The Morning Report — 12/1/23

Good morning, kids. What was obvious behind the scenes, given the players involved and their true feelings since the very beginning is now confirmed. The inept, illegitimate regime that is running this country (mostly into the ground) is an enemy of the state of Israel. Anthony Blinken, who doesn't know his ass from his elbow and presided over the disastrous Afghanistan bug-out while sabotaging an end to the Ukraine war that could have happened at least a year ago had this exchange with the Israelis.

Blinken: You can’t operate in southern Gaza in the way you did in the north. There are two million Palestinians there. You need to evacuate fewer people from their homes, be more accurate in the attacks, not hit UN facilities, and ensure that there are enough protected areas [for civilians]. And if not? Then not to attack where there is a civilian population. What is your system of operation?

IDF Chief Herzi Halevi: We follow a number of principles — proportionality, distinction, and the laws of war. There were instances where we attacked on the basis of those principles, and instances where we decided not to attack, because we waited for a better opportunity.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: The entire Israeli society is united behind the goal of dismantling Hamas, even if it takes months.

Blinken: I don’t think you have the credit for that.

Blinken, normally a weak figure in public, issued his tough ultimatums in private, bringing the contradictions in U.S. policy to a head. Earlier this week, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said: “We don’t support southern operations, unless or until the Israelis can show that they’ve accounted for all the internally displaced people of Gaza.” He added that Israel had the “right and responsibility to eliminate” Hamas, though he did not explain how these two priorities could be reconciled.

It was not clear what Blinken meant by “credit” — whether financial credit from the U.S., or political credibility on the world stage. Israel has been saying for weeks that it expected the fight to destroy Hamas to take months, and perhaps a year.


A shorter fight would require more drastic military measures, at odds with the careful approach Israel has taken in an effort to avoid civilian casualties where possible.

Foggy Bottom and Kalorama do not want Hamas defeated. They do not care that their goal is to annihilate Israel since that would not be altogether out of keeping of their preferred outcome for the region, which is Iran as the dominant player. There's also plain old decades-long Jew-hatred that goes back to the days of Cordell Hull if not longer.

Now this demand to essentially call a halt and surrender, hostages or no hostages. And after being forced into this cease fire which Hamas violated almost instantaneously anyway. Israel cannot stop. It must not stop. It must annihilate everyone who either wields a weapon or opens his cake hole to ululate the massacre of Jews. Whatever DC wants, do the exact opposite. I hope Bibi finally gets it but I have my doubts.

It's no longer about merely the changing of administrations. Election-rigging aside, the globalist axis of evil has spent the past several decades changing entire swathes of the population via mass immigration/migration. When much of Europe, already predisposed to innate anti-Semitism, is transformed into a string of Islamic states with America sadly not far behind, Israel will well and truly have no chance.

It's somewhat encouraging that citizens from Ireland to France and even Sweden are trying to rise up, only to be stomped on by their own collaborationist leaders. But Israel aside, when one's own children are mass-raped and stabbed in public, at some point, the mantra will be "enough is enough."

Well the war on Christmas certainly started early this year. On the streets of New York. And in the ugliest way possible. By now everybody will have seen the footage of anti-Israel activists and pro-Palestinian extremists trying to disrupt the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center. Let’s ignore for a moment that one of the crowd was carrying a swastika and that the general mood of the crowd was more of a mob than a demonstration. What did they think they were doing?

Perhaps these thugs had been emboldened by managing to interrupt the Macy´s Thanksgiving Day parade. But what had Macy’s ever done to them? And why attack a Christmas tree lighting ceremony? Who do these people think they are? The answer is that they are fanatics, and fanatics who have whipped themselves up into a huge lie. The idiots trying to stop the Christmas tree lighting on Wednesday night kept chanting an “end to genocide.” But if any of these people had ever left their college dorm rooms they might have discovered that there is no genocide going on in Gaza.In fact, in the 18 years since the Israelis left Gaza (forcibly removing every last Jewish resident) the population of Gaza has boomed. In the last 18 years the population of Gaza has gone from 1,299,000 people to around 2.1-2 million people. In other words the population of Gaza has grown by almost a million people since the Israelis left. Which is one reason why you hear so much about the youthful population of Gaza.

