This may be Miss Germany 2024 preparing for the talent portion of the competition. pic.twitter.com/hK3MVjC7uc
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) March 2, 2024
Author: Blazingcatfur
Barbara Kay: Young Jews must be hardened against the torment they face in university
My rhetorical writing standards and style were formed in the 1950s and ’60s, which was a time and place like no other for Jewish self-expression in the diaspora.
Israel was cool, Jewish comedians were cool and overt antisemitism was very uncool. Jews didn’t need safe spaces on campus, because the entire campus was a safe space for everyone. Jews were finally insiders here — and our children even more so. We could speak our minds in untrammeled freedom.
WTF?
Daniel Bostok's parody "far-right", it really is good. pic.twitter.com/kgeTP6yhij
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) March 2, 2024
The long campaign to brand Britain Islamophobic has distorted politics
Like the protests against The Satanic Verses 35 years ago, today’s rolling anti-Israel demonstrations will come to be seen as a staging post in British politics. The late 1980s was when the public first noticed political Islam in Britain. The past few months were when they noticed that the politics of Islam has changed the way we are governed forever.
How to Save Our Cities
Lessons from a previous American tumble
American cities are littered with street camps, drugs, and a motley crew of addicts, alcoholics, dropouts, vagrants, criminals, and the mentally ill. From Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood to San Francisco’s Tenderloin, from Portland to New York, from downtown Los Angeles to Seattle’s Highland Park, thousands of American urban districts are sites of danger and disorder.
The tragedy unfolding on our streets may seem unprecedented. But drug-fueled urban squalor is nothing new in the United States, and we could learn something from how our forebears handled it.
How the investigation and firing of two high-security virus scientists over leaks to China unfolded
OTTAWA — After being kept in the dark for years, we now know why Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng were fired from Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab (NML), Canada’s highest security lab and the country’s only facility authorized to handle deadly viruses such as Ebola.
Biden Administration Not Stopping Iran, Russia, China, the Houthis
In recent months, the Red Sea has become a battleground for attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen, with the Biden administration facing mounting criticism for its failure to quell the escalating violence. As the Houthi group continues to build its weapons stockpile in Yemen, supported by the Iranian regime, the urgency of the situation cannot be overstated. It is critical that the United States reevaluate its military strategy to effectively address this growing threat.
The long wait for justice
In 1984, Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie were convicted for second-degree murder in Saint John. Forty years later, a New Brunswick judge confirmed their innocence. What happened?
UF eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion offices
UF fired 13 full-time diversity, equity and inclusion positions and ended 15 administrative appointments for faculty Friday. It also eliminated the office of the Chief Diversity Officer and ended DEI contracts with outside vendors, according to a Friday memo.
The memo follows a 2023 Florida statute prohibiting the university from spending state or federal funds on DEI initiatives, which was approved by the Florida Board of Governors in its final form Jan. 24.
The about $5 million that was previously allocated to DEI expenses will now fund faculty recruitment.
h/t DS
AGAR: Canadian freedoms at stake if Liberals’ online harms bill passes
Do we want a Department of Pre Crime; a government that could convict people of possibly, maybe, according to the government, committing a crime in the future?
This is the sort of law that Islamists and their Kumbaya Kool-Aid drinking fellow travelers approve.
James Biden Confirms that Joe Biden Received $40K From China
During his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, James Biden admitted that a Chinese government-linked company, CEFC China Energy, funded a $40,000 check that went to Joe Biden in 2017.
Lab Chief Retired Shortly Before Controversial Winnipeg Lab Documents Surfaced
The former federal executive criticized for his failure to disclose records of security breaches at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg retired just weeks before cabinet tabled the long-awaited documents on Feb. 28.
Iain Stewart became the first manager to be censured by Parliament since 1891. He retired as National Research Council president after more than six years in the post.
Israel-Gaza war: US carries out first aid airdrop in strip
The US has carried out its first airdrop of aid for Gaza, with more than 30,000 meals parachuted in by three military planes.
The operation was carried out in conjunction with the Jordanian air force, the US Central Command said.
US officials say the drop was the first of many announced by President Joe Biden on Friday.
Senior US official: ‘Israelis agreed to deal, ball is in Hamas’s court’
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will meet with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz, a White House official told Reuters.
A senior figure in the American government said on Saturday evening that Israel had agreed to a deal wherein the hostages held by Hamas would be released and a ceasefire would be implemented.
“In order to address the humanitarian needs of the population in Gaza to the necessary extent, there needs to be a ceasefire,” the official said. “The way to a ceasefire at the moment is to reach a deal for the release of the captives.
Cardinals Slam Pope Francis for ‘Vindictive’ Governance
ROME — An unnamed cardinal, after consulting a number of other prelates and summarizing their reflections, has published a sharp critique of the Francis pontificate and a proposal for moving forward.
The 1400-word text, published this week by the Catholic news site The Daily Compass under the title “A profile of the next Pope,” expresses deep concern over the fallout from the nearly 11-year pontificate of Pope Francis.