Just One Thing: One for the good guys (#StandWithIsrael)
Yesterday, there was a planned protest in front of the house of a Jewish University of Colorado regent as likely-paid anarchist and socialist and anti-Semitic and anti-American agitators try to pressure the school to divest from Israel. It won’t work. Meanwhile, less than a football field away, hundreds of people, mostly but not all Jewish, including yours truly, rallied in support of Israel, the US, and peace. The US and Israeli national anthems were sung, people were waving flags of both nations, and speakers talked about our nations’ shared values, including peace and freedom, and how the so-called leaders of the so-called Palestinians want neither of those things. I only saw 18 slovenly Gen Z pro-Palestinian protesters. None looked employable or recently bathed. I guess they were there because some hateful organization offered them $50.
1 of 4 Pro-Israel/US rally-goers form a barrier in front of pathetic 18-person anti-Israel protestPhoto: Ross Kaminsky
2 of 4 Law enforcement stands ready in case anti-Israel protest gets out of hand. Photo: Ross Kaminsky
3 of 4 Speaks for itselfPhoto: Ross Kaminsky
4 of 4 Professional anarchist and professional communist supporting "pro-Palestine" (aka anti-Israel) protest. THESE are who you're with if you're siding with such protesters. Photo: Ross Kaminsky
Leland Vittert's Fathers Day note
This is a great read
Today's Guests
Morgan Lerette served in the US Air Force and later became a mercenary in Iraq for what was then called Blackwater. His book, "Girls, Guns, and Greed" tells many crazy stories about the life and mindset of "mercs" but be warned that every page has really bad language and/or sexual content, even more than violence and war. It's like Full Metal Jacket meets Animal House, but very very R-rated and not for sensitive readers.
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Other Stuff
Israel is not winning this war because the world is restraining them from doing what must be done. And now the internal Israeli divisions, already famous, will become much more problematic.
Netanyahu condemns daily ‘military pause’ by Israeli army to allow aid into Gaza (msn.com)
A terrible couple of days for Israel: Meanwhile: 11 funerals for IDF commanders, soldiers held across Israel as nation mourns | The Times of Israel
Desperate times: Israel Adds Medieval Trebuchet to Weapons Arsenal in Hezbollah Fight - WSJ
Yet another achievement by Caitlin Clark: Fever Star Caitlin Clark Makes WNBA History After Breaking New Record (msn.com)
They always eat their own: The Brooklyn Museum Is Progressive. Why Is the Left Attacking It? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
This thread is fairly amusing:
A couple of political topics I didn't get to last week: abortion and older voters
The GOP/pro-life coalition frays amid backlash to abortion limits (axios.com)
Trump speaks to Christian group that wants to "eradicate" abortion (axios.com)
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Biden's senior momentum: Why he's courting older voters (axios.com)
I find this story interesting not because of what it's nominally about but because of how much idiocy is contained within: Americans are tipped out. Here’s when to tip. - The Washington Post
Utilities killing Coloradans (financially) thanks to the climate panic of Gov Polis and others. Just another thing to chase jobs away from this state.
Xcel’s $440M plan to curb greenhouse gases OK'd by Colorado (coloradosun.com)
Moffat County wants $118 million in economic aid from Tri-State (coloradosun.com)
Fun story about someone not getting away with dirty tricks: Democratic candidate, Biden appointee accused of creating fake racist attacks against himself | Just The News
Interesting to read the details of how this sort of thing is investigated: tylerpaw.fortbendcountytx.gov/PublicAccess/ViewDocumentFragment.aspx?DocumentFragmentID=26363071&SecurityToken=807F9755-B7C7-4D32-B099-7A8B5E85FEC4
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Today's Videos
Gordon Ramsey says "please, wear a helmet" and shows us why it's on his mind (pun intended)
Good for her...after literally years of practice. I can't dance and probably wouldn't spend my time on this particular thing, but I have other hobbies that folks might consider a waste of time and I admire anyone with persistence and a goal, and she sure did get it done.