Perhaps if any of the members the forward-operating unit of the anti-Christmas tree brigade were capable of thinking they could answer an obvious question. Where is the genocide? Is it not happening? Or are the Israelis trying to commit genocide against the people of Gaza yet are so bad at committing genocide that the population actually grows while they´re trying to kill everyone? I’d love to hear the answer. Of course the crowd of Christmas-tree disrupters had another chant. “From the River to the Sea.” I doubt that many of them know what river they are hollering about or could identify the Sea in question on a map. But for their information, a Palestinian state from the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea would mean the elimination of the world’s only Jewish state.

And not just that. Both Hamas (which runs Gaza) and the Palestinian Authority who run the West Bank (and who celebrated the 7th October massacres) have both said (to borrow Adolf Hitler’s phrase) that they want the whole land to be “judenrein.” That is “cleansed of Jews.” Notice that they are not saying, “Two states for two people” or “Two peoples living side by side.” No such thing. Just clear of Jews. And if the Jewish people have to be “cleansed” from their own state then what is meant to happen to them? Should they all be killed? Or deported? Where should they go? Back to the Arab countries that kicked them out? Again — an interesting question I would love to know the answer to.The fact is that these thugs are issuing genocidal chants. And doing it on the streets of New York. How did it come to this? Well one thing is that since the mass murder of Jews on October 7th the sewers have burst in country after country. Mainly in what we think of as the civilized West. It is American college campuses which have seen the normalization of genocidal racist chants. It is American Jews who now fear for their safety. Even lifelong leftists like Chuck Schumer now realize this. They realize that the “never again” that guided their politics is happening right now.

And the reasons? Well there are several. One was highlighted by the late Henry Kissinger in an interview he gave recently. As the usually terse and circumspect Dr. Kissinger told a friend: “It was a grave mistake to let in so many people of totally different cultural and religious concepts. Because it creates a pressure group inside each country that does that.” Across Europe the countries that had the most lax immigration policies in recent years are now seeing a serious public backlash. Last week the streets of Dublin were burning. Literally. After a North African migrant went on a stabbing spree against Irish children the public turned out in fury — setting fire to police cars and other vehicles. The public had said for a long time that migration was out of control. But the authorities ignored them. Even after another migrant beheaded two gay men and stabbed another in the face because he did not like their way of life.Yet what has been the reaction of the Irish government? They have called all the people who protested “far-right” and they are looking into introducing emergency laws to stop people criticizing migration. Good luck with that.

The Netherlands tried something similar and in their recent election the Dutch public gave the biggest share of the vote to Geert Wilders. A man who has in the past called for the Koran to be banned and for mass deportations from his country. It is the same everywhere in Europe, where parties that have been called “far-right” for years are now coming to power. Brave American Muslims like Asra Nomani have tried to warn Americans that the same troubles roiling Europe are also happening here. They have tried to warn that radicals are taking over their religion. But it is people like Asra Nomani who get demonized and threatened for their brave stance. Not the radicals.And then you get the idiot fellow-travelers. The young generation who actually believe the lies that Hamas and others shove around the world´s media.

When an American patriot showed up at Wednesday´s Christmas ceremony with an American flag a protestor tried to tear the American flag from his hands and others shouted “Allahu Akbar.” The attack in October was a tragedy for Israel. But it has also highlighted a looming tragedy in our own countries. Because it never was just about Israel. It’s about all of us.

It should be noted that the mass migration from Muslim countries has been going on for decades in England and France in particular, mostly as a result of their legacies as former colonial overlords of places like Pakistan and Algeria, to name but a few. That's a problem that those countries allowed to fester all by themselves. White man's guilt fueled by socialist idiocy? A big part. But how do you account for countries like Sweden or Denmark embracing national cultural suicide? Cratering birth rates and no one to fuel the welfare states is one reason, Germany and its influx of Turks is a prime example. Yet, the result is still catastrophe as has been apparent. Britain still does all it can to sweep the decades-long horror of Muslim rape gangs under the rug. And anyone who dares bring it up gets hit with the Islamophobia charge. In fact Tommy Robinson is in trouble again with the Brits for daring to protest Hamas.

And over here, after nearly three years of a wide open border with millions of military age males from the Islamic world, China and Latin America in country, the fuse is lit.

This is the war that will eventually hit us. And the Junta will use whatever happens as pretext to finally clamp down on all opposition. But, it's riding a tiger that it thinks it can control.

Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "One of the ironies of the green energy drive under Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is that the environmental law and regulations that have been abused to stop development for the last 50 years are currently in the way of wind and solar power installations and aggressive expansions of the electricity grid. Biden could waive or short-circuit a number of these regulatory roadblocks, though a future president named Trump or DeSantis could use the very same power to apply regulatory relief more broadly."
  As 'Green Energy' Fails, a New 'Emergency' Arises
  
• "Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi appeared before the House to testify about how big tech has been and is being weaponized against the American people."
  Testimony Before Congress Shows 1984 is Here and Obama Started It

ISRAEL AT WAR
• "Blinken, normally a weak figure in public, issued his tough ultimatums in private, bringing the contradictions in U.S. policy to a head."
  Surrender: Blinken Tells Israel It Lacks ‘Credit’ to Defeat Hamas
  
• "Victims include two women and a 70-year-old Rabbi."
  As Israel Upholds Ceasefire, Hamas Terrorists Shoot and Murder 3 Israelis in Jerusalem
  
• He made the remarks amid a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that in which the terrorists are freeing some of the terrorists in exchange for Israel releasing numerous Palestinian women and minors who are convicted criminals and terrorists.
  Mastermind Behind 10/7 Hamas Terror Attack: That ‘Was Just A Rehearsal’
  
• "Far from generating hostility to Netanyahu, the new Hamas video appears to be strengthening Israeli resolve to destroy Hamas once the 'pause' — now extended into its seventh day, beyond the original four — has expired."
  Hamas Releases Propaganda Video of Israeli Father Weeping for Supposedly Dead Baby, Family
  
• "Did Nazis carry out the horrific Oct 7th massacre?"
  Nazis, Muslims and the Jews
  
• "Israeli officer recounts firefight with Hamas during standoff at now-leveled police station."
  VIDEO: Inside The Day-Long Terrorist Siege On Israel’s Sderot Police Station
  
• "Rep. Waltz presses UN to investigate agency’s role in hiding Israeli hostages."
  United Nations Officials Complicit in Hamas’s Atrocities, Lawmaker Says
  * * * * *

• "These people are vicious animals who did horrifying crimes, and I hope you guys post that.”
  ‘Destroy Every Element Of Hamas’: Marco Rubio Rejects Call For Ceasefire In Confrontation With Left-Wing Activist
  
• "Emboldened more than ever."
  Pro-Hamas Nazi Students at Harvard Give President Claudine Gay a Deadline
  
• "School’s Students for Justice in 'Palestine' chapter praised 'creativity' of Hamas's Oct. 7 terror attack."
  Tufts University Student Group Honors Palestinian 'Martyrs'—Including Hamas Terrorists Who Died Attacking Israel
  
• But the university took “this action with deep reluctance.”
  U. Michigan Cancels Anti-Israel Vote After ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Students Send Unauthorized Email Blast
  
• Rabbi Dov Fischer: "Now, with the Hamas hostage deal, they don’t want gallantry."
  Women and Children, Feminists and Misandry
  
• "Will the International Criminal Court prosecute for war crimes - or blame the victims?"
  Hamas Nazis’ Atrocities Against Israeli Women Met With Deafening Silence

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Prosecutors said that the two boys, ages 15 and 16, allegedly devised a plan to carry out an attack at a Christmas market in Leverkusen in early December. Their plans included using fuel to blow up a small truck, according to the Associated Press.
  Two teens arrested for plotting Islamist terrorist attack at German Christmas market
  
• "This is a hugely sensitive issue but in light of escalating tensions from the conflict in the Middle East installing the candelabra now will not be without risk to the council, our partners, our staff and local residents," it added while warning about “possible vandalism or other action against the installation."
  London cancels Chanukah celebration after days of anti-Israel protests
  
• Douglas Murray: "When an American patriot showed up at Wednesday´s Christmas ceremony with an American flag a protestor tried to tear the American flag from his hands and others shouted 'Allahu Akbar.' The attack in October was a tragedy for Israel. But it has also highlighted a looming tragedy in our own countries. Because it never was just about Israel. It’s about all of us."
  Europe’s Clash of Cultures — And Antisemitism — Is Coming to America

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• A day after Hamas invaded Israel, slaughtering over 1,000 people, Swan said in a sermon that "violence is the language of the unheard."
  Massachusetts Hate Crimes Task Force Member Accuses Israel of Genocide, Says Jews Control The Media
  
