet issues he's on my side so we're good"?
I don't think "my pet issues" quite does justice to those Ira Stoll lists here. I am with him on those. They seem pretty significant. My own list would include the two astounding DEI-ending executive orders, another seeking to eliminate the chemical and surgical mutilation of children, one ending radical propagandizing of K-12 students, one on antisemitism, and one eliminating federal censorship. These seem to me enormously hopeful, though they will undoubtedly need legislative and administrative backup. As for the trio you mention, I also have some concerns about Gabbard and RFK, but Patel seems to be exactly what the FBI needs right now.
Yes. Patronizing on my part. Should have been "he's great because of the stuff any replacement level Republican would do regardless of the fact that he's a transactional narcissist easily mamipulated by those who flatter him?"
It was also claimed recently that the Turkish intelligence agency "MIT" planned "to carry out a sabotage attack on critical infrastructure near a city in Northern Israel": https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1884736691061027106
Martillo, under various pseudonyms, was indeed a plague on the comments section of the Crimson. The pseudonymous "Helen from Yemen" was another, who seemed distinct from Martillo's various aliases. The two of them made the comment section very toxic with comments that were voluminous, repetitive and strange. Although The Editors includes interesting material from several refugees from the Crimson comment section, we don't seem to have roped in Nancy Morris, who was often called upon to comment in comments by others, and whose comments were sober and well informed. Nancy Morris sounds like a real name. Nancy, where are you?
Martillo also plagued the Class of 1978 listserv, which responded by implementing moderation for the listserv.
President Trump's demand to "clean out" Gaza is real estate thinking in 2 ways:
1. Taking an audacious opening position from which one can get to a stronger deal than one would have gotten without the audacious opening position.
2. Real estate folks always prefer to clean out a site, removing the recalcitrant last tenant or clearing out all the old trees.
Both Trump and Steve Witkoff are real estate people.
A reasonable deal on Gaza would be to let individual people leave to any place that will take them. Some would go to Judea and Samaria, and others to various Islamic countries. I'd bet that half of Gazans would leave if allowed out and given an offer somewhere else. It is hard to believe that Jordan and Egypt wouldn't take any. No one should be forced to leave.
The world should respond to Trump's audacious demand by asking a very reasonable question: who is preventing individual Gazans from choosing to leave to any place that will take them?
As to Trump's executive order reminding colleges and universities to “monitor” and “report activities by alien students” so that pro-Hamas foreign students get deported back to their home countries, how about students from the People's Republic of China? Students from Russia? Students from Iran?
Why are we aiding countries that wish to displace us, if not defeat us?
Although China is a rival with which we could conceivably go to war, they are a country with which we have diplomatic relations. Hamas is designated by the US as a terrorist group. That is an important difference.
Many Chinese will stay in the US, a brain drain that largely benefits us. But that needs to be balanced against concerns about spying or industrial espionage.
So you could watch the press conference with Sean Duffy and the President or the testimonies of Gabbard, Patel and RFK Jr. and run with, "On my pet issues he's on my side so we're good"?
I don't think "my pet issues" quite does justice to those Ira Stoll lists here. I am with him on those. They seem pretty significant. My own list would include the two astounding DEI-ending executive orders, another seeking to eliminate the chemical and surgical mutilation of children, one ending radical propagandizing of K-12 students, one on antisemitism, and one eliminating federal censorship. These seem to me enormously hopeful, though they will undoubtedly need legislative and administrative backup. As for the trio you mention, I also have some concerns about Gabbard and RFK, but Patel seems to be exactly what the FBI needs right now.
Yes. Patronizing on my part. Should have been "he's great because of the stuff any replacement level Republican would do regardless of the fact that he's a transactional narcissist easily mamipulated by those who flatter him?"
It was also claimed recently that the Turkish intelligence agency "MIT" planned "to carry out a sabotage attack on critical infrastructure near a city in Northern Israel": https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1884736691061027106
In July Reuters reported that Turkish President Erdogan said "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them": https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/erdogan-says-turkey-might-enter-israel-help-palestinians-2024-07-28/
Joachim Martillo '78 bothered people for many years. A 2003 Crimson article goes into some of the history: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/12/4/you-say-you-want-a-resolution/. Martillo's legal action against Twitter is at https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2896&context=historical
Martillo, under various pseudonyms, was indeed a plague on the comments section of the Crimson. The pseudonymous "Helen from Yemen" was another, who seemed distinct from Martillo's various aliases. The two of them made the comment section very toxic with comments that were voluminous, repetitive and strange. Although The Editors includes interesting material from several refugees from the Crimson comment section, we don't seem to have roped in Nancy Morris, who was often called upon to comment in comments by others, and whose comments were sober and well informed. Nancy Morris sounds like a real name. Nancy, where are you?
Martillo also plagued the Class of 1978 listserv, which responded by implementing moderation for the listserv.
President Trump's demand to "clean out" Gaza is real estate thinking in 2 ways:
1. Taking an audacious opening position from which one can get to a stronger deal than one would have gotten without the audacious opening position.
2. Real estate folks always prefer to clean out a site, removing the recalcitrant last tenant or clearing out all the old trees.
Both Trump and Steve Witkoff are real estate people.
A reasonable deal on Gaza would be to let individual people leave to any place that will take them. Some would go to Judea and Samaria, and others to various Islamic countries. I'd bet that half of Gazans would leave if allowed out and given an offer somewhere else. It is hard to believe that Jordan and Egypt wouldn't take any. No one should be forced to leave.
The world should respond to Trump's audacious demand by asking a very reasonable question: who is preventing individual Gazans from choosing to leave to any place that will take them?
As to Trump's executive order reminding colleges and universities to “monitor” and “report activities by alien students” so that pro-Hamas foreign students get deported back to their home countries, how about students from the People's Republic of China? Students from Russia? Students from Iran?
Why are we aiding countries that wish to displace us, if not defeat us?
Although China is a rival with which we could conceivably go to war, they are a country with which we have diplomatic relations. Hamas is designated by the US as a terrorist group. That is an important difference.
Many Chinese will stay in the US, a brain drain that largely benefits us. But that needs to be balanced against concerns about spying or industrial espionage.