• "Schumer has evidently just discovered that official prejudice against Jews, anti-Jewishness, Jewphobia, or anti-Semitism, not only still exists but is rapidly increasing."
  Schumer Wakes up to Anti-Semitism
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "And talking about ‘anti-Semitism’ is part of the problem."
  American Jews Never Learned to Fight Leftist Jew-Hatred

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• Goldman previously defended the FBI’s handling of the laptop at the last hearing with the House Weaponization Committee to feature Shellenberger in March. In this hearing, the New York congressman argued the FBI had no involvement with Twitter’s decision to suppress the New York Post’s stories surrounding the laptop. The agency’s effort to bury the computer in 2020 was the focus of the “Twitter Files: Part 7” by Shellenberger.
  Dan Goldman Is A Hunter Biden Laptop Truther
  
• Jordan is directing the subpoenas to former White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty and former Biden covid response team advisor Andy Slavitt for them to appear for depositions, according to letters obtained by the Daily Caller.
  Jim Jordan Subpoenas Key Ex-Biden Junta Officials Behind Censorship Efforts

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "She's asking for a nuclear option."
  Jonathan Turley Reacts To ‘Breathtaking’ Demands From NY AG In Trump Case
  
• Trump asked the appeals court earlier this month to vacate Judge Arthur Engoron’s order, which blocks him from speaking publicly about members of Engoron’s staff, along with the $5,000 and $10,000 fines imposed on him for violations. Associate Justice David Friedman temporarily paused the order on Nov. 16.
  Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Gag Order In Fraud Trial

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy believes that the country is in a cold civil war that his opponents—minus one—can’t see, and that he’s the only candidate who can win it."
  Vivek the Warmonger?
  
• "Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin vowed to authorize the Crow and Leo subpoenas no matter how long it took."
  Democrats Illegally Vote To Advance SCOTUS Attack and Subpoena Private Citizens
  
• "And his Cabinet is running the country into the ground."
  Joe Biden’s Failures Are His Successes
  
• "The results are in: Black Lives Matter has been an unqualified disaster across every stratum of American society. Everyone has suffered, except for a small handful of grifting opportunists. The wave may be rolling back in some places, but it won’t roll back all the way. Even if it did, the damage is already done."
  The Legacy Of BLM Is Clear — A Few Banked Millions While Literally Everyone Else Is Worse Off

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Even though the Times admitted that its coverage of the blast "relied too heavily on claims by Hamas," the paper and many of its peers still believe the Hamas-run ministry’s death tolls are reliable. This confidence persists even though the ministry never distinguishes fighters from civilians, and even though Hamas gunmen fight in civilian clothes. So the Times ran with the figure of 10,000 women and children.
  The Gray Lady Quietly Retracts Yet Another Slander Against Israel
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• Biden’s former Director of Digital Strategy Robert Flaherty told YouTube that he wanted to coordinate on what the popular video platform was doing to clamp down on vaccine-related content, according to the emails posted by Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday. The Biden administration also used its influence to get Facebook to censor similar content, according to previous emails obtained by the committee.
  White House Pressured YouTube To ‘Crack Down On Vaccine Misinformation,’ New Docs Reveal
  
• The outlet is also reportedly launching a new weekend panel show that will include Symone Sanders, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
  MS-NSDAP Reportedly Cancelling Show Of One Of Its Biggest Lightning Rods
  
• “We survived a Trump administration, would we survive another one? Yes, yes. I don’t think there’s any greater risk to America with him than with Biden… the data is the data. Nobody was trying to kill us when Trump was President in a way that they’re not now. If anything, there’s more hostility,” Cuomo stated.
  WATCH: Chris Cuomo ‘Open’ To Trump 2024 Vote
  
• “Go f— yourself, is that clear? Hey Bob, if you’re in the audience. That’s how I feel, don’t advertise,” Musk continued.
  Elon Musk To Companies Boycotting Ads on X: 'Go Fuck Yourself'
  
• "Charles Blow of the Times never fails to deliver the parody version of what his smarter peers are saying, and this issue was no different. . . "
  Media’s 2024 Pitch To America: Be Poor Because Democracy Depends On It
  
• "A new book torches an old censorship canard."
  The “Shouting Fire” Pretext

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Sohrab Ahmari: “Organizers don’t sit around brainstorming new ways to subvert the family.”
  How the GOP Can Mend Fences With Unions
  
• "There’s two ways to look at this. On the one hand, this is the free market at work. The owners are risking their own capital to rescue distressed assets, freeing up the previous owners to invest in new ventures and providing innovative solutions to struggling local communities. On the other, they are parasitic slum lords, draining potential value out of local communities to benefit primarily themselves."
  Yet Another Way Elites are Hollowing Out The Heartland

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "Urbanists’ condescension destroys bridges to the Americans whose lives they want to change."
  Yes, They’re Coming for Your Cars
  
• "So there you have it. The world is set to endure another fancy UN shindig about climate change. Be prepared for the lectures, dire warnings and proclamations. Annoying, yes. But don’t let the charade ruin your holiday season."
  UN reshuffling old climate alarmist song-and-dance at #COP28
  
• "On the day that yet another international global warming fright-fest cranks up, it's useful to remember that resistance is healthy."
  Five Reasons Why Climate Skepticism And Dissent Are Important

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Biden’s open border policies have played a significant role in driving his public approval ratings to record lows. Sixty-eight percent of respondents to a recent Morning Consult poll said they support increased funding for border protection. In terms of voters’ top issues going into the 2024 election, only the economy ranked higher than border security."
  TX Gov. Abbott: 70,000 More Migrants Coming to DC, NYC, Chicago, More

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Thursday for using “highly misleading” rhetoric to con Americans into getting the company’s Covid-19 shot despite its failure to prevent infection or transmission."
  Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Pfizer For ‘False, Deceptive’ Covid Jab Con

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "A new law in the Sunshine State makes public employee unions competitive."
  The Union Monopoly Is in Trouble in Florida
  
• "The proposal would establish universal school choice."
  Tennessee Governor Unveils Bold New School Choice Initiative
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "What this trend signifies more than anything however is that, as long as freedom and competition are allowed to function, we need not worry about the future of the country."
  Real pushback: Corporate America eliminating college degree requirements for new hires

  ABORTION

• "Terrisa Bukovinac, who founded the activist group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), announced her bid to challenge [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden for the Democrat presidential nomination in September."
  Democrat Presidential Candidate Releases Gruesome Anti-Abortion Ad

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• ". . . the press is supposed to act as a healthy society's antibodies — gathering in the bloodstream at the site of any corruption to reveal and destroy it. And yet when a sitting member of the Senate Health Committee, whose 'husband is an investor with a focus on medical industry stocks,' is making a killing on a volatile health company's shares, it results in precisely zero stories in the mainstream media."
  This Sneaky Senator's Insider Trade Isn't the Most Corrupt Part of This Story

  POLITICS

• "So I was talking to a fella who had made the move from California to Florida. And he was telling me that Florida is much better governed, safer, has a better budget, lower taxes, all this stuff, and he's really happy with the quality of life. And then he paused and said, ‘You know, by the way, I'm Gavin Newsom's father-in-law.' So we do count Gavin's in-laws as some of the people that have fled California and come to the state of Florida."
  WATCH: The Moment Ron DeSantis Won the Debate With Gavin Newsom
  
• "When all was said and done, both men performed well, although Newsom frequently relied on lies to make his points. I admit I'm biased, but Newsom came across as smarmy and artificially enhanced (by Botox and whatnot), even trotting out a fake Southern accent several times during the debate. At certain points, it felt like he was trying to channel Bill Clinton, which was super weird.  DeSantis looked competent and was confident he was on the right side of every policy issue discussed tonight. He apologized for nothing and was consistent in calling out Newsom's incompetence and malfeasance."
  DeSantis DOMINATES in Red State-Blue State Debate With Newsom
  
• Newsom said, “I’ll tell you why I’m here. I’m here to tell the truth about the Biden-Harris record and also compare and contrast Ron DeSantis’ record and the Republican Party’s record as a point of contrast that’s as different as daylight and darkness.”
  Newsom to DeSantis: ‘Neither of Us Will Be the Nominee for Our Party in 2024’
  
• "Newsom, when pressed by Fox News host Sean Hannity, could not explain the reason why so many people were leaving his state and instead chose to attack DeSantis."
  DeSantis Rips Newsom Over California Exodus; Newsom Refuses To Address
  
• "Houston’s mayoral runoff will hinge on which candidate can bring more core supporters out to the polls."
  Bring Out Your Base
  
• "The choking incident occurred while the lawmakers were having a Senate GOP lunch at the U.S. Capitol. According to attendees, Ernst was choking on food but is now okay."
  Rand Paul Saves Joni Ernst’s Life with Heimlich Maneuver
  
• The lack of a “plan B” suggests Biden is putting the Democrat Party in a bind. Many Democrats say Biden is not the best candidate to mount a strong campaign against likely GOP candidate former President Donald Trump.
  Report: Joe Biden’s 2024 Bid Puts Democrats in a Bind

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Fred Fleitz: "A year of Russian gains could force major U.S. policy changes in 2024."
  The Floor is Falling Out From Under Biden’s Ukraine Policy

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Caputo previously served as finance minister and Central Bank chief during the tenure of former conservative President Mauricio Macri, overseeing a significant debt restructuring. His appointment has met opposition from Milei’s libertarian base. Since Milei’s electoral victory, Argentina’s market has responded positively, and the nation has recorded a rise in stocks and bonds accompanied by a marginal strengthening of the peso."
  Milei Taps Ex Central Bank Chief as Economy Minister.
  
• “Many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, had seven, eight, or even more children,” he stated. “Let us preserve and revive these excellent traditions. Large families must become the norm, a way of life for all of Russia’s people. The family is not just the foundation of the state and society, it is a spiritual phenomenon, a source of morality.”
  Putin Tells Russians To Have 8+ Kids Amidst Population Crisis

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The M. pneumoniae bacteria is known to cause atypical pneumonia, typically mild and more common in the summer months, affecting both young children and older adults. Doctors can miss diagnosis due to lack of recognition of its symptoms. With the Netherlands also reporting a recent spike in pneumonia, Perkins indicated the lack of systematic surveillance in tracking cases, calling attention to challenges in treatment and possible under-reporting.
  Denmark Reports Pneumonia Epidemic, Possible Links to Chinese Outbreak

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "It must be noted that the entire Democratic Party caucus in the House apparently approves of this power grab, because they immediately abandoned all support of the previously negotiated proposal that the industry and Congress had worked out and a House committee was about to pass. Their opposition forced that committee vote to be canceled. According to that committee, it will resume its consideration of that bill today. We shall see if this industry opposition changes any of their minds."
  Space industry expresses opposition to White House regulatory proposal
  
• "All the planets have orbits less than 55 days long, and though all have masses less than six Earth-masses, data suggests they more resemble Neptune because of their expanded gaseous make-up caused by the close orbits to the star."
  Astronomers: A solar system with six Earth-sized planets orbiting in perfect resonance

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "The richest man in the world is starting to sound more like Norman Podhoretz than Norman Finkelstein."
  Elon Musk is One of Us
  
• "The latest suicide statistics are a report from the void."
  Dream, Baby, Dream
  
• Christian Toto: "Mouse House CEO suggests company will tone done culture war messaging (again)."
  Did Disney’s Bob Iger Just Cry Uncle? (It’s Complicated)

  HITHER & YON

• Henry Kissinger, 1923–2023.
  "Historian, More Than a Statesman"
  
• "Henry Kissinger was a tireless worker for peace. He prevented several wars in the Middle East while keeping the Soviet Union out of the region. He negotiated an end to the Vietnam War, as unsatisfactory as it was. The fact that Democratic and Republican presidents and nominees for president always sought his advice says something important about his vast knowledge of world affairs and how America best fits into it."
  Even in Death, Henry Kissinger Discombobulates the Left
  
• "I do hope that Henry did look himself up in the index of Conflict on his way home from Dambisa Moyo's party, as he said he was going to do. Its 15, often-multi-page references would have reminded him of the centrality of his life and career to the history of the past eight decades since the Nazis tried and thankfully failed to kill him."
  Henry Kissinger Saved Us From a Much Worse World
  
• "The greatness, and darkness, of Henry Kissinger."
  To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
  
• "We should take at least a moment to reflect on how Kissinger made it his mission to conserve and establish order."
  Henry Kissinger, R.I.P.
  
• "A new Netflix film draws attention to a 'lost prophet.'"
  Rustin 2023
  
• "Recent documents suggest it’s time to challenge the narrative."
  Reevaluating the Saturday Night Massacre